When it comes to craft beer in Music City, the Nashville community, with its collective thirst for brews that are more pleasing to their palates, is but a microcosm in this surging universe of bubbly artisan beverages. A closer examination of Nashville's craft beer scene will show you it's strongest at its roots.

Most of the brewers covered in this book though they all have different styles, ambitions, and philosophies all live to give beer drinkers in their community something enlightened, something different.

For these craftsmen and women, every handle, bottle, or can that graces a...