Contract Brewing
& Co-Packing Services
Whether you need incremental capacity to scale your brand, or if you aren’t sure how to translate a new product from concept to market, The Nations’ decade-long investment in the right people, processes, and equipment can help.
Our Approach to Your Project
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For new products, or for recipes needing updates, we start with a collaborative process to build a flavor profile and develop the recipe and production process.
Stage Output: A lab scale recipe, including qualitative and quantitative target metrics.
This stage is independent of ongoing production. You can put the project on hold or bring the recipe to another producer with no further commitment.
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We take your recipe from lab-scale to a production size batch. This helps us determine the cost and production time for your project.
Stage Ouptut: Approximately 400 cases of your product to present to investors and distributors, and begin testing the market.
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You and your distributors submit orders and we scale production to meet the demand. If your volume needs outstrip our capacity, we can subcontract with trusted producers in our network, or consult with your desired supplier.
Stage Output: Initial production, logistics support to ship to your distributor network, and a production and cost forecast based your projected demand.
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We monitor production standards and consumer and distributor feedback to ensure that product quality is maintained and improved with each batch. Samples of each batch are kept in a production “library” for analysis if any issues are reported from the market.
Stage Output: Ongoing feedback and communication with you and our raw material suppliers to ensure that the distribution pipeline stays stocked.
Production
Capabilities
& Services
Beers up to 10.1% ABV, including both ales and lagers
Seltzers and FMBs, brewed from malt or cane sugar
Still or carbonated non-alcoholic beverages
Blending of 3rd party production, e.g. concentrated base liquid
Packaging in kegs, 12 oz and 16 oz cans
Centrifuge and bright polish filtration
Inline pasteurization of canned product
Preprinted or inline labeling of cans
Procurement and product logistics management
Subcontract/3rd party management
Quality control monitoring of 3rd party production
Our Foundation: Liquid Quality
Quality is the core of our mission as a brewery. The decision was made on day one to prioritize our product quality from grain to glass:
Raw ingredient sourcing
Continuous monitoring of the brewing, fermentation, and packaging processes
Structured weekly sensory panel
Quantitative packaging and storage standards
We stake our reputation on this:
There is no brewery in Tennessee with a better QA/QC program, or higher quality liquid.
Easy to get started:
Our minimum order quantity is 400 cases, scalable to truckload quantities per production run.
Transparent, simple pricing per case produced and per order for management services.
