KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Knoxville-based Xul Beer Company is branching out of East Tennessee and taking over a Nashville-based brewery.

Xul announced on Instagram that they began discussions with Southern Grist in Nashville in early 2025. Both companies were working to figure out what the next decade held for them. Southern Grist added in their own post that they are turning the page to a new chapter, one "written by our longtime friends at Xul Beer Co."

"In a very short time, the SGB founders collectively agreed that Xul was the perfect fit to pick up the pen to write the next chapter for Southern Grist. We have been family for years. We have the same values. We have the same focus on quality. We have the best customers and fans any business could ask for. It was meant to be," wrote Xu

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