Nashville-based businessman and craft beer aficionado Scott Mertie will unveil in early December his Nashville Lager, a brew with a significant local history.

Mertie, an accountant by profession and the author of Nashville Brewing, has trademarked the Nashville Brewing Co. name and brewery that operated locally from 1859 to 1890. Nashville Lager will be a year-round beer offered in bottles and on tap in area stores, restaurants and bars.