Pour Taproom: Knoxville

"We had a unique(ly great) taproom experience at Pour. They have a full wall of pay-per-oz self-serving taps; from local brews, to lights, darks, IPA's, even cocktails on tap. For all that we were impressed by the very reasonable bill also, and the intriguing atmosphere of being in an old railroad depot."

"I wish they stayed open a little later! Truly my only complaint! I swear! Awesome options. I enjoy the water selection too. Nice touch. One of my favorite areas for taking large parties to drink downtown."

"I was skeptical of the concept at first. You pay per ounce of alcohol by scanning your wristband at the tap. Yes, it is self serve but for a beer lover, being able to carefully choose your own flight without the pressure of a server isn't a bad thing. After going through an early afternoon drinking session, I absolutely love it. This model should expand to more places and I will definitely be back at some point. Atmosphere is great - old train station converted into a tap room."

"I had heard about this company that was doing self serve taps that use an bracelet with a chip to open the tap a few years ago. Unfortunately none were in my area to check out. So when I saw a bar in Knoxville had the system, I said let's check it out. First the bar is in an old warehouse type building with a great brick exterior, exposed beams and high ceilings inside. There is plenty of seating outside for those beautiful days. The inside has tables but set up more to be social tables. So the first thing you need to do is go to the counter and check in. Tennessee has this crazy law where they have to check everyone's ID, even your grandmother's. That was fine because we needed our bracelets. Joy, I think that was her name, explained how it all worked. She even took us to the taps and explained it. The range of beers was great. They had wine on tap that you could get also. Everything is charged by the ounce. You could create you own flight as you went or filler up. Once you hit a total of 28 ounces, you had to go back to the desk to get them to unlock more. That is how they control someone not getting to smashed. The biggest piece to this is there is no waiting for the bartender or waitress getting you a beer, you are your own bartender. They do have food. We looked at the menu on line before heading down. It did not match complete when we got there. That was ok because they still had some great selections. I had the Mambo Italiano. It a few different meats on a rosemary focaccia bread and grilled with some Zacks Voodoo chips. For fun there were different boxes games to grab and play, an electronic dart board and great conversation. There was a calendar of different things going on different days. They also had a stage for live music on some nights. It was a great time and I will return."