Delicious beer, and hole in the wall vibe. Me and my wife came here and enjoyed a nice beer in their back patio where the live music was just finishing up. Plenty of beers to choose from all styles and a really cool venue to sip on some cold ones with friends!
B. Y.
Stopped in here while walking around downtown Knoxville. Glad we did. The beers were very good. Several different styles and all were very good. The bartender was friendly and helpful. Definitely recommend this brewery especially if you like sour style beers.
Kyle Cheung
We went to Pretentious Beer for a silent disco event for NYE. An employee (the doorman) pushed my friend and I out of the way to make way so a group of girls can use the employee restroom instead of waiting in line like the rest of the patrons. He could have simply gave us a tap and we would have moved out of the way. I will not return.
Kyle C.
We went to Pretentious Beer for a silent disco event for NYE. An employee (the doorman) pushed my friend and I out of the way to make way so a group of girls can use the employee restroom instead of waiting in line like the rest of the patrons. He could have simply gave us a tap and we would have moved out of the way. I will not return.
Terri Allen
Enjoyed the beer and the glass blowing demonstration
Mark Sultenfuss
Grab a beer, then go through the back to watch them blow glass.! Awesome experience!
Amar Bryant
Really unique place — loved every second of it. The bartender was wicked nice and gave us lots of insight and information about the beers. I really loved all the glass! All the glasses are handmade, in addition to the light bulbs. Great atmosphere. Def recommend.
Chris S.
Great choice of sours and seltzers. Place was surprisingly slow for a game day. Food choices weren't that great, so I stuck with a 4.
Cory McGuffin
Highly recommend. One of the more unique breweries of Knoxville. Heck one of the most unique breweries I've ever been to!
James Marcus
Very Good Beer.. Hung out before dinner, great selection of beer. A nice patio is hang out. It wasn't very busy, the service was very good. I would recommend to others. Visited 5/2023.
My husband and I were looking up places to go for a date night. He and I enjoy the beer garden type pubs so when I came across Pretentious on Yelp, I knew it was our kind of place. It's located in the old city, right next to an Asian restaurant (I forget the name of it); but I believe that's the restaurant where if you order food, it comes from there. Speaking of food, while we did not order any, the smells from the restaurant while sitting outside in the garden area of the pub, was incredible! So I'm sure their food also tastes great (hopefully!). I also appreciated that they have several menus--regular, vegetarian, vegan and gluten free! The beers and ciders on tap were also pretty good. I can't speak for beer since I don't drink it, but the ciders I tried were good! I had 2-the first was a sultry cherry which, I'm not going to lie, I got it first because it said it was made with edible glitter. While I sadly couldn't see the glitter, the taste was very good! A great cider to sit in the evening summer sun and sip. The other one, again--bad with names and I forget it--it was okay, but I liked the sultry cherry most. Another cool fact about this place is that on the other side, is a glass shop where they blow their own glassware. This is the shop that makes all the glasses Pretentious uses. Plus! It's open so you can walk through and see where/how they make glass. It was pretty unique! So when you come to Pretentious, expect some great cider and beer to sip on while enjoying the outside seating, yummy smelling food and more cultured experience of enjoying glass art in one place!
Kirby Hawking
Cool brewery with nice selection and some other local beers besides their own. Can sit inside or in the back at a nice patio. Can also go in and watch glass blowing.
John Porras
Beer name: "5AM", Bartender name: Bobby, Background music: Daft punk first album. Experience defined in one word: "Perfect".
scootervol
If you’re in town for a night, I recommend you check these guys out. The beer menu isn’t the most extravagant but it is good for two or three beers. The beer is good & service is fantastic. Cody gave GREAT service.
Alison Cooke
Update: Owner was very responsive and apologetic and has offered first round on him next time we come in. It seems Justin has moved on to another brewery (great for Pretentious, bad for Alliance) and we will give it another try and I will update my rating then.Cool concept and beer was good, but is actually being pretentious part of their thing? On our way back from Asheville, where we visited dozens of breweries and had the best time. This bartender was one of the rudest and most unfriendly bartenders I’ve encountered. And the place was empty - no excuse for terrible service. We had a couple hours before meeting friends for dinner and would have hung out there if we were having a good time, but bartender made us want to leave so now we’re up the street at Stock & Barrel with someone who seems happy we’re here.
Delicious beer, and hole in the wall vibe. Me and my wife came here and enjoyed a nice beer in their back patio where the live music was just finishing up. Plenty of beers to choose from all styles and a really cool venue to sip on some cold ones with friends!
Stopped in here while walking around downtown Knoxville. Glad we did. The beers were very good. Several different styles and all were very good. The bartender was friendly and helpful. Definitely recommend this brewery especially if you like sour style beers.
We went to Pretentious Beer for a silent disco event for NYE. An employee (the doorman) pushed my friend and I out of the way to make way so a group of girls can use the employee restroom instead of waiting in line like the rest of the patrons. He could have simply gave us a tap and we would have moved out of the way. I will not return.
We went to Pretentious Beer for a silent disco event for NYE. An employee (the doorman) pushed my friend and I out of the way to make way so a group of girls can use the employee restroom instead of waiting in line like the rest of the patrons. He could have simply gave us a tap and we would have moved out of the way. I will not return.
Enjoyed the beer and the glass blowing demonstration
Grab a beer, then go through the back to watch them blow glass.! Awesome experience!
Really unique place — loved every second of it. The bartender was wicked nice and gave us lots of insight and information about the beers. I really loved all the glass! All the glasses are handmade, in addition to the light bulbs. Great atmosphere. Def recommend.
Great choice of sours and seltzers. Place was surprisingly slow for a game day. Food choices weren't that great, so I stuck with a 4.
Highly recommend. One of the more unique breweries of Knoxville. Heck one of the most unique breweries I've ever been to!
Very Good Beer.. Hung out before dinner, great selection of beer. A nice patio is hang out. It wasn't very busy, the service was very good. I would recommend to others. Visited 5/2023.
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My husband and I were looking up places to go for a date night. He and I enjoy the beer garden type pubs so when I came across Pretentious on Yelp, I knew it was our kind of place. It's located in the old city, right next to an Asian restaurant (I forget the name of it); but I believe that's the restaurant where if you order food, it comes from there. Speaking of food, while we did not order any, the smells from the restaurant while sitting outside in the garden area of the pub, was incredible! So I'm sure their food also tastes great (hopefully!). I also appreciated that they have several menus--regular, vegetarian, vegan and gluten free! The beers and ciders on tap were also pretty good. I can't speak for beer since I don't drink it, but the ciders I tried were good! I had 2-the first was a sultry cherry which, I'm not going to lie, I got it first because it said it was made with edible glitter. While I sadly couldn't see the glitter, the taste was very good! A great cider to sit in the evening summer sun and sip. The other one, again--bad with names and I forget it--it was okay, but I liked the sultry cherry most. Another cool fact about this place is that on the other side, is a glass shop where they blow their own glassware. This is the shop that makes all the glasses Pretentious uses. Plus! It's open so you can walk through and see where/how they make glass. It was pretty unique! So when you come to Pretentious, expect some great cider and beer to sip on while enjoying the outside seating, yummy smelling food and more cultured experience of enjoying glass art in one place!
Cool brewery with nice selection and some other local beers besides their own. Can sit inside or in the back at a nice patio. Can also go in and watch glass blowing.
Beer name: "5AM", Bartender name: Bobby, Background music: Daft punk first album. Experience defined in one word: "Perfect".
If you’re in town for a night, I recommend you check these guys out. The beer menu isn’t the most extravagant but it is good for two or three beers. The beer is good & service is fantastic. Cody gave GREAT service.
Update: Owner was very responsive and apologetic and has offered first round on him next time we come in. It seems Justin has moved on to another brewery (great for Pretentious, bad for Alliance) and we will give it another try and I will update my rating then.Cool concept and beer was good, but is actually being pretentious part of their thing? On our way back from Asheville, where we visited dozens of breweries and had the best time. This bartender was one of the rudest and most unfriendly bartenders I’ve encountered. And the place was empty - no excuse for terrible service. We had a couple hours before meeting friends for dinner and would have hung out there if we were having a good time, but bartender made us want to leave so now we’re up the street at Stock & Barrel with someone who seems happy we’re here.