Hi-Wire's Knoxville taproom occupies the whole second floor of the building at 2020 Barber Street, a block off Sevier Avenue, and Thursday is the day it makes its strongest case: the standing pint night runs on top of an all-day happy hour, so the discount doesn't wait for an evening window.

★What's up there

Twenty Hi-Wire taps — flagships through sour and wild ales — plus draft cocktails, liquor slushies, wine, cider, and non-alcoholic options for whoever drove. Ping pong, foosball, and a Stern pinball machine. Ten thousand square feet of room, murals on every wall, and two outdoor decks, one covered and one on the roof with the view.

★Dinner solves itself

There's no kitchen upstairs and there doesn't need to be: you order from Redbud Kitchen on the ground floor, they text you, you carry it back up. Outside food is welcome too, just not outside drinks. Doors at three, last call at ten.

★One caveat

Hi-Wire's own Knoxville events page was failing to load all week, so if the taproom has added a one-off to its calendar it may not be showing publicly. The hours and the standing Thursday deals above come from the taproom's own page and Visit Knoxville's listing.