What is your favourite pint? Not brand, but the situation.

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Makasene3@reddit

The pint right before we leave while the wife is getting ready. Bliss.

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Significant-Size-833@reddit

Underrated this one. The missus getting ready bevvie. Getting giddy and taking the piss while she's half way through doing her makeup

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I had a couple of a beers on a big speedboat travelling from island to island through Indonesia recently. Not technically pints but sunny top deck boat beers at 50mph are pretty hard to beat I reckon.

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DTH2001@reddit

Sitting down in the pub after a nice walk in the countryside

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English-in-Poland@reddit

After a day of scuba diving.

After mowing the lawn.

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DTH2001@reddit

I think you need to sort out your drainage

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inventingalex@reddit

what a busy day

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ratscabs@reddit

In what jobs these days is having a lunchtime pint like the OP generally acceptable now? I’m sure there are plenty, but must be way less than a generation ago.

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ratscabs@reddit

None, then?

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Aylez@reddit

The first pint in a sunny beer garden really hits the spot

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areallyshitusername@reddit

Yep. Watching the water droplets drip down the outside of the pint glass as the gases inside rise to the top while the sun is beaming through the beer illuminating and elevating the shade. There’s no pint like it.

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DanThaManz@reddit

This is some poetry!

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uGRILAH@reddit

That’s the one. If you’re with someone you love and the beer garden is busy - and you’ve found a spot where you can sit and smoke (maybe) and people watch.

That’s the best pint.

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Wonderful_Falcon_318@reddit

Possibly the best sentence of all time.

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i-am-a-passenger@reddit

Only issue is that it goes down so quickly you need to head straight back to the bar

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roaming_rover_01@reddit

Had a ditto experience in sunny Bakewell this year with a pint of Heineken, fantastic it is.

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Chance-Albatross-211@reddit

Late afternoon, after a load of sweaty gardening. It really makes you feel like you’ve earned it. Bonus points if the kids can be disappeared for a bit while you drink it in relative silence.

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ComprehensiveSale777@reddit

Absolutely this one for me. Around this time of year you start wondering when the last will be, and then when spring starts to come around, lovely stuff

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ButtercupBento@reddit

Yep. There’s something about that that’s special

Second best pint is the one when I’ve got a seat around 5pm where I can watch people on their journey home from work knowing that I’m sitting having a pint watching people coming home from work. I do like a good watching seat

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BobBobBobBobBobDave@reddit

The "completion" pint after you have got a job done.

Finished a hellish day at work? Have a pint. Been out in the sun doing physical work for a while? Have a pint. Finished a chore you were putting off? Pint Long walk? Pint.

It is just more satisfying.

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stevec34@reddit

Refered to as the 'righteous pint'. You earned it.

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AgileSloth9@reddit

My mrs tends to meet me at the door with a pint and the cat when I fly in.

2 hours driving, about 90 mins pissing about in an airport, 2 hours flying, 30 mins security, then 30 mins uber...

She knows i'll be stressed, so this became a thing.

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Parking_Dear@reddit

Had a pint? Have a pint

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ffs_not_this_again@reddit

I drink two pints in the morning, I drink two pints at night. I drink two pints in the afternoon, it makes me feel alright.

I drink two pints in times of peace, and two in times of war. I drink two pints before I drink two pints, and then I drink two more.

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Scarred_fish@reddit

This is the one, especially if it's been a group effort.

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SnoopyMcDogged@reddit

I’m quite partial to a pie and a pint in the garden after a morning of gardening, real good feels.

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stevec34@reddit

5pm on a Friday night. Work's finished. Weekend ahead of me. A pint and a packet of pork scratchings.

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CaptainVXR@reddit

Cold, crisp lager or cider in a pub garden on a hot day.

Stout in a city pub or ale in a country pub on a miserable, freezing cold day.

Any beer in the restaurant carriage of a long distance train abroad. Means you're mid holiday, and on the way to explore a new place. Likewise the first drink you have when you arrive in a new city/country.

The first pint with a mate you've not seen for ages.

A cheeky pint when it feels like you shouldn't be there, lunch time pint on a normal working day, day drinking during annual leave, cutting shopping short to nip into a pub etc.

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jevawin@reddit

Mega bike ride. Get a nice smooth ale and the menu. Start salivating about the food while enjoying the pint. Oof.

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soundknowledge@reddit

Usually a can rather than a pint, but I love cracking that first train beer on the way to some kind of fun event.

Close second is the first train beer on the way back from a hard day at work.

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vicarofsorrows@reddit

First can on a long, evening train journey in a quiet carriage (preferably first-class, but that’s expensive….)

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martyrees76@reddit

In front of a warm fire with snow all over and only the truly committed in the pub

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hbciri@reddit

The third one of a day drinking sesh when the sun is shining in a pub garden and it’s not even 2pm.

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chasimm3@reddit

Whatever the context, the 3rd pint is always the best. The first is a taster, you get a nice feeling but the anxiety is still there in full force.

The 2nd pint you're feeling better, you've committed to a night out and thinking about how you're going to get home later on.

But the third pint, that sweet drink when shared with others says "fuck it, I'll sort that out later, I'm doing this now and I don't want to stop". It's the commitment pint, the deciding pint, from when it hits your lips you're in.

Then 16 hours, 12 pints, 4 shots, a Jaeger bomb and a kebab later, you'll rue the existence of the cursed 3rd pint.

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Mispict@reddit

Number 3 is the decider. If you have another after that, you're out for the night. If you stop at 3, go home and get something for tea, you're good as gold the next day

98.5% of the time, I'm in the first category.

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Amazing-Heron-105@reddit

I'm locked in at the 3rd pint. Never been much good at a couple of pints then off home unless I'm eating.

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Enigma1984@reddit

Absolute tipping point, you are totally right. Once the 4th pint lands anything could happen. It's also the moment where you need the most self control. It takes a lot of mental strength to leave the pub with three pints in you and no more.

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Mispict@reddit

4th is decision made.

I rarely go home after that thoroughly lovely third. That's when everything softens and glows warmly. When I do manage to go home, I'm extremely smug the next day.

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Celery_Worried@reddit

This was me in Camden on bank holiday Monday. Absolutely brilliant.

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Competitive_Ad_5224@reddit

Fuck yes

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loaded_and_locked@reddit

If I could bottle that feeling ... I'd drink it as my 3rd drink on a day drinking sesh

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fergydoo@reddit

First pint after work on a Friday afternoon usually hits the spot 👌

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WesternEmpire2510@reddit

It's late afternoon, missus has taken the kids away for a few days, I don't have work the next day. The gig starts in a couple of hours, I meet up with some buddies in Spoons I've not seen In a few months. I order a delicious craft IPA, it is gone in 5 swigs.

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DJH9@reddit

When you get to the pub a little earlier than planned and get one in while you’re waiting for mates.

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waitedforg0d0t@reddit

first pint at the end of a good length walk is always a beauty

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ComprehensiveSale777@reddit

Pint and a pie and a sit down on a pub bench with my muddy dog - heaven.

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Fit_Section1002@reddit

Mate alcohol is not good for dogs. Maybe just get him a half….

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decentlyfair@reddit

Oh hell yes, we don’t go to the pub much in summer but the rest of the year, we go a fair amount for one or possibly twoTake the hound out for a trot and then to a pub for a beer and hopefully there will be a fire lit in said pub. The dog knows the pubs we go to and will try and drag us in (really) and even those she doesn’t know which is a mystery. A few weeks ago husband took her somewhere unfamiliar and wasn’t thinking of a pint, walked past a pub door and dog was hellbent on getting in there, of course he obliged. As an aside beer of choice is Guinness.

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Odd_Cryptographer941@reddit

Your dog probably recognises the smell of beer and react accordingly.

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hideyourarms@reddit

I walked 27 miles along a canal path on the Bank Holiday, having only planned to do about 10-14. I made my finishing point a pub on the canal and my word that was the nicest pint I've ever had. Also the best ever pint of water so I was probably rather dehydrated.

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Majestic_Matt_459@reddit

We walked Edale the other week. We did a circular walk so walked past the pub at the start. The whole walk I kept dreaming of that first pint. It didn’t disappoint

Lovely walk too tbh

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Mesa_Dad@reddit

I always like a pint after a walk and a good length if I'm honest.

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megan99katie@reddit

The only time I have a pint of lager and enjoy it is after a long walk on holiday with the dog! Can’t beat it

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lindsaychild@reddit

Yes, especially when it's cold outside and the pub has a good fire going.

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5lipn5lide@reddit

Bonus points for getting the spot next to the log fire in the winter too.

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SlightlyIncandescent@reddit

This is the one that came to mind for me! I do mountain hikes every so often and that first pint after 6-8 hours of walking is glorious.

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Eyupmeduck1989@reddit

This was the one I was going to say. You really feel like you’ve earned it

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DanielReddit26@reddit

Came here to say this!

Fond memories of long distance walks in the Highlands spanning multiple days, punctuated by stays in little towns with a pint, or 7, and hearty plate of pub food each night along the way.

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Kpowell911@reddit

Airport Pint

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LordTwaticus@reddit

Doing this tomorrow, can't wait.

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BocaSeniorsWsM@reddit

I agree. It might not be the most enjoyable, but the most symbolic. It says 'my holiday has fucking started'.

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DondeT@reddit

I like the first cold one after you’ve arrived on holiday in a place much warmer than you left.

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BocaSeniorsWsM@reddit

I couldn't make my mind up if it was that one. Got your room, hung the clothes, back to reception for a cold one on the veranda!

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TheBossyHobbit@reddit

Straight down the hatch

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rice_fish_and_eggs@reddit

Holiday starts at 6am, Luton Airport. Lads lads lads.

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loudribs@reddit

I really like an 'Ah, go on then...' pint. Feels a bit naughty and that.

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LordTwaticus@reddit

Sounds like modern Liam Gallagher wrote this

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Any-Economist-2872@reddit

This

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Any-Economist-2872@reddit

What did I say that’s so wrong 😭😂

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tmr89@reddit

That

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Zenmont@reddit

Bet you're a menace to have around at AA meetings

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gponter79@reddit

My first beer of many when I get to Robert’s Western World in Nashville

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ERTCF53@reddit

Airport on the way to hols

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poopyshitballz@reddit

After working in the garden when still sweaty on a hot day.

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seamus_park@reddit

First pint on a sunny beach/pool holiday, bonus points if it’s in a frosted glass.

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Initial-Confusion-24@reddit

First pint after work on a Friday.

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opopkl@reddit

The first beer after you've got to your destination, especially if it's somewhere hot.

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pinnnsfittts@reddit

Especially if you're sat outside a pub in the sunshine

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atomicheart99@reddit

I purposely don’t drink Mon-Thurs just so I can savour that moment

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Danielmp006@reddit

The quiet pint, just myself and my beer, phones locked, locals quiet and I just get to look at the bar drinking quietly and peacefully 😎

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v60qf@reddit

5am in the airport. Works paying for it.

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Deaf_Nobby_Burton@reddit

I’m a fan of all the classics, there are specific airport, post-decorating and at the end of a stressful week at work Friday evening pints that I can still remember and taste now, years later.

For the airport pints, what I’ve found as a man getting older that takes them to the next level is the first airport stag do pint. It combines so many elements of the perfect pint, and that anticipation and excitement as you all meet up and sink that first pint at 6 am is next level.

Also, one that has crept up on me lately is the unexpected solo pint, something about it feels so good. For example the other day I was meeting my other half and some friends after work on a Friday for a meal, but I was already working in the place we were meeting. I had 45 minutes on my own so wondered round and found a nice pub, it was a pint I wasn’t really expecting by the peace and relaxation it brought were amazing.

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Top-Childhood5030@reddit

When I did Snowdon last year, pissing it down with rain all day, soaked through to the bone. The royal oak on Betsy on the way home. Best pint I'd ever had in my life.

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greenstripedcat@reddit

A pint with other PhD students after a good day's of work on a Thursday

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cactusdan94@reddit

The first ice cold special brew of the morning before i walk into work.

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SpecialLengthiness29@reddit

When you have earned it.

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BabyAlibi@reddit

When I have a sore throat

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oliverbayleyuk@reddit

Get off the train in a town or city you’ve never been in before, you’ve got time to kill before the thing you’ve gone to see/attend. Already researched the most interesting pubs. Pour on, McDuff.

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thistooshallpass007@reddit

Pint at the airport after I checked in and waiting for my flight.

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VPfly@reddit

On holiday in the sun with both children napping (extremely rare)

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the_jaynerator@reddit

A pint while waiting in the Indian for the takeaway.

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backspring@reddit

Meetin the boys cos we’ve all knocked off work early pint, unparalleled banter in that magical hour.

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Midniteman86@reddit

A free one

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tictacshoe@reddit

With a Sunday lunch on a hot day sat outside

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inventingalex@reddit

oh i don't like this. i feel like Sunday lunch is strictly an indoor activity. and I don't know how I feel about a roast with a pint

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tictacshoe@reddit

Then you haven’t lived my friend

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blurdyblurb@reddit

Straight after work, Sunday aft when you haven't got work on Monday

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87catmama@reddit

'Could be the last sunny day of the year' pint.

Not for a few years, mind, but that pint of estrella and packet of salt & vinegar crisps used to go down very nicely.

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SpudFire@reddit

Toss up between the beer garden pint on a sunny day and the post-hike/ride/other sporting activity pint, especially if it's cold out and you've got a seat by the roaring fire

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blunozes@reddit

Lunchtime on holiday, Xmas morning preparing dinner, Boxing Day chilling.

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stuyorkstuyork@reddit

The best pint I ever had was a sneaky one when supposed to be out just doing a supermarket shop as a new dad. The taste of freedom was fantastic. Downed it in 7mins flat, back to the nappies.

Failing that, a fresh pint at 70mina to during an amazing footy match in a raucous pub is always mint.

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MaskTzar@reddit

First sip of a pint after a day of manual labour… working, gardening, moving - whatever.

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Thepizzadude01@reddit

The sun is shining and the gazebo is up the bbq is going. All our friends are here, the first pint hits and feels amazing.

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jimboiow@reddit

A pint in a central London pub watching everyone else rush around.

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GunstarGreen@reddit

Last December i was in London to watch the ballet (dont ask). It was cold and dark, but I found some corner pub which was just cosy and warm, and not crowded. Had a Guinness in there, and it just felt perfect in that moment.

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amapofdecayingworld@reddit

my wallet disagreed with you

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DeapVally@reddit

I meet friends regularly in central London. There are multiple pubs I frequent in the Midlands with the same prices these days.

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First-Mistake9144@reddit

Not too uncommon to see £7 pints everywhere these days

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impossiblejane@reddit

The "it's 430pm on a Thursday in the office and someone says, let's go for a pint after work and next thing you know you've got a crew" drink. I love an impromptu drink where you have no plans and suddenly you do.

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sbdart31@reddit

It may be a bit niche but if I arrange to meet my mates for a night out I always make sure I get there 30-45 min earlier and have a nice quiet pint before the real drinking starts.

The last 2 were in the bridge hotel, Newcastle in a quiet corner looking out at the keep and then in the beer garden outside the saltgrass in Sunderland with the massive crane factory building towering over me.

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wingnutkj@reddit

Came here to say this - a sneaky first one before everyone else arrives is great. Especially if it's in a quiet pub that you KNOW is going to be absolutely rammed later.

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JJY93@reddit

When payday is on a sunny Friday and we hit the pub at lunch time

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PurplePlodder1945@reddit

Calling into our local beer garden on the way home from walking the dogs

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mad-un@reddit

A post wank pint is unbeatable

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fruitbat1994@reddit

At a BBQ in the Summer

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oportoman@reddit

First pint after you've had a hectic week or day.

Friday is a good pint time

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mattdaddy2025@reddit

The first pint. Always the first pint.

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PaulaDeen21@reddit

It’s the first sip of the 3rd pint.

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First-Mistake9144@reddit

No other answer than this. Added bonus if it’s in the sun early afternoon. Day drinking hits different (at the weekend lol).

Idk if I should read the room but that’s usually about the time a phone call gets made too. Those were the days haha.

I’m a little older now, most friends settled down. So my drinking is mostly solo with a few tinnies from the corner shop.

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Accomplished-Art7737@reddit

Even though it’s overpriced and usually not that great tasting…I really do love the one when i’m at an outdoor live music event on a sunny day listening to one of my favourite bands, dancing and singing along with friends. Life honestly doesn’t get much better than that!

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No_Art_1977@reddit

Friday night, friends, maybe tv showing some good sports!

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chuill@reddit

Coming down off a munro. Ahhhhh

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PoinkPoinkPoink@reddit

Beach bar, hot weather, under an umbrella, glass frosted from being stored in the freezer. Plate of scalding hot chips with salt and ketchup as a chaser.

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FiveYardFaded@reddit

Post golf - especially when it’s been won on the course.

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therealijc@reddit

Friday afternoon. Straight from work to the pub. Goes down a treat.

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Wonderful_Falcon_318@reddit

A winter pint or five isn't bad either,I'm especially including a roaring fire.

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Callis_tow@reddit

The first one on a camping weekend with friends

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GabberZZ@reddit

First pint with my best mate who moved away so we don't see eachother for months on end.

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jdsuperman@reddit

Any pint someone else has bought for me.

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TheBossyHobbit@reddit

Found the bloke who forgets his wallet

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jdsuperman@reddit

Well, I don't necessarily go out of my way to avoid buying - it's just that anything tastes so much better when it's free.

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Bazahazano@reddit

I hate people who drink while travelling. Always makes it bad for everyone else around .

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Lower-Dependent-3684@reddit

It usually hits me best between J13-J15 on the M6.

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evthrowawayverysad@reddit

Non-uk option, but it's a doozy; ski resort, sunny day, lunch at the highest place that serves drinks, ice cold weissbier. Almost agonizingly cold.

I know my middle class is showing on this one, but fuck me is it good.

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Oster-P@reddit

I work in hospitality, so Saturdays are usually crazy busy. But when I finish work sometimes I'll meet my gf at the pub and she'll have a pint waiting for me on the table. Sitting down for the first time after a busy day and sinking that pint is definitely the best for me.

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Dense_Concentrate_51@reddit

I like a pint with my old da

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Mispict@reddit

For some reason, Tuesdays can be particularly stressful for me at work. A cold pint after work always soothes a difficult Tuesday.

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Mr_Oblong@reddit

Not a big beer drinker, but that cold tin of local beer from the Hyper-Market, sat on a sun lounger on a Greek beach, while eating a hot, fresh gyro.

Perfection.

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uberluke86@reddit

Cooking beer for me.

Or stop at pub on a dog walk

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gaynorg@reddit

Pint 2nd pint with a old friend I've not seen in a while.

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ianfield@reddit

When you're on holiday in a hot country, the wife and kids are chilling indoors/getting ready to go out for the evening meal and you step onto the balcony with an ice cold beer, great views, sun going down, everything starting to wind down, bliss

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Midlife_-@reddit

I think for me it was always the quick one with a pack of dry roasted on the way home from a good days graft.

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Missus_Nicola@reddit

A shit day at work cheeky midweek pint

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Choccybizzle@reddit

Post playing footy, suns shining, in the beer garden…..nice cold shandy.

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StrawberryDesigner99@reddit

The one after your first fat like of Niki Lauda.

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StrawberryDesigner99@reddit

*line

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77GoldenTails@reddit

The 19th hole to help me forget how much I suck at golf.

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Dyalikedagz@reddit

On the way back from a holiday in California, we transferred in Dalas, Texas.

We were a close knit group and were enjoying some beers on the plane before hand. So when we heard that our connecting flight had been delayed, we instantly knew that meant we could remain in the airside bar for at least another hour and sink at least another two pints.

Something about that liminal time and space felt as if it were 'free'. We had nowhere to be and nothing else to do. Some of the best beers of my life.

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RJUU91@reddit

A nice cold one, in a pub, with and/or after a roast dinner.

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ctlou2345@reddit

First pint on a football away day.

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DropDeadDigsy@reddit

Post Friday second pint after work ideally when it’s sunny. I always hate my first pint for some reason. The second one though, oh marone

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YouJackBasterd@reddit

The first pint on boxing day after all the chaos is over with.

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SirLongShank@reddit

Carling

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Curious_Buy_3955@reddit

Never had one, dunno

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Penster78@reddit

Any pint with my mates

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nicdic89@reddit

After a long walk, hits the spot everytime!

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chasimm3@reddit

Whatever the context, the 3rd pint is always the best. The first is a taster, you get a nice feeling but the anxiety is still there in full force.

The 2nd pint you're feeling better, you've committed to a night out and thinking about how you're going to get home later on.

But the third pint, that sweet drink when shared with others says "fuck it, I'll sort that out later, I'm doing this now and I don't want to stop". It's the commitment pint, the deciding pint, from when it hits your lips you're in.

Then 16 hours, 12 pints, 4 shots, a Jaeger bomb and a kebab later, you'll rue the existence of the cursed 3rd pint.

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babbadeedoo@reddit

After a good graft in the garden and the sunshine is out. Pucker 👌

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CrowApprehensive204@reddit

First one on holiday, you're tired from travelling but you've got there, unpacked, showered and changed into a holiday outfit and sat watching the sunset with that first ice cold pint with condensation trickling down the side of the glass. An efes in Turkey, a tropical in Fuerteventura, a San Miguel in Spain.

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Trick-Station8742@reddit

Kids have been a nightmare all day and you've done loads of graft round the house, then you go to the pub at 3pm and it's red hot outside.

That first pint is the best pint

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Ok_Cash5608@reddit

After work pint, tins on a building site in the summer

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hallerz87@reddit

When it’s a hot day and you’re thirsty, those first few glugs are perfection

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AnyBug1039@reddit

Best most perfect pint I can think of is a pint of ale in an old country pub with a roaring fire having just come in from the cold/wet.

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Previous-Weird9577@reddit

This is mine, too. Especially if some delicious, hearty food is also on the way. Bliss!

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f1boogie@reddit

The first pint after arrival at your holiday destination.

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GreatBigBagOfNope@reddit

The first pint with an old friend after a long time apart

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Unusual_residue@reddit

The 9am pint is refreshing

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box_frenzy@reddit

On holiday after you’ve had the day at the beach and get back to the apartment, shower, have a beer in the sun before dinner

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deadly__mouse@reddit

Post 5 aside football pint. Nothing like being a bit of a fat lad, running around for an hour. Then a decent beer after

Preferably with a few of the lads for some classic banter

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Thelichemaster@reddit

When you have a few hours off work during the day for an appointment or something which runs early, leaving you an hour to have a crafty pint. The worst is it tastes brilliant because you know it will be your only one because work beckons.

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ThatArsenalFan7@reddit

A pint just before a big football match

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Prestigious_Use_1305@reddit

This is the one. Especially when the pub is heaving and you have that nervous energy buzz.

The only problem with this pint is that invariably you end up downing it in 5 minutes and have a rush back to the bar to get the next one before kick off.

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ThatArsenalFan7@reddit

Definitely have to be a bit tactical when it comes to the game. I drink half before the game, the other half during the first 45mins. Then im sorted to go bathroom at Half Time

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Prestigious_Use_1305@reddit

Its normally only Old Firm or Scotland games that I get to the pub to watch these days. Typically finishing up the third pint by half time mainly to deal with the trauma of watching Scottish football.

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Important-Device-126@reddit

My best ever pint was when I finished climbing a mountain back home. At the butt of the mountain is a gorgeous pub, and on a roasting hot August day after walking up and down for 4 hours, that pint of cider didn't stand a chance. It was swallowed in two mouthfuls. An utter delight.

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joeblrock@reddit

12.00 Saturday pre going to the football.
10AM for away games tbh

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Happy_Book_8910@reddit

First pint on holiday. Heat has really hit you, your cases are unpacked, you tip up at your favourite restaurant where they know your name and they bring you an ice cold one.

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Then-Lifeguard-3289@reddit

On a sunny sunday afternoon when you know 1 is going to lead to 6 and a mega mixed grill and you have work on the Monday it's naughty but so good

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Apart_Ad6060@reddit

The pint that was never planned.

Bumped in to someone you haven't seen for a while? Train delayed? No rush to get home? Working lunch?

The impromptu pint.

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searchinformyrizla@reddit

Sober alcoholic here, I don’t miss alcohol as I have no off button and I let it ruin the first half of my life, buuut, will never forget the warm cosy feeling of waking up 3-5 o,clock in the morning, absolutely hanging and getting on the tins & a couple of cheeky spliffs with some chill music or a film

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MyManTheo@reddit

First pint in the sun on holiday

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Mammoth-Squirrel2931@reddit

Early Autumn just as the sun is dipping slightly, in a beer garden, the ever so slight snap in the air is as intoxicating as that first gulp of beer as it hits the back of the throat, beckoning, as it does, a night of fun and laughter in the beer garden.

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Greengrass7772@reddit

When little dog takes me on a different route to normal, and makes a beeline for the pub door, looks back at me as if to say “come on daddy let’s have a jar”, I keep a £10 note in a tiny little pocket for these occasions.

Another situation is getting back into town on the train from the beer festival, staggering out the station and into the nearest pub for a few more pints.

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discat7123@reddit

Honestly a post Friday catch up pint in the sun was hitting very well, work has been very busy last few months so a moan plus a catch up really set me up for the weekend. Holiday pint is hard to beat though, ice cold in the sun

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Odd_Championship7286@reddit

You’re fresh off the plane in a hot country, got to the hotel and settled in, got changed and out for a pint in the town you’re spending the next couple of weeks in and you’re on a patio overlooking the sea.

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404pbnotfound@reddit

First pint after work in a beer garden where it’s warm and light enough to be outside. It’s like the herald of summer

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FScrotFitzgerald@reddit

Probably the first pint at a live cricket match. I don't drink any more but those were always very good.

I also used to work a week-on, week-off night shift job, and the first Monday morning beer after my shift ended was always a good one too.

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spnelson@reddit

Is this solely pints? Because sitting down at a nice Christmas market/pop up bar after finishing your Christmas shopping with a mulled wine always hits nice

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Exact_Setting9562@reddit

In the sunshine with a book or a nice beergarden.

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HailToTheKingslayer@reddit

First pint on the first night of a holiday. Flight over with, checked in, unpacked, chilled in the room, freshened up then head out.

Taking a drink, knowing you have no travel or work for the next few days.

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NotForMeClive7787@reddit

That first pint where you and all your mates get to the pub at the same time. You all sit down and realise how fucking great it is you're all there and what potential the next few hours has in store for you (mostly absolute nonsensical ramblings and in jokes). Perfection

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jeremyascot@reddit

A pint at half time at football when you have singing for 45 minutes.

Note: Does not apply to Arsenal or Chelsea

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occasionalrant414@reddit

When I am hot, and it's been bloody hot, and I have done something to "earn" it (either survived work or something similar) or if its something to celebrate like finishing work for a long weekend, or I am off out later with my wife

When work is done, and I am hot and sweaty, bonus points if someone else pours it, but makes a bit of a mess and it needs a minute to settle. It has to be cold and there has to be two. The first one, I lmwait a minute whilst I decompress from whatever shit I had to deal with and then, drink it in one long slow go. The second one gets savoured, whilst I think. Cider works very well sometimes. It depends on my mood.

Have you seen the film Ice Cold in Alex - specifically the end in the bar? It feels like that.

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double-happiness@reddit

A cold Guinness on the train with a bag of plain crisps 🙂

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idlewildgirl@reddit

Seaside pint at sunset

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Gadgie2023@reddit

All pints that are earned. An unearned pint isn’t the same.

The first pint after doing some manual labour where you’ve achieved something tangible.

The first pint after a victory in team sports. You’ve came together as a collective to achieve something.

The first pint after a good walk in the countryside. Country inn, fire on.

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RockNMelanin@reddit

The first pint before watching any live sport or at a gig!

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EvolvingEachDay@reddit

Autumn has only just arrived, you’ve gone back to your home town, one of your old buddies happens to be around too. Hit your old fave pub, drink whatever they recommend, outside bench and a single cigarette.

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BadBassist@reddit

Was having an argument with my friend whether our favourite beer was 'free beer' or 'cold beer'.

Ultimately it came down to 'how expensive is the cold beer?' Vs 'how warm is the free beer?'

In short, my answer is fhe post work, sunny garden, cold beer.

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WotanMjolnir@reddit

A sunny early evening in a hot July, just got the coals burning in a chimney starter and waiting for them to hit cooking temperature, sitting in my quiet back garden with just birds and a cold one. Literal heaven.

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Ravo93@reddit

Whenever the first proper warm day of the year is, a pint in a beer garden that day is wonderful

Alternatively I like to swing by my local once I've finished work for the year as the company I work for closes from Christmas till the new year.

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richbun@reddit

Any unplanned, spur of the moment, "quick pint?"

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CatFoodBeerAndGlue@reddit

It feels wrong to say this, but the first pint at a wake always hits different.

I think it's because you're often trying to stifle the grief during funeral to keep yourself together but that first drink at the wake loosens you up and you can let it out more.

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presterjohn7171@reddit

That first pint after manual work in the heat when you have not been able to hydrate properly during the day. Ice cold Cider for me is just magical.

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Active-Strawberry-37@reddit

Just finished mowing the lawn on a hot day. Sat in the garden petting my next door neighbour’s cat.

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Gasblaster2000@reddit

Lovely Saturday or sunday afternoon ale down the local, a nice chat, then home to make dinner

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RegrowYourHair@reddit

I've tried so many beers, lagers, ales, stouts and whatever else comes in a pint, I just can't seem to find one that I like. It all tastes awful to me. I love drinking, but if it comes in the form of a pint or a half, I probably will leave it.

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planckkk@reddit

I did an 18 hour shift once in hospitality and damn near had an orgasm when i finally sat down and had a pint, with the pint glass being put in the freezer beforehand. Was heavenlyy

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Miketroglycerin@reddit

A summer post hike pint is a good one.

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Toffee_Wheels@reddit

There's a place as you come off Snowdon on the Llanberis Path (the most boring one btw). It sells proper farmhouse cider in bottles. I've been there twice on sunny days and it's a fantastic way to finish the walk. Googled the name, it's called Penceunant Isaf.

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zoehester@reddit

Yea, this is mine too. It’s a bit too hot, your feet are slightly burning and you see that cute little country pub. Bliss.

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jinxiex@reddit

The first glimpse at that grotty pub sign after a long one is like spotting the oasis in the desert

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Ecstatic_Barnacle_@reddit

The first pint at a festival. I don't think any pint has tasted better this year.

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Toffee_Wheels@reddit

For me, it's all about the pint you have with friends you've not seen in ages. You could be drinking utter piss and it wouldn't matter.

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hoselorryspanner@reddit

The tenth pint, on a weekday morning. Bliss. Doesn’t happen as much as I’d like since I’ve stopped being a student.

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rocketscientology@reddit

Possibly stretching the definition of a pint as it’s often in a can but the first pint at a music festival after you’ve lugged all your stuff in and finished pitching the tents and now you can get fully stuck in to the weekend

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Geek_reformed@reddit

Ooooh tricky. The first pint is always the best pint regardless of the situation (unless maybe the beer is particularly bad).

The best situations are in the beer garden on a sunny afternoon.

In a nice warm pub (open fire preferred) on a cold winter night.

That first pint after a good long walk or bike ride.

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starsandbribes@reddit

After a really stressful shift, optimal of you’re off the next day of course.

Meeting up with friends you’ve not seen in a while always makes a pint taste better too

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JamJarre@reddit

Airport pint halfway through a super long flight. Waiting for your connection, no idea what the time or even timezone is... perfect

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sleepyprojectionist@reddit

I’m riddled with sufficient illnesses and conditions that I am often too fatigued to do much of anything after work and even on weekends I spend a lot of time just sleeping or reading.

So on those rare occasions that I wake up feeling refreshed, with no aches and a general sense of wellbeing, well on those days the first pint tastes magical. It means that I have made the effort to get up, get showered, get dressed, and go out and socialise.

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The_Deadly_Tikka@reddit

Suns out, international football, pub garden, some old school music and everyone's having a good time. Ice cold Kopperberg Strawberry & Lime.

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Perfect_Measurement8@reddit

When doing a BBQ.
After a day doing sweaty DIY.

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Open_Sentence_@reddit

After a rainy walk through the countryside

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Eliteclarity@reddit

A Warm Saturday in August. Its 2pm, You're outside in the Beer Garden with friends, First weekend of the Football season. Got your Accumulator on, Waiting for the games to kick off, knowing there is a chance of making a few quid, Chinese when you get home and tomorrow is Sunday.

Life is Good.

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DiDiPLF@reddit

The one that someone puts in front of you as an act of kindness when you are feeling worn out and stressed. A pint of love.

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Equivalent-Cress-822@reddit

Friday afternoon 4pm, finished work, partner not home yet, dog walked, dinner prepped, pint poured. Lovely.

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lightgrip@reddit

A like a pint (or two!) of well kept cask ale on my own in a quiet pub. Not doing anything other than pontificating my own naval. Peace.

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IthurtswheniPvP@reddit

The best pint I ever had was after doing a costal walk of Haugesund in Norway, bliss!

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sowdowgg@reddit

Like absolutely ideal? Golden hour , sitting outside of a pub by yourself by a body of water , not too hot or cold , and the pub is quiet with not too many people , just a gentle chatter in the background

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patmustardmate@reddit

Secret solo Guinness waiting for a train/plane. It is a secret

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Klakson_95@reddit

Off the plane, got to hotel, stuff unpacked, down to the beach. First beer looking out at the sea

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MisterZilla@reddit

On a beautiful summer day in the garden you can’t beat an ice cold pint of cider.

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Shyspin@reddit

First pint when on holiday, or even just when visiting a new town/city for the first time.

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melijoray@reddit

A can of cider by the firepit, talking rubbish and toasting marshmallows.

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Robmeu@reddit

Summer evening, early but when the sun will stay past 10, sat outside in a beer garden with the burble of the world safely behind a hedge. A cold beer with condensation forming and flowing down the cold glass, and the sunlight lilted through making the beer glisten with gold.

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Cold_Football_9425@reddit

Myself and a friend meet and catch up usually once a year, sometime during the week or two before Christmas. Nothing better than that first pint of Guinness in a nice pub in town, cold outside but inside a warm place beside the fire and Christmas decorations/fairy lights on the walls. Good conversation and good atmosphere.

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Hairy-Blood2112@reddit

Long bike 🚲 ride. Get in the pub for about 7pm. Just right that is.

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EyesRoaming@reddit

At the end of my dog walk.
Making sure I arrive at 12pm so I have the pic of the seating, next to the fire if it's Winter time.

If it's summer time that pint just glides down nicely.

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FumbleMyEndzone@reddit

The unplanned one.

A sudden gap in your plan, something finishing early, realising you have enough time for a pint before going somewhere.

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PostmasterNick@reddit

Quite sunday night Guinness after a walk with the dog in the local to cap off the weekend

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TzOctopus@reddit

The first pint at apres after a bluebird powder day

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AssistantAcrobatic52@reddit

A Saturday 3pm home game. Pub meet with mates from 1pm so that we get a table. Not seen each other in the two intervening weeks. Known these people for 40+ years. Everyone talking at once. It’s never about the pint itself, always about the people you share it with

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Odd_Cryptographer941@reddit

Hear me out! A pint of Cider Shandy on a hot day really hits the Spot. Sorry!

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GuybrushFunkwood@reddit

Pulling out the driveway Monday morning to go to work. Just takes the edge off and mixes with the taste of crunchy nut cornflakes perfectly!

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Psycho_Splodge@reddit

First festival pint after unloading and setting up.

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lookintouk@reddit

A midweek pint at 2 pm when you’re off but everyone else is stuck in the office. You can almost taste the smugness in the head of the beer.

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outrage92@reddit

After hike pints

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WorhummerWoy@reddit

Post-walk pint (and pre-walk pint, and during-walk tinny)

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MegaNumberFourteen@reddit

A nice solo pint in a quiet pub, just to waste the time

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AfternoonAfraid2192@reddit

The first pint on a Friday after a terrible week at work. Just you, your pals and whole lot of laughs where you can just let it go for a few hours.

Also the pint after a good hike!

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sjw_7@reddit

Popping down to the pub after work and chatting to the other locals that are in there. Doesn't matter what day it is but a few beers then home is always nice.

Other than that getting to the pub to watch the 4.30 kick off on Sunday. Doesn't matter who is playing but a nice way to end the weekend.

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Norman_debris@reddit

After any kind of physical exertion. Love feeling like I've earnt it. After a hike or long bike ride or some heavy housework.

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fiftyzedned@reddit

After a hard day's graft. Nothing better! A nice pint of Tennents.

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ChrisC1984@reddit

Resigned from a job I absolutely despised and went into the office to hand back my laptop today - the first port of call afterwards was to go and have a pint (or two). Gotta say, this is most certainly up there as one of the best.

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je_m_appelle_@reddit

Friday night after work, we go to our local pub with our youngest and have a couple, if it’s nice we’ll sit outside, in winter we sit in front of the fire. I look forward to that pint all week

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gemmajenkins2890@reddit

When you've just got off a horrid shift at work, and the colleague you've worked with gestures to the spoons right across the street and says:

'Pub?'

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LordBrixton@reddit

Hot day. 20-minute walk to the pub. Beer garden. Jackpot.

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Smiley_Dub@reddit

Now.....

This could be controversial, but a pint indoors in a dark pub when its sunny outside

Feels very much like a bad idea or the wrong thing to do ....forbidden almost.

Glorious....

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Remarkable-Ad155@reddit

Friday 5pm when you've worked and stayed off the beers and bad food all week

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GrimQuim@reddit

The pint when you're got a bit of time extra between the last thing and the next thing and you and you fill it with a pint

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srm79@reddit

At the end of a very long shift where you've worked your ass off, that first pint tastes absolutely magical

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Still-Consideration6@reddit

Just before school run for me

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Even_Pressure_9431@reddit

On a hot day and youve worked hard

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pommnoir@reddit

The moment when you abandon the errands you were supposed to be busy with and decide to go for a delicious pint instead

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scotiaboy10@reddit

Heineken

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inevitable_dave@reddit

Room temperature tin of beer in the garden after a hard days work on the latest project. Followed by the cold beer that's had a chance in the fridge.

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BCircle907@reddit

The second pint after work. The first one goes down so quickly it doesn’t touch the sides, but that second one can be savoured, gives you that little buzz, and you can relax.

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cpeterkelly@reddit

There’s a place on Smithdown Road in Liverpool that opens midday on the weekend, and that’s where I discovered my most mystic pint.

A walk through part of Sefton Park on a damp cold morning sets the mood, a coffee from any of the early open shops on Lark Lane, then a walk back through the park to Smithdown puts me at the Dispensary just as windows are unshuttered.

Inside is simple, wood floors, an unused billiards table and a faint smell of last night. A chat about which lines are working and order before we retreat to the 8’ leather sofa and club chair, with the newspapers we picked up earlier.

There’s no television on, faint curated playlist and chatter as the place opens up. Pints arrive, a suggestion for a nearby brunch place brings a menu and invitation to dine in as this kitchen doesn’t open for a bit.

Such a perfect weekend morning

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VodkaMargarine@reddit

The unexpected pint

Like when your train comes up as delayed so you just pop into the pub for half an hour. Or if you're at some family event and you suddenly realise there's a bar. Or you're in a fishing shop in France and you just notice they have a tap of lager next to the bait so you're like don't mind if I do.

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Hot-Willow-5079@reddit

Lots of people saying airport pints but mine has to be once you’ve got off the plane and the holiday has just started, especially if you’re in a country with good pints

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imtheorangeycenter@reddit

The one fielding at deep extra cover while chatting with spectators

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StoneRose89@reddit

At what point do you hand off the pint - as the bowler starts running in?

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imtheorangeycenter@reddit

If I'm walking in I'll just leave it on the floor.

As Tuffer's once said: don't forget to balance your ciggie on the tin first if it looks like a catch is coming.

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ElChupanibre56@reddit

I need to find a new club!

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Greggybread@reddit

You've been to the gym or done some serious exercise on a Saturday morning. You shower and have those post-exercise endorphins, then meet your friends for a day sesh. That first pint is a thing of beauty.

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Troyson_0462@reddit

On a cold winters day, while its raining outside and you're sat amongst your mates next to a fire, bliss.

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dem_apples_Patrick@reddit

A Friday evening pint when it's been a long week, it just absolutely hits the spot

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Adam-West@reddit

10am, just woken up. Breakfast pint of Skol and a homes under the hammer rerun. Can’t beat it.

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terryjuicelawson@reddit

Hot summer's day, probably the second pint somewhere like a beer garden or back garden bbq where you can relish it but without the thirst quenching of the first.

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Makkel@reddit

I'd argue that something in the very first mouthful of the first pint on a warm afternoon hits just right.

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Dxcesare@reddit

First pint after swimming round Kastri Island for the millionth time and being exhausted, covered in salt and craving an ice cold one.

Oddly specific, but it’s my favourite.

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Haxuppdee-85@reddit

Whenever there’s no logo in the foam - that does it for me

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pbroingu@reddit

First pint on a European city holiday, in the touristy old town square with al fresco tables everywhere.

Helps that the beer is cheaper and the weather is nicer too.

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Honest_Hamster_5730@reddit

After a round of golf on a hot day

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Super-Surround-4347@reddit

The beer with colleagues after a stressful thing you've been working on for months finishes.

The first beer celebrating a new job.

The first beer/wine on me and my wife's date nights we only get once a month or so now.

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thelotuseater13@reddit

My three:

First pint in a bar on holiday after check in/settling down. First pint after gardening in the sun First pint in a country pub after a hike.

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Producteef@reddit

Beer, sun, crisps, probably outside a cafe with goings on to watch

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BungadinRidesAgain@reddit

The first Friday night beer can't be beaten.

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Jahcurs@reddit

Friday night after work, either a beer in the shower when I get home or wait till I've booted up rock band and crack one then absolute perfection. I am 35 years old.

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Acceptable-Sentence@reddit

The pint as the anthems come on before the first six nations fixture of the year

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Element77@reddit

Airport/Holiday ones aside, I love the beer just after you've mowed the lawn and before the bbq gets lit.

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StellaStendel@reddit

Yeh I'd agree with this one!

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fundiary@reddit

When I'm "done" for the day. Nothing else planned for after, and things on the to do list aren't due.

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Beautiful_Task3294@reddit

Airport. 5am. And then the inevitable panic to get through security when we fuck it and forget to make a move.

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TurnersCroft@reddit

Chilled beach bar looking at the sunset. I've one particular one in mind but any... 🌅

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HumanCStand@reddit

After a hard sweaty days physical work- that pint never feels so good

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081280@reddit

First pint at a festival after you've lugged your stuff there on the train and put your tent up

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DeirdreBarstool@reddit

First pint in a beer garden after winter.. you know the first day when the sun actually feels warm on your face. It’s a pint of optimism and hope.

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SeekerofWisd0m@reddit

After a good round of golf

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irish_horse_thief@reddit

Standing in the vaults with all your tradesman mates on a Friday and looking forward to going the football tomorrow.

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Educational-Angle717@reddit

All the classics will be gone so I'll say the Sunday afternoon pint - you've already done your work for the week, likely met all social obligations and you can just kick back watch the football or something and relax for the afternoon.

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Goose-rider3000@reddit

First pint of apres First pint of a get together with the old gang, when you haven’t seen each other for months

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Ploughman_Lunch_stat@reddit

The one in my hand, wherever, whenever that is.

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johntuscany@reddit

At the 19th

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Pembleton8@reddit

By the pool on holiday in an ice cold glass.

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sam_p_23@reddit

Don’t drink anymore but used to love a pint with your mates on a nice sunny day at the races.

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Cussec@reddit

First pint after having 4 dry weeks working offshore. THAT THERE IS AMBER NECTAR. The next 5 are also pretty good. But that first one…. Doesn’t even have to be a good beer, could be fosters and it still tastes like heaven. Almost.

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FrankyFistalot@reddit

When I was a lot younger the perfect pint was a pint of ice cold Strongbow on a sunny day….-smacks lips-.

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No_Doughnut3257@reddit

Dingle pint

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NastyMothman@reddit

A free one.

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PityPartySommelier@reddit

During summer I'd just finished a load of hard work in the garden and had myself a big ice cold cider.

Was proper lovely

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