Time for a pint?

It is 6.14pm.... time for a pint! Boffins have told us that this is the time when most people in the UK have their first pint, with only one in ten quenching their thirst at lunchtime. Changed days! Can't retell the story here, but anyone who has heard Billy Connolly waxing lyrical about the casual vomit will know how prevalent (serious) lunchtime drinking used to be.

The Danes are the most anxious to get to the bar. They have their first quaff of Carlsberg at 4.41pm, and more than a quarter of them drink at lunchtime! But in France, Kronenbourg sales must dip after 8.33pm because that is the time they have their last beer! Les lightweights!