Bristol pubs to give away free drinks today but you’ll need to be quick

A national pub chain with several sites in Bristol is giving away free pints today (March 25) - and it’s all in celebration of rain falling.

Greene King is giving away 100,000 pints of beer or a soft drink across the UK  to customers who say ‘it rains, we pour’ when ordering. 

The offer went live for 24 hours from 11am on March 25, and customers can choose one free drink from a range of options, including cask ales, lagers and craft beers or a selection of soft drinks.

All pubgoers have to do to quench their thirst is head to a local participating Greene King pub and say the key words “it rains, we pour” when ordering.

The pub company and brewer’s biggest ever round was triggered at 8am today, after the official Greene King Rain Drop Detector was set off, meaning the nation can head to their local pub and enjoy a free pint.

The nine-foot-tall pint glass shaped detector situated at Great Northern Warehouse in Manchester city centre, lit up triggering the launch of the offer across the country, as the first drops of rain fell on the city.

The giveaway follows new national research revealing Manchester is the UK’s wettest city, with over one in five of the nation claiming it’s the place that rains the most in the entire country.

Despite over eight in ten Brits (81%) believing rain is quintessentially British, almost three quarters (74%) claim that it puts them off going out and socialising, showing a clear relationship between the weather and social activities.

Clair Preston-Beer, Managing Director for Greene King Pubs, said: “Now it’s officially raining, we’re pouring 100,000 free pints across our Greene King pubs nationwide in our biggest ever giveaway to celebrate rather than commiserate the rain, because let’s face it, it won’t be the last of the wet weather. We can’t wait to welcome customers into our pubs today to enjoy our biggest ever round of free drinks.”

Find your local participating Greene King pub, and T&Cs here.