Greene King pubs in Nottingham to give away free pints - but on one (strange) condition
Greene King’s biggest ever free beer giveaway could happen from Monday, March 25!
Pub chain Greene King has announced its biggest-ever free beer giveaway, but something very specific has to happen before the drinks can start to flow.
The giveaway will be triggered when it first rains in Manchester on Monday, March 25.
It sounds a bit strange, but there’s actually some pretty good logic behind the giveaway, which could see up to 100,000 pints distributed for free across the UK.
The idea behind the initiative is to encourage the nation to step outdoors and into the rain to mark March 2023 being the wettest March on record for 40 years.
Research by Greene King has crowned Manchester as 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.
To launch Greene King’s free pint offer, a nine-foot-tall pint glass-shaped rain drop detector will be situated at Great Northern Warehouse in Manchester city centre from Monday, March 25.
There are more than 40 Greene King pubs in and around Nottingham, including the Ye Olde Trip to Jerusalem and Bell Inn, where you can head to claim a free drink once rain has fallen in Manchester.
Clair Preston-Beer, Managing Director for Greene King Pubs, said: “Since March 2023 was the wettest March on record, we decided to mark the beginning of spring by offering the nation 100,000 free pints in our Greene King pubs nationwide to celebrate rather than commiserate the first drops of rain, because let’s face it, it won’t be the last of the wet weather!
“With over four in 10 (41%) saying a free pint would cheer them up on a rainy day, it was a no-brainer for us to announce our biggest ever pint giveaway, as we all love a freebie, but the stats show not all of us love the wet weather!”