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Major pub chain with more than 1,300 boozers to offer free drink for St Patrick’s Day
Whisky mixers are up for grabs
PUB chain Greene King are offering punters a free drink - and here's how you can get one today.
The pub is giving out complementary beverages for six weeks to every pub-goer who presents a voucher at the bar.
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From February 17 to March 31, Greene King and Jameson Whiskey are offering each punter a free whiskey mixer or a selection of soft drinks.
The offer is to celebrate the lead-up to St Patrick's Day on March 17.
To claim, you need to fill out a form on the Jameson website.
Sign up with your email address to receive news and promotions from Jameson and other Pernod Ricard UK brands, and you'll be entered into the promotion.
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Once you've received your voucher, you can then present it at any bar server at a participating Greene King pub to redeem the offer.
The free drink on offer is a free Jameson Irish Whiskey with Ginger & Lime, served in either a 50ml measure or 35ml measure.
The drink consists of Jameson served with a 200ml bottle of Schweppes Canada Dry Ginger Ale or a 200ml bottle of Fever-Tree Ginger Ale.
Alternatively, you can choose a soft drink; either a regular glass of draught Coca-Cola Zero Sugar, Diet Coke or Schweppes Lemonade.
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The promo is for one drink per person, with the promotional period running from February 17 to March 24.
Customers have until March 31 to redeem their free drink at a participating pub.
You can search for the nearest participating Greene King and Jameson pub on the Jameson website (www.jamesonwhiskey.com/en-gb/greene-king-pub-locator/).
The promotion comes just weeks after Green King offered rugby fans free beers to celebrate the start of the Six Nations.
The weekend of February 1-2 saw thousands of rugby fans descend to watch the matches, as over 800 pubs handed out free beer.
All punters needed to do was a say a secret password to get their hands on a free pint of beer in Green King pubs.
The offer included Greene King IPA, Level Head, Flint Eye and Old Speckled Hen.
Price of a pint reaches all time high
The latest St Patrick's Day free drink promo comes just at the right time, as its confirmed the price of a pint has hit an all time high.
The average cost for a pint down your local now costs an average of £5.08 across the UK.
A recent survey by found that the average price of a pint is now 26p higher than the £4.82 reported by the Office for National Statistics in December.
Beer prices have been pushed up due to a perfect storm of rule changes, including increases to taxes on alcohol, packaging and employer costs.
The trade publication routinely examines pint prices across various regions of the country.
The most expensive region is still London, where a pint costs £6.16 on average, and the cheapest is Midlands at £4.47.
Between August 2024 and January 2025, the average cost of a pint rose in every region except two.
In both the East and West Midlands, prices fell by 6p, bringing the average cost of a pint down from £4.53 to £4.47.
All other regions experienced price increases.
London saw the largest rise, with the cost of a pint climbing by 24p (4.05%), from £5.92 to £6.16.
Scotland, meanwhile, recorded the steepest percentage increase, with the average cost of a pint rising by 7.19% - an additional 34p - taking prices from £4.73 to £5.07.
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Other regions also saw notable increases.
In the North East, the price of a pint rose by 24p, moving from £4.65 to £4.89.
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