I was out mostly out drinking in pubs and restaurants in my 20s and 30s. I travelled a lot to Goa and Sri Lanka and for long periods too and would find a beach bar or restaurant and make it my base, bonus if they had rooms, I found some really decent ones on my travels, That way you become really friendly and social with the owners and work staff, and meet other interesting travellers who like to drink, spent many a night getting absolutely pissed and stoned in beach huts on the beach listening to Reggae Good times. My favourite Sri Lankan beer is called Lion, in big brown 500ml bottles, They went warm fast so had to drink them really quick, could easily polish 13 bottles during the day and then shots at night, In Sri Lanka they have Arrack and shots of that gets you drunk. The British have always had a big drinking culture. I started drinking when I was 14, I remember going into backrooms of pubs at 14 in my school uniform, we would take ours blazers and ties off and they'll serve your 2/3 pints and we'll play pool That wouldn't happen anymore with the Laws now... The local foreign shops would also sell you alcohol as well with no ID, at 14 we just to drink white cider and something called 20/20 Maddog. 15% punch. I bet most of British people bore before 2004 started drinking this way.