Heading to the local with a few mates is one of life's great pleasures. The next morning, on the other hand, is rarely quite so enjoyable.
All too often, it mainly involves lying in a fear-drenched stupor, promising you will never drink again, before sheepishly checking your bank balance to see how much it all cost you. It's a pretty horrific experience.
But wouldn't it be great if you could enjoy a night out without having to worry about the inevitable self-loathing?
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Well, thanks to a thrifty student, you now can. Computer science and philosophy undergraduate Jack Weatherilt is the brains behind pints.wtf, a site which ranks more than 370 drinks available at every Wetherspoon pub in the UK, giving punters more bang for their buck.
So, how does it work?
The 20-year-old made his calculations by dividing the alcohol content (known as the ABV, or 'alcohol by volume') of a drink by its price in any given Spoons pub, to show which ones offer the best 'value'.
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For example, one pint (568ml) of beer with an ABV of five percent would be 0.05 x 568ml. This number would then be divided by the price to get the 'value'.
And taking everything into account, Jack says bars in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland generally offer the most bang for your buck.
He says with its 'weird variation of higher-alcohol pints', the best value Spoons in the UK is north of the border at Hunters Hall in Galashiels, with its top ranking bev a pint of JW Lees Moonraker (6.5 percent) for just £1.99.
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Or if that doesn't sound like your tipple, then a pint of Maxim Maximus will set you back less than £2.
The rest of the top five is made up by The Olympia (Tredegar, Wales), The Carrick Stone (Glasgow, Scotland), The Blue Bell (Pontefract, England) and The Thomas Burke (Leigh, England).
Obviously, this is largely based on which drinks are on offer at any particular pub.
But the site also shows how the same drink in one boozer can cost you a little bit more in another.
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For example, in towns and cities, a pint of Magners is generally the cheapest booze on offer. However, while in one pub it can cost as little as £1.99, in another watering hole just a few miles down the road it will set you back £2.29 or even £2.69.
A pretty steep mark-up for the same drink.
Speaking to LADbible, Jack said he was inspired to build the site during a session with his mates.
The 20-year-old said: "I came up with the idea when I went to the Ice Wharf in Camden before a gig and we were trying to work out the cheapest way to get the most alcohol before it started.
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"The Spoons app clearly has all the information you need to calculate the value for alcohol, so I reckoned I could take it apart to help me automatically calculate the value for each drink at each pub."
A great idea, I'm sure you'll agree. Now, how about an app...?
Drink responsibly, guys.
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