I can't find the sources now, but based on what what I have been told the workers at the Danish beer producer Carlsberg were, per union agreement, to be paid a

I can't find the sources now, but based on what what I have been told the workers at the Danish beer producer Carlsberg were, per union agreement, to be paid a certain number of beers (4?) per day, up until the 1990ish. Before there were any special taxes on liquer in Denmark, it wasn't uncommon to buy a bottle before work, and finish it through the day (this would be just after the Victorian age, so those workers probably needed) and of course the Gin Wagons in the UK are legendary for a reason.