Someone you are drinking beer with. Someone who goes out for drinks with you.
Not necessarily a close friend but is present during a drink with you.
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Drink buddy...?– user140086Commented Jun 10, 2016 at 6:09
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I use beer buddy.– vickyaceCommented Jun 10, 2016 at 6:17
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- some one who is almost always there when you drink.
From A West Texas Soapbox:
- My best drinking buddy, Mike Cronin, laughed and said that Sanderson had the aesthetic of a plumber.
The expression has been used from the '50s (Ngram)
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@vickyace - beer buddy is also used:urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=beer%20buddy– user66974Commented Jun 10, 2016 at 6:19
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I was thinking drinking buddy must be more popular than beer buddy which is why you used the former. Or maybe some other reason. Both are good.– vickyaceCommented Jun 10, 2016 at 6:31
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@vickyace - it actually is, at least according to books.google.com/ngrams/… - OP is asking for "a person who drinks alchool" and drinking is more generic.– user66974Commented Jun 10, 2016 at 6:33
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1You should also add drinking partner, it's fairly common, and it's more BrEng friendly. Ngram Commented Jun 10, 2016 at 11:10