Miller Lite is giving away 50,000 free beers today. Here’s how to get one

The company is also offering free beer on its website to people that can’t make it to a bar in time

The giveaways will take place between 4:50 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. local time

Aug. 1 is international beer day—and if your beer fridge happens to be empty, one major beer brand is happy to offer you a freebie today

To find which bars near you are handing out the free beers, head to millerlite.com/find-celebration

There’s no reason to plan on a liquid lunch, though, which should make HR departments happy

The giveaways will take place between 4:50 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. local time

Alternatively, you can visit MillerLite.com, starting at 3:00 p.m

ET) to enter a sweepstakes for free beers. “The 50th anniversary is just more than a milestone for Miller Lite, it’s a celebration of our fans and the five decades we’ve spent together enjoying Miller Time,” said Ann Legan, vice president of marketing for the Miller family of brands

To culminate the celebration, Miller will host a Beer Drop at its brewery in Milwaukee, much the Times Square ball drop on New Year’s Eve

Only, in this case, it will be a larger-than-life six pack that descends, rather than a crystal-encrusted ball

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