Drinking House

The number one thing that will bring joy to anyone's face is a big tankard of good ale. And even in the poorest of villages one can stumble upon a drinking house or two. They are easy to spot, you can either follow your eyes and look for a painted wooden plank with a crude picture of a beer and a bunch of arrows or you can follow your ears and keep them perched for loud shouts of merryment. (Following your nose is generally discouraged as if the patrons are unable to keep the ale in their stomach, no amount of alcohol is worth trying to pursue in their steps. Better brew at home.)
Drinking houses are buildings that were temporarily transformed into a tavern. While brewing is a craft that is worshipped by many, it is also practiced generously and is a good way to make a coin or two for any family. It is not particularly regulated as many other industries. And everyone loves a good drink or two or ten and therefore pop-up taverns like these are joy to see for any villager and less so for their coin purses. It is the number one activity there is to do for recreation and socialising and many a drinking game were invented to make the evening fun go by even quicker. Each village or a town district have a tale about a particularly rowdy evening that has been etched into the collective memory and will be passed down as a tale for the ages.
These improvised taverns have a tendency to pop-up in the poorer parts of the regions, while the wealthier one do enjoy a presence of well-established inns and somewhat cleaner rooms. Be aware that while stepping into a drinking house you are coming into someone's home and so what you find inside (besides alcohol) can vary greatly. And the locals take great joy in making fun of outsiders with long tales and even longer drinking challenges. They are also the best place to find the hottest gossip.