The phrase "a bit of drinking" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a small amount of alcohol consumption in a casual or informal context.
Example: "After a long week at work, we decided to have a bit of drinking at the local pub."
Alternatives: "a little drinking" or "some drinking".
I understand that there was quite a bit of drinking".
He did quite a bit of drinking with Richard Burton and Peter O'Toole, he said.
Yet, if you are partial to a bit of drinking (responsibly, of course), then Bath has you covered as well.
"You can have 175, 200 young professionals, and it's fun, and to be honest, there's quite a bit of drinking, and the eats are very good and it also feeds bodies to your organization," says former state YR head John Hilbert.
In the years since, Bill has made a dubious marriage, had two more children and developed a bit of a drinking problem.
All are air-conditioned apart from the restaurant car, which can become a bit of a drinking den in the evenings.
In You Only Live Twice, Dikko Henderson tells James Bond: "Taking you to your hotel first – the Okura, latest of the western ones... Then we'll do a bit of serious drinking".
On the city's cobbled streets, where visitors tucked into sausages and pretzel and got in a bit of preparation drinking, there was no sign of crisis or anxiety.
In You Only Live Twice, Dikko Henderson tells James Bond: "Taking you to your hotel first – the Okura, latest of the western ones... Then we'll do a bit of serious drinking". That's what you did in the Okura: it was a glorious mix of western and Japanese design, where Mad Men modernism met traditional craft and colour in a "perfect combination of wood, paper screens and pendant lights".
I've got a bit of a drinking issue, so they tried to iron me out, did their best, and they transferred me here.
