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1999 February 22, Christopher Somerville, The Observer:
Pack an esky with ice-cold bottles of Cooper's Green Label and head down to Holloways Beach, just north of Cairns, around beer o'clock on a Friday afternoon.
He let her go and stood up. "I also believe it's beer o'clock. You want some iced tea?"
2006, Arthur J. Binks, “Santa Cruz”, in Wine, Women and Sailing, Cambridge: Vanguard Press, →ISBN, page 89:
One big rule that we never ever break is to open a can of ale before beer o'clock. Luckily this can be anytime between 1000 and 1300 hours and woe-betide anyone on watch who forgets to waken the other at this crucial time of day.
2013, Dave Lewis, chapter 62, in Raising Skinny Elephants, : Ponty Press, →ISBN, page 231:
When Hal woke up he decided it was beer o'clock and had the girls' permission to wander down the road for a few pints before tea.
(slang,humorous) Time for a beer (the first of the day or otherwise).
Questioner: What time is it? Answerer: It's beer o'clock.
2022 November 2, Paul Bigland, “New trains, old trains, and splendid scenery”, in RAIL, number 969, page 58:
Calling at Stalybridge, I cast one eye at the refreshment rooms and one eye at my watch, but 'beer o'clock' it isn't! Besides, I have a long way to travel!
Translations
time of the first beer (or alcoholic beverage) of the day
