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How to explain... "after a long day" tends to have special meaning in relation to alcohol, at least for people whose first language is English. It's said that someone who is a habitual drinker or an alcoholic will get drunk "after a long day". They use the "long day" they had as an excuse to have a drink to unwind from whatever they feel made it a "long day".

Qrow had been drinking at a bar right before he fought Winter. He had drank so much that he swayed heavily after standing up from the bar. Of course he would smell like alcohol, even if he had sobered up somewhat by the time he began fighting Winter.