Triple Alcohol Prices, Cop Says ...

[Jeremy]

Have they cleared up the clusterfuck that were our drinking age laws?

I think I'm right that it's completely 18 to buy.... but to drink, I think it used to be 18 for beers, wines, spirits, 16 for cider & perry, then 14 (or 12?) for drinking with a meal accompanied by parents etc in a restaurant. They may have tidied all that up now though.

[Dravyk]

Originally Posted by Jeremy

Have they cleared up the clusterfuck that were our drinking age laws?

I think I'm right that it's completely 18 to buy.... but to drink, I think it used to be 18 for beers, wines, spirits, 16 for cider & perry, then 14 (or 12?) for drinking with a meal accompanied by parents etc in a restaurant. They may have tidied all that up now though.

In the US it goes by state, though almost all or all are 21 now.

When I was 18, (after the Revolutinary War ...) Pennsylvania was 21. But since NJ is right across the bridge, we all would go there is all. LMAO!

[MorganGrayson]

Originally Posted by Dravyk

In the US it goes by state, though almost all or all are 21 now.

When I was 18, (after the Revolutinary War ...) Pennsylvania was 21. But since NJ is right across the bridge, we all would go there is all. LMAO!

When my husband went to college in Pennsylvania (during the Revolutionary War) he crossed a state border to drink at 18. I don't remember which one. That little "legal drinking" thing was probably responsible for the "shoot out" he and one of his friends had in front of the girl's dorm. They hid in the bushes and watched the cops show up. One of his favorite, albeit somewhat blurry, college memories.

Originally Posted by Jeremy

Drav - not so much history, more context. As well all know context is everything.

Great word usage!
Excellent riff on Google. Points coming!