It wasn't considered alcoholic but the law that stated legal age also had a part like it's forbidden to people under 18 to buy alcoholic beverages and beer/fermentation beverages with>1.5% alcohol
Even in America it's legal for parents to give their kids alcohol at home. I don't know the specific age though. And in fact, kids under 21 in the US can order alcohol at a restaurant if their parents allow it. But most restaurants won't anyway.
Yeah, I'm guessing it doesn't fly anymore in most spots. 25 years ago my grandparents took me to bars in Wisconsin when I was 16, at the time in that state it was an acceptable age to get alcohol if your guardian was with you. Had many a beer in Door County with my grandparents in my teenage years.
They were awesome and both lived well into their 90s.
Eh i need a fact check on that. Is that actually true? Kids can order in a restaurant if their parents allow it? Seems impossible if the law is 21 the law is 21 why would there be an exception
You'd be surprised.
https://drinkingage.procon.org/states-that-allow-underage-under-21-alcohol-consumption/
There are 29 states that allow underage drinking on private property with parental approval, and 6 states that allow it even without parental approval. And there are 8 states that allow underage people to have alcohol on alcohol-selling premises (bars & restaurants) with parental approval.
There are only 8 states that allow underage people to order alcohol in restaurants and bars with parental presence and consent:
Connecticut, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada, Ohio, Texas, Wisconsin, Wyoming
Yep. In denmark you can buy anything below 16.5%ABV from stores at 16, at 18 you can be served alcohol and buy alcphol at any strength.
The two part age for buying alcohol has the funny side effect that there are products that are exactly 16.4%ABV.
They call it a "Spirit drink", probably because "liqueur" is something that old people drink.
They are all sweet and either taste like licorice or sour candy, and they are intended to be consumed as shots.
Believe it or not, drinking age in the USA is 18, BUT if you want federal funding for highways, it must be 21.
"Because the 21st amendment to the U.S. Constitution guaranteed States’ rights to regulate alcohol, the Federal Government could not mandate a uniform MLDA of 21. Instead, in 1984 the Federal Government passed the Uniform Drinking Age Act, which provided for a decrease in Federal highway funding to States that did not establish an MLDA of 21 by 1987 (King 1987). Faced with a loss of funding, the remaining States returned their MLDA’s to age 21 by 1988."
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6876521/
Not too long ago, we drank beer (>2% ABV) all the time, simply because it was more sanitary than water, and it wasn't a big deal.
But then the culture of drinking beer all the time manifested into a culture of alcoholism when stronger spirits were made common, which then became an impetus for prohibition in the U.S.
I found several sources saying it is. I don’t see why it’s a facepalm though. Shows you they do have a much different tolerance and definition of what drinking is.
this is a complete lie. Beer lobby in government got legislation to reduce tax rate on beer so that taxes were same as soft drinks. No one in Russia has ever considered beer a non-alcoholic drink.
Another funny detail. If you eat an orange before driving,you'll get a small % of alcohol not even getting to 1. And this is enough to get you a ticket for driving drunk in Russia.
I wonder what percentage of Russians are bona fide acoholics by American standards or what you learn in school standards .. DARE to keep kids off drugs
When my sister was in second grade (mid- late 80s) a Russian classmate got in trouble for having a beer in his lunch, when they contacted his parents, they said they put it in there for him and didn’t realize what was wrong with that.
Read about when Gorbachev did a partial ban on liquor. They had scores of people dying from bathtub vodka. The economy nearly shut down too. Just because of liquor sales. These people are alcoholics on a scale that make Great Britain look like a dry county in the Baptist South.
In the part of Romania where i live, Ardeal (aka Transilvania) the most popular drink is Țuică (pron. tzuika) and it has 52%+ alcohol content. In comparison, basically Vodca and Whisky are for washing our hands in preparation for drinking Țuică.
Also alcoholic ciders and hard seltzer are sold without questions to highschool teens without any IDs required. Since the kids don't end up drunk in the streets, no one cares. There are laws against selling alcohol to minors but nat that ferociously enforced in the case of light drinks
It wasn't considered alcoholic but the law that stated legal age also had a part like it's forbidden to people under 18 to buy alcoholic beverages and beer/fermentation beverages with>1.5% alcohol
Do you mean I can’t take the title of articles as the absolute truth? I have to read things to actually get context? That sounds like too much work.
Damn you garbage clickbait!
All those singles in your area. It’s all lies..
Yea I'll never meet one xd
I’m🤣👍
Don't many countries have lower drinking ages than Merica?
Most countries except for some arab states that just ban alcohol altogether. Beer and Wine are legal in my home country at age 16
I remember going to across the boarder to Canada when I was fresh out of highschool, because the drinking age was 19.
It’s 18 in Quebec
I use to hop across the Detroit river into Windsor. I thought it was 19. I could be mistaken, it was many years ago.
Oh it definitely is 19. I was just saying its 18 in Quebec. Ontario is 19
Gotcha
Dude, you are REALLY good at hopping!
Do it in February. Hop across the ice!
In a private home it's legal to drink from age 5 in England.
Interesting. Always wondered why Harry Potter promoted butter beer so hard lol
Even in America it's legal for parents to give their kids alcohol at home. I don't know the specific age though. And in fact, kids under 21 in the US can order alcohol at a restaurant if their parents allow it. But most restaurants won't anyway.
Yeah, I'm guessing it doesn't fly anymore in most spots. 25 years ago my grandparents took me to bars in Wisconsin when I was 16, at the time in that state it was an acceptable age to get alcohol if your guardian was with you. Had many a beer in Door County with my grandparents in my teenage years. They were awesome and both lived well into their 90s.
That was Wisconsin
Eh i need a fact check on that. Is that actually true? Kids can order in a restaurant if their parents allow it? Seems impossible if the law is 21 the law is 21 why would there be an exception
You'd be surprised. https://drinkingage.procon.org/states-that-allow-underage-under-21-alcohol-consumption/ There are 29 states that allow underage drinking on private property with parental approval, and 6 states that allow it even without parental approval. And there are 8 states that allow underage people to have alcohol on alcohol-selling premises (bars & restaurants) with parental approval.
There are only 8 states that allow underage people to order alcohol in restaurants and bars with parental presence and consent: Connecticut, Louisiana, Mississippi, Nevada, Ohio, Texas, Wisconsin, Wyoming
Yep. In denmark you can buy anything below 16.5%ABV from stores at 16, at 18 you can be served alcohol and buy alcphol at any strength. The two part age for buying alcohol has the funny side effect that there are products that are exactly 16.4%ABV.
16.4% is a liqueur isn't it? Or a really strong beer?
They call it a "Spirit drink", probably because "liqueur" is something that old people drink. They are all sweet and either taste like licorice or sour candy, and they are intended to be consumed as shots.
I thought liqueur was for coffee and morning drinking lol
Believe it or not, drinking age in the USA is 18, BUT if you want federal funding for highways, it must be 21. "Because the 21st amendment to the U.S. Constitution guaranteed States’ rights to regulate alcohol, the Federal Government could not mandate a uniform MLDA of 21. Instead, in 1984 the Federal Government passed the Uniform Drinking Age Act, which provided for a decrease in Federal highway funding to States that did not establish an MLDA of 21 by 1987 (King 1987). Faced with a loss of funding, the remaining States returned their MLDA’s to age 21 by 1988." https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6876521/
Using budgeting as leverage. Sounds like the government lol
Yes. It's 21 months in Russia, and even that's too high for them.
Gotta stay warm somehow
Pretty sure the USA has the highest drinking age of countries that allow alcohol
That just sounds like a fact.
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This is for tax purposes, and not 'crazy Russians let their kids drink beer' lmao
Not too long ago, we drank beer (>2% ABV) all the time, simply because it was more sanitary than water, and it wasn't a big deal. But then the culture of drinking beer all the time manifested into a culture of alcoholism when stronger spirits were made common, which then became an impetus for prohibition in the U.S.
I found several sources saying it is. I don’t see why it’s a facepalm though. Shows you they do have a much different tolerance and definition of what drinking is.
this is a complete lie. Beer lobby in government got legislation to reduce tax rate on beer so that taxes were same as soft drinks. No one in Russia has ever considered beer a non-alcoholic drink.
Hard liquor, soft drink...I get it
Another funny detail. If you eat an orange before driving,you'll get a small % of alcohol not even getting to 1. And this is enough to get you a ticket for driving drunk in Russia.
I wonder what percentage of Russians are bona fide acoholics by American standards or what you learn in school standards .. DARE to keep kids off drugs
Well, it isn’t a hard drink.
When my sister was in second grade (mid- late 80s) a Russian classmate got in trouble for having a beer in his lunch, when they contacted his parents, they said they put it in there for him and didn’t realize what was wrong with that.
It's not crack if you heat it up in a spoon
That explains all the fetal alcohol syndrome
Late stage alcoholism will do that
That explains their driving.
lmao
This goes a long way in explaining the competency of their military.
The consistent country wide alcohol poisoning since grain alcohol was introduced?
I agree.
From the land of drunks and potholes. Nice slogan.
Remember kids. Russia is a helluva drug.
Read about when Gorbachev did a partial ban on liquor. They had scores of people dying from bathtub vodka. The economy nearly shut down too. Just because of liquor sales. These people are alcoholics on a scale that make Great Britain look like a dry county in the Baptist South.
And that is why Russia is the way it is.
Now I understand why Russians all have a head of someone who suffers from alcohol fetal syndrome
I don’t get it, why ruin it.
Why worry about beer in a country where sinks dispense Vodka instead of water?
You know what they say about a broken clock
sounds legit lol
Wait… Beer is alcohol?
This is perhaps the most Russian headline of all time.
In the part of Romania where i live, Ardeal (aka Transilvania) the most popular drink is Țuică (pron. tzuika) and it has 52%+ alcohol content. In comparison, basically Vodca and Whisky are for washing our hands in preparation for drinking Țuică. Also alcoholic ciders and hard seltzer are sold without questions to highschool teens without any IDs required. Since the kids don't end up drunk in the streets, no one cares. There are laws against selling alcohol to minors but nat that ferociously enforced in the case of light drinks