Purchasing Alcohol in America - Under 21

Skidfingers

I'm not sure if is the correct section (don't think I've ever posted here before), but if you have an Irish passport/ID, is it still illegal to purchase drink in America Under 21?

I'm assuming it is, but I'd just like to know for definite.

Thanks

Washington Irving

Yes, it is.

Penny Tration

Yes. Being irish doesn't mean you can break another country's laws :pac:

LenaClaire

Yup, still illegal regardless of where you are from.

Skidfingers

Skidfingers wrote: »

I'm not sure if is the correct section (don't think I've ever posted here before), but if you have an Irish passport/ID, is it still illegal to purchase drink in America Under 21?

I'm assuming it is, but I'd just like to know for definite.

Thanks

Depends on which state you're in.

Edit: Disregard.

Dymo

Yes and even if your under 40 expect to get carded, it's their country so its there laws.

Princess Consuela Bananahammock

Skidfingers wrote: »

I'm not sure if is the correct section (don't think I've ever posted here before), but if you have an Irish passport/ID, is it still illegal to purchase drink in America Under 21?

I'm assuming it is, but I'd just like to know for definite.

Thanks

Yep. In any case, buying isn't the issue - they're not allowed to sell it to you.

Hazys

Imagine if an american asked that question here about Ireland...

Skidfingers

Cheers lads But no thanks

green_screen wrote: »

Yes. Being irish doesn't mean you can break another country's laws :pac:

True, I suppose this isn't Ireland we're talking about

Tokyo

Can be a pain in the arse even when you're over 21. Many places that sell alcohol requires the person at the register to swipe your drivers licence through the till to complete the sale. No US licence, no manager present to override it, no alcohol.

The Backwards Man

Dymo wrote: »

Yes and even if your under 40 expect to get carded, it's their country so its there laws.

Bastards never ID check me.

Skidfingers

mike_ie wrote: »

Can be a pain in the arse even when you're over 21. Many places that sell alcohol requires the person at the register to swipe your drivers licence through the till to complete the sale. No US licence, no manager present to override it, no alcohol.

Wow, didn't know that. Not like this country when you're drinking cans of Dutch Gold the night of your confirmation in a field

fatherted1969

Would you like a gun with that

Vito Corleone

Yeah OP, and Americans who are on holiday in Ireland have to be 21 to buy drink here.

stimpson

Have you considered a combover?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeEGm-gISQ8

mlumley

stimpson wrote: »

Have you considered a combover?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeEGm-gISQ8

Any one who cuts their hair like that shouldn't be aloud to drink.

stimpson

mlumley wrote: »

Any one who cuts their hair like that shouldn't be aloud to drink.

Anyone who goes to that length to get a beer should get to drink for free.

myshirt

At 18, Uncle Sam will give you a gun and have you kill a man. But no whiskey to calm the nerves after. Woah dude, you ain't 21.

smurfjed

I had problems getting into bars a couple of months ago, they couldn't understand why i didn't have a US based ID and by their policy an Irish passport wasn't acceptable.... I laughed, I'm was sure that my grey hairs should have indicated that i passed the age of 21 many years ago.
Manager finally came to the door and educated his doormen that i wasn't a risk.

AlanS181824

Skidfingers wrote: »

Wow, didn't know that. Not like this country when you're drinking cans of Dutch Gold the night of your confirmation in a field

Lmao! That's funny because for 99% of people it's probably true!

nibtrix

smurfjed wrote: »

I had problems getting into bars a couple of months ago, they couldn't understand why i didn't have a US based ID and by their policy an Irish passport wasn't acceptable.... I laughed, I'm was sure that my grey hairs should have indicated that i passed the age of 21 many years ago.
Manager finally came to the door and educated his doormen that i wasn't a risk.

I was refused buying a $30 bottle of wine in a supermarket along with $50 worth of food, because my only ID was an irish passport. Apparently only a drivers license was acceptable. I pointed out that even if I had a drivers licence it would be a flimsy piece of paper that could be copied and laminated by a 14 year old, but I still had to put back that bottle of fancy wine...

AlanS181824

smurfjed wrote: »

I had problems getting into bars a couple of months ago, they couldn't understand why i didn't have a US based ID and by their policy an Irish passport wasn't acceptable.... I laughed, I'm was sure that my grey hairs should have indicated that i passed the age of 21 many years ago.
Manager finally came to the door and educated his doormen that i wasn't a risk.

I know people who started going grey when they were 15 so no, having grey hairs doesn't automatically mean you're over 21!

Ihatecuddles

My dad is 70, he was asked for ID in a theme park to prove he was over 30. WTF!

Frynge

I know a hotelier who was refused a bottle of wine in tesco's so she left €70 odd of groceries sitting on the belt and left. Next time she went in the manager approached her to apologise.

The legal age being 21 in America is why we get yanks over here, who are 18-20, on holiday or Erasmus or whatever, drink themselves silly and cannot handle it/act like complete morons.

Get your laws sorted, America, so we don't have to suffer.

Ihatecuddles

Deleted User wrote: »

The legal age being 21 in America is why we get yanks over here, who are 18-20, on holiday or Erasmus or whatever, drink themselves silly and cannot handle it/act like complete morons.

Get your laws sorted, America, so we don't have to suffer.

Yeah, temple bar is full of drunken American idiots, they should be more dignified like the Irish....

I've never seen drunken Americans in Dublin! The drunken louts I've seen are all Irish!!!

thrashmetalfan

went to Miami last year for a holiday I stayed in south beach. never got carded once the whole time I was there. went to plenty of bars and a strip club, nobody asked for id. the strip club was tootsies cabaret, a fine establishment with lots of pretty ladies. if going there ask for a pretty Romanian girl called Robin!!:D

Ihatecuddles

thrashmetalfan wrote: »

went to Miami last year for a holiday I stayed in south beach. never got carded once the whole time I was there. went to plenty of bars and a strip club, nobody asked for id. the strip club was tootsies cabaret, a fine establishment with lots of pretty ladies. if going there ask for a pretty Romanian girl called Robin!!:D

I knew her when she was Robert :P

EyeSight

mauzo! wrote: »

Yeah, temple bar is full of drunken American idiots, they should be more dignified like the Irish....

I've never seen drunken Americans in Dublin! The drunken louts I've seen are all Irish!!!

I agree. If anything we need to up the age to 21 or else become stricter on anti-social behavior

Chucken

myshirt wrote: »

At 18, Uncle Sam will give you a gun and have you kill a man. But no whiskey to calm the nerves after. Woah dude, you ain't 21.

He wont even let you calm your nerves with a nice Kinder Egg either.

Freedom.

J_E

EyeSight wrote: »

we need to up the age to 21

Yep, that'll show 'em...


Realistically, if you were to let kids have the odd glass of wine with family dinner, you'd probably dramatically reduce alcohol abuse in teens. It's no longer a thrilling novelty in that sense.

thrashmetalfan

mauzo! wrote: »

I knew her when she was Robert :P

you know I kinda found it funny that she spoke with a deep voice. I thought it was just her accent!! that and the fact it felt like she was hiding something in her underwear when she gave me a lap dance.

--LOS--

I admire your optimism OP

Rothko

mauzo! wrote: »

My dad is 70, he was asked for ID in a theme park to prove he was over 30. WTF!

That should be taken as a compliment.

Stavros Murphy

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Bastards never ID check me.

They mentioned looking under 40.... you've aged fierce badly. Can't be helped. Look at the positives, ermm, theres..errr...

Dravokivich

mauzo! wrote: »

My dad is 70, he was asked for ID in a theme park to prove he was over 30. WTF!

They have to ask people from all age groups randomly otherwise they'd be done for profiling.

The Diabolical Monocle

Get fermenting op

anncoates

fatherted1969 wrote: »

Would you like a gun with that

myshirt wrote: »

At 18, Uncle Sam will give you a gun and have you kill a man. But no whiskey to calm the nerves after. Woah dude, you ain't 21.

Awaits Madsl :pac:

Legs.Eleven

I was the only one of my friends who was 21 when I went on my J1. Everyone else used fake ID with no problems. That was 13 years ago, so perhaps they're stricter.

mikeym

Anyone 18-20 thats traveling to America just get the same kind of ID McLovin has

You should have no problem getting drink



You can go to war at 18 but you cant drink alcohol the laws are stupid in the good old USA.

conorhal

myshirt wrote: »

At 18, Uncle Sam will give you a gun and have you kill a man. But no whiskey to calm the nerves after. Woah dude, you ain't 21.

Because guns and booze mix so well....... Just say'in!

Getting pissed has never seemed to be a big problem for college teens, they just do it a keggers and house parties that look like a lot more fun then 'sittin in de field with a flaggon of Devils Bit'

RoboRat

Yes and even if your under 40 expect to get carded, it's their country so its there laws.

Doesn't happen, I have been to the states quite a few times and I have never been asked for ID in the last 9 years, I am 36 and the last time I was asked was when I was 27 and that was once on a 2 week stay.

Electric Sheep

It'll be grand. Just tell them you're Irish and they'll make an exception because sure everybody loves the Irish:rolleyes:

Amirani

RoboRat wrote: »

Doesn't happen, I have been to the states quite a few times and I have never been asked for ID in the last 9 years, I am 36 and the last time I was asked was when I was 27 and that was once on a 2 week stay.

It does happen quote a bit. Spent a few days in Chicago with my dad a while back, both of us got carded going into most places. He was around 50 at the time which was pretty funny.

Steodonn

mauzo! wrote: »

Yeah, temple bar is full of drunken American idiots, they should be more dignified like the Irish....

I've never seen drunken Americans in Dublin! The drunken louts I've seen are all Irish!!!

You should interact more with students

wotzgoingon

stimpson wrote: »

Have you considered a combover?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CeEGm-gISQ8

That is cool!

Plazaman

Deleted User wrote: »

The legal age being 21 in America is why we get yanks over here, who are 18-20, on holiday or Erasmus or whatever, drink themselves silly and cannot handle it/act like complete morons.

Get your laws sorted, America, so we don't have to suffer.

Yes because all yanks wait until midnight of their 21st birthday before they ever ever touch a drop of alcohol. It's like a New Years eve countdown for them sitting at a bar with a beer in front of them 5....4.....3.....2....1.....gulp

OP I shall get you a good quality ID, your name will be Mc Lovin*


*Film reference mods, not illegal transaction, I swear

pundy

one of the first times i was in america i spent about 2 hours in a Kinkos (office supplies/print shop) making up a fake i.d. it worked every time, and that was in New York - where they can be more strict than other parts.

in Florida recently and i only got i.d'd once or twice...

i think a lot of it has to do with whether you're already wasted looking - as in, the more wasted you look, they seem to not bother asking for i.d cos they assume you've already shown it somewhere else. granted, i'm 30 now, so im not sure if they could just tell that i was

LenaClaire

pundy wrote: »

i think a lot of it has to do with whether you're already wasted looking - as in, the more wasted you look, they seem to not bother asking for i.d cos they assume you've already shown it somewhere else. granted, i'm 30 now, so im not sure if they could just tell that i was

It also has a lot to do with how young you look. I had friends that would only get carded when they went out with me, because I looked very young for my age.

pundy

LenaClaire wrote: »

It also has a lot to do with how young you look. I had friends that would only get carded when they went out with me, because I looked very young for my age.

Beards. you need beards!

Skidfingers

Surprised this thread has reached 4 pages, was thinking it would die after a couple of replies.

It's turned into a thread about past stories :pac::P