What age were you when you first got served alcohol in a pub/shop/etc?

freshpopcorn

The first time I got served in a pub I was around sixteen.I never bothered trying shops locally because I knew most people would know my age and would ask for ID!

What age were you when you first got served alcohol in a pub/shop/etc?

Fusitive

freshpopcorn wrote: »

The first time I got severed in a pub I was around sixteen.I never bothered trying shops locally because I knew most people would know my age and would ask for ID!

What age were you when you first got severed alcohol in a pub/shop/etc?

13. We used to hit up the local Chinese takeaway for bottles of wine.

dartboardio

13.

backspacer

Thankfully I have never been severed anywhere, sounds painful

Father Hernandez

Cut my hand open when I was about 17 in the local nightclub doing handstands. Few bumps and bruises along the way

branie2

16, at a restaurant in Carnac, France.

corner of hells

14 , served in my boy scouts uniform at a jamboree in Portuma.
Seems strange now thinking about having a pint of Smithwicks in a scouts uniform.

Airyfairy12

15 when I first got served in a pub, before that we would drink in the street, a local taxi service would pick up drink for us and meet us at the bottom of the estate. Crazy, I dont think that would happen today.

SmartinMartin

15, Lord Mayor's in Swords.

ILoveYourVibes

22 and I was buying it for my Dad.

Dr. Kenneth Noisewater

13 at a village festival, the place was packed. I remember your one behind the bar asking what age I was, I said I was 19 and she laughed. She probably thought I was around 16 all right, but there's no way she thought I was over 18. Mad when I think about it.

JupiterKid

16 in a pub and 17 in an offie. A fake ID my sister's mate did up for me did the job.

pgj2015

14 in a pub, we had bad fake IDs

Deebles McBeebles

21, like I promised Our Lord and Saviour at my confirmation.

bnt

16 - beer in the local miner's club where we lived in South Africa. Maybe one, occasionally two small bottles. Stepbrother & I would go there after school to play Snooker, so you could say that I had an incentive to drink very sensibly.

B_ecke_r

14. Cusacks in North Strand.

theteal

15 and only because a couple of lads from school were working there - skinny little sh!te I was, not a chance of getting served in a proper pub.

Were there pubs around your way that were known for being a little lax with the auld rule i.e. law?
I can remember I had my 17th birthday in a pub in bluebell, ne'er a sniff of an ID being requested.

RMAOK

Think I was 14 - I always looked a lot older than my actual age

Marty Xavier

15 - Sally Longs in Galway, 4 pints of Heineken with dash lime, was mitching school too and had to cycle home after - blocked.
Love the 80s

Badly Drunk Boy

I was a relatively late starter when it came to alcohol, but I was 16 when I was first served in a pub, off-licence, and nightclub.

Boxing.Fan

15, McGraths. O'Connell street.

rainbow kirby

16 in a pub.

On the other side of things, I got ID'd in early June for it - 3 weeks before my 35th birthday - in Tesco in Stockport.

blackwhite

15 - in the Leitrim Bar in Sligo.

Was also able to get served - including whilst wearing school uniform - in the off licence just down the road from our school (the sadly departed MCR) from 14 onwards. They were happy to take the money from anyone, so long as they weren't caught.

"You're repeating your leaving aren't you?"
"Stick in them in your school bag before you walk out the door"

L1011

16 I think. Didn't start that early. Went to one specific pub I knew didn't really care initially but most places would serve me at 17 due to being abnormally tall

The saying about getting served in a school uniform in a pub is usually untrue but it happened twice for me. Once during the Young Scientist at the Horseshow House who really must have known better; and once in a sleaze pit on the north Quays called Company which is long gone

Hammer89

corner of hells wrote: »

14 , served in my boy scouts uniform at a jamboree in Portuma.
Seems strange now thinking about having a pint of Smithwicks in a scouts uniform. Maybe the Denmaster bought it for me actually. I don't remember. I don't remember anything after drinking the pint come to think of it, only that I woke up on his couch with glue or something on my belly. It must've been old glue though because it wasn't adhesive anymore. Weird. But yeah about 14.

FYP

Peatys

15. We used to go on the hop from school, cycle down to the Goblet, have a pint there, then buy 4 cans each (in full uniform) and head for howth to go on the knacker.

Home and all for 4.30.

suicide_circus

The Mezz in Temple Bar used to be called Danger Doyles (although i cant find any reference to this online, is this a false memory) and we used to get served in there when we were 14/15 when attending the Blast afternoon teen gigs run by one Robert Stephenson in the temple bar music centre (now the button factory) round the corner

16 in a pub, the night Jason McAteer scored against Holland.

Thespoofer

16. Pub. 4 pints of Fosters. Couldn't stand afterwards.

rainbowdrop

Peatys wrote: »

15. We used to go on the hop from school, cycle down to the Goblet, have a pint there, then buy 4 cans each (in full uniform) and head for howth to go on the knacker.

Home and all for 4.30.

Peatys wrote: »

15. We used to go on the hop from school, cycle down to the Goblet, have a pint there, then buy 4 cans each (in full uniform) and head for howth to go on the knacker.

Home and all for 4.30.

Jesus, if I drank that when I was 15, I'd have had to get my stomach pumped.
At that age, I'd be sharing 2ltrs of cider with a friend and we'd both langers after it. We would get older friends to buy it for us, as we couldn't get served in the off-license ourselves.

Saying that, at that age I'd already tried quite a few different drugs (hash/speed/acid), simply because we COULD get our hands on them easily. I knew 4-5 different dealers living within my area, and non of them had problems selling to us.

It's seems mad now when I look back on it, 15 year olds are just children!

lipso tokko

When I was seventeen I drank some very good beer,
I drank some very good beer I purchased with a fake ID.
My name was Brian McGee, I stayed up listenin' to Queen When I was seventeen.

Thelonious Monk

15. The Plough. Abbey St. Many’s a northsider had same experience in mid 90s.

BrokenArrows

15 from an off-licence. Also 15 in pubs.

Looking back at pictures from that time, I didn't even look remotely 18. I guess they just didn't care.

Gimme A Pound

15 in a bar. Jaysus we could make ourselves look ancient with make-up and the right clothes.

Gimme A Pound

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

I was a relatively late starter when it came to alcohol, but I was 16 when I was first served in a pub, off-licence, and nightclub.

Relatively late starter because you started drinking at 16?!