Your country's drinking age

[Glamorgan]

Australia, and 18.

yup, definitely 18 here, last time I checked. The Aussie govt. was planning to put it up to 21, but that only means more underage drinking.

And also, awesome avatar Glamorgan.

I would say the same, but I'd be hit for being immature.

 

[Guest_Star]

18 to buy beer and other low alcohol content beverages, 21 - I think - for buying booze.

20 for hard liqueur (anything above 20% ABV) here in No'way.

 

[Withall]

Sweden, 18. With legal buy-out age (look up "Systembolaget" on Wikipedia) at 21.

 

[lissn]

In shops: 18 for below 21 v-%, 20 for over 21 v-%.

Plain 18 in bars, Finland

 

[Corporal Bill]

16 for sex

18 to drink

21 to buy in most supermarkets

and 25 in ASDA

 

[Treefingers]

NZ as well here, i reckon the proposed changes are a pretty good idea.

 

[Jonluw]

18 to buy beer and other low alcohol content beverages, 21 - I think - for buying booze.

20 for hard liqueur (anything above 20% ABV) here in No'way.

Oh. Okay. I should probably know these things...

 

[Insert Comedy Here]

It's always been a joke of mine to say to foreigners that the legal drinking age in Australia is when you can ask your parents for a beer, and they say "Sure, get me one too."

 

[neoontime]

It's 21 and I'm in the U.S.

 

[hawkeye52]

16 in cyprus for beer and the like and i think its 18 spirits.

england is 18

 

[TehIrishSoap]

In Ireland, Its 18, But We Have The Highest Rate Of Teenage Drinkers In Europe, And The Highest Rate On Binge Drinking...

 

[Deadlock Radium]

18, Norway.
To buy liquor with an alcohol % above 40%, you've got to be 21.

 

[Broken Boy]

In the US it's 21 which really sux.

 

[Quid Plura]

The "law" states that you have to be 16/18 (Holland) to drink. In reality, if you want to drink, you drink. Most bars and clubs have an age limit for entry, but they don't really refuse a lot of people, so once you're in, you can drink.

 

[amucha98]

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[sheogoraththemad]

in the Netherlands you have to be 16 for beer and 18 for the more alcoholic stuff, doesn't stop us from becoming drunk and puke ourself.

 

[Guffe]

18 for alcohol under 21% and 20 over that.
Finland reporting.

 

[Guffe]

In shops: 18 for below 21 v-%, 20 for over 21 v-%.

Plain 18 in bars, Finland

Damn!!! my fellow Finn you ninjad' me!!!

 

[Guest_Star]

18, Norway.
To buy liquor with an alcohol % above 40%, you've got to be 21.

20 years and 22%.

For some reason I've run into several kids that seem to believe 21 is the age here.
I blame americanized television.
[sup]
Short rundown of rights in Norway:
16 - consensual sex, school no longer mandatory, driver's licence for tractors/mopeds
18 - soft liquor, beer, tobacco, voting, general driver's license, marriage, can volunteer for military service
19 - conscription age (not a right, a duty)
20 - hard liquor
21 - driver's license for heavy buses/trailers[/sup]

 

[Deadlock Radium]

18, Norway.
To buy liquor with an alcohol % above 40%, you've got to be 21.

20 years and 22%.

For some reason I've run into several kids that seem to believe 21 is the age here.
I blame americanized television.
[sup]
Short rundown of rights in Norway:
16 - consensual sex, school no longer mandatory, driver's licence for tractors/mopeds
18 - soft liquor, beer, tobacco, voting, general driver's license, marriage, can volunteer for military service
19 - conscription age (not a right, a duty)
20 - hard liquor
21 - driver's license for heavy buses/trailers[/sup]

Aha, so I was wrong then.
Oh, and thank you for the overview by the way.