One other reason (to my knowledge) that the "18" laws went away quickly was that the federal government was threatening to withhold highway funding if they don't sort things out with drinking. Also, in North Carolina, you can start Driver's Ed as early as 14 1/2 y/o.
Yes, my understanding was that the Federal legislation didn't mandate the change, but merely stopped any additional highway funding to those that didn't implement the age.
A lot more driving takes place in the US, thus more opportunities for car crashes. We had so many teens dying from drunk driving that organizations were formed that went around to the schools educating kids on the dangers of drunk driving. My school lost quite a few teens each year to drunk driving.
I grew up in NC and went to my driver's ed classes with 4 of my teammates. One had moved from SC and already had his permit (not license). Since his step brother didn't care, and apparently not my parents either, this 15 year old would drive the other 3 of us to our driver's ed class. Technically illegal since there should have been an adult in the car, but still amusing.
Louisiana was the last state to go to 21 drinking age. If you can vote & serve in the military, you can drink alcohol! Until the mid 80's, closing time in Louisiana was 3 AM. Now 2 AM except in New Orleans. Many bars are 24 hours.
@@mr.m9979 That may be because the drivers licence card has usually been primary ID. I once used my passport and the clerk had to call the manager to see if it was OK. I enjoyed the notoriety of having a passport and the air of international adventure it conveys.
I’m a little surprised he didn’t mention the most notable exception to closing time in the US, Nevada. We do not have a “last call” and about 90% of our bars, pubs and taverns all stay open 24 hours, 7 days a week. In fact I didn’t leave my bar until 7am this morning. It’s rough for those of us in Vegas when we travel and a server tells us “last call” because that’s just not something we know. Haha Also, I don’t remember the last time I saw an American order a Budweiser. Bud Light, yes, but not a normal Bud.
Did the city of Las Vegas, NV change its name?...to just Vegas? If so, I suggest the following, those in NYC can be from York, those from Los Angeles can be from Angeles. Myself, as a native of Kansas City...can be from..city! :P
@@disoriented1 this is one of the dumbest attempts at a troll post I’ve ever seen. You literally used the abbreviated nickname of New York City in your examples, and then chose another city, Los Angeles, which is commonly referred to as only LA. No one has a nickname for Kansas City because no one actually cares about that city. Vegas is a commonly used way of referring to the Las Vegas Valley. But good try kiddo.
You mean they've downgraded from cat urine to watered down cat urine? I'm glad where I live the stores are well stocked with German, British and Japanese real beer!
Stella Artois may be considered “trashy” in Britain, but here in America that dubious label goes to Natural Light, or “Natty” lights as some call them. Most people associate them with fraternity houses mostly due to their cheap price. I have Type-I diabetes so I can’t drink them, but my brother has described them as “carbonated urine”. He prefers Miller Light.
This is partly regional. Even within my own state, there are places where Natty Light is drunk as the cheap and almost tasteless beer that's only fit for getting intoxicated, and other places where it's almost without exception PBR ("Pabst Blue Ribbon").
I'm in New Mexico, USA. For driving: -First I had to take a drivers' education class with a written test at the end. -Upon passing the written test, I got my "learners permit" at 15 which required I have another licensed adult in the car with me. -After logging so many hours of practice driving, I could take my driving test at 16 to get my full license.
That’s true for any light lager. Google “beer serving temperature” to find out what is correct (and why) for any style of beer, but the general rule is that paler and lower alcohol beers should be served colder than darker and stronger beers. Correct beer serving temperature ranges from as low as 33-degrees to as high as 55-degrees F (1-13C).
The "after hour" bars or clubs I used to go to in Detroit, MI, stayed open til 4am, but stopped serving alcohol at 2, when most regular bars closed. It was pretty useful, as that gave patrons an extra window of time to sober up a bit before driving.
I used to go to after hours in Detroit a long time ago as well. I don’t remember any of the bars names. Do you remember any of the names or where they were? I remember one near a freeway close to a Hostess bakery.
When they were talking about Fosters... I remember Fluffy (Gabriel Iglasias) talking about the time he was in Australia and ordered a Fosters where he said the barkeep said "So you like the taste of pi$$ do ya?"
In my State of Mississippi you can start driving at 15 with a permit with an adult. Our bars pubs lounge's are open until 2 some are open 24 hours here on the Gulf Coast in Mississippi. We have a lot of Casino's
Not going to lie, lived in the middle of no where and was allowed to drive in empty parking lots and such at the age of 10. Also a lot of kids here in the middle of nowhere USA will be driving tractors and heavy equipment like that at a very young age as well. Got to help on the farms.
I'm among the minority of folks who don't drink alcoholic beverages. I don't drink because I don't like the smell and taste of alcoholic beverages plus I get very ill when I drink. I still go to a pub in the US but I order a soft drink like Coca-Cola or non-alcoholic drink like a Shirley Temple or Roy Rodgers. I go to a pub with my friends and I usually end up being the designated driver!! ROFL!!!
I grew up in Virginia - drinking age 21. However, Washington, DC was 15 minutes away and drinking age was 18. Needless to say, every weekend started with a trip across the bridge. Bonus memory - the liquor store we frequented was located next to the stairs made famous in The Excorcist movie.
Ohhh and when I was younger, I would "volunteer" waiting tables at certain bars on weekends and just work for tips. You can make some really great tips on the weekends.
In 1979, I joined the USNavy when I was 17. After Basic Training, I could enter the Enlisted Man’s Club and drink alcohol. As long as I went to the bar on base, I could drink, even though I was under 21. That loophole has been changed now.
Its 21 yrs old to get into a bar. But it was easy to get into the Disco at 18 if you had a fake or borrowed ID in the lat 1970s. When I was 16 we could ask people to buy us booze. Then if the cops stopped by your gathering, theyd take your booze or weed and say have a safe night and leave. Pure freedom!
Most private clubs in the U.S. have either dart boards, pool tables, shuffle boards, or shuffle board bowling games. And the drinks are cheaper in those clubs/fire houses..
Driving age varies by state. I got my drivers license at 15 in Mississippi, and at the time driver's licenses were unrestricted (didn't need another licensed adult in the car, no restriction on hours when you can drive, etc.). I spent my 18th birthday drinking in the piano bar of Pat O'brien's in New Orleans' French Quarter; we didn't leave until 5 am, when the police drove us out of the building. It's not just U.S. bars that have TV monitors; many casual restaurants have multiple screens playing sports, too, always with the sound muted so you can hear the pop music on the speakers. Almost every weekday I have lunch with the silent hosts of ESPN's First Take.
Sometimes closing hours differ by municipality. In some parts of Louisiana, the bars never have to close, or only close for a couple hours a night for cleaning.
I quit drinking in 1988 but prior to that all the taverns and pubs all had dartboard , pool tables and pinball machines and I was playing in foosball tournaments in the 70s.
American here.. Bass, Stella Artois, and about any Mexican beer are my favorite! We start Drivers Ed at 14.5 years, learners permit at 15, & drivers license at 16.
@@apopuffkin1717 I haven't heard of any state raising their driving age. I know some states aren't 16, but that's always been the way. I'm in North Carolina.
@@mermaid1717 In Illinois we have the "initial licensing" phase and the "full licensing" - initial is when you are 16-17 and you can get your license pulled for violating the restrictions during this time and you don't have all the rights of some one with a "full license" (you need to be 18 for "full"). Here are some of the rules that have to be followed in the initial phase: www.illinoislegalaid.org/legal-information/restrictions-drivers-under-18-years-old This was all new to me because when I was a kid you could get your full license in Illinois at 16. My son opted out of going through this "initial" phase and elected to just get his full license at 18.
When you can drive depends on the state you’re in, but in general you can get your learners permit between 14 and 16 (you can drive with an adult - so basically don’t get caught without an adult) and then you get your provisional/limit license at around 16 or 17 and a full license between 16 and 18. So in one state somebody could be 16 and able to get the learners permit, and somebody a 6 months older in the state next to them already has a full license
@@TheBeesleys99 i got my leaners permit at 15 and 6 months and my license at 16 and 3 months. then you can drive alone. also here almost nobody drives manual cars. 99/100 cars are automatics. most young people here don't know how to drive manual
I am in the minority in my part of the US.... when it comes to beer, if you can see through it I won't drink it. Guiness is about the lightest beer than I can drink. I once described it this way: "I like to cut my beer with a knife and fork".
In most places in the Northwest U.S., a tavern serves beer and wine only. A bar serves all liquor. Very similar to grocery stores usually selling beer and wine, but not hard liquor.
I literally just got a job yesterday where I work at a pizza place. They have a bar connected to the business and I'm learning that part of the business pretty easily. It looks like a stereotypical American Bar with pool tables
@@TheBeesleys99 it's literally a five-minute walk from my condo. It's called Arizona Pizza Company and it's really cool. One thing I actually noticed about small business pizza places is that they usually have a bar. You never really think about going for a pizza and a beer at the place down the street but it's there if you want it and I guess it's part of American culture. Do you have bars at your pizza places in Britain?
I studied abroad at Roehampton University in 1998. I remember seeing British 'blokes' drinking bottle Budweiser in the pubs and just laughing. I couldn't understand why anyone would choose THAT when nearly every pub had Stella Artois on tap.
Carded here. Yay for day drinking! “Ya don’t have to go him but ya can’t stay here”/last call. Damn. Most times we didn’t go out until midnight on a weekend.
The US has these 24 Hour licenses but many places are doing away with them but for those that have them they are usually grand fathered in meaning so long as they do not close they keep them.
I usually go for local craft beer or Guinness if it's on tap. In Canada, we call a 16 ounce beer, a "sleeve". That's the standard size in our pubs. That's also about the size of a tall can.
Back in the 80's here in the Pacific NW Darts were big. With darts in most drinking establishments especially in sports bars. They also had pool tables, pinball machines & some even had Foosball tables. I was even in a dart league in the mid 80's but I guess it just died out.
I went with a couple of friends, one who is from Ireland, to a bar here in NYC that advertised itself as an "Irish" bar. This friend agreed that it really did look like a bar in Ireland. Except for the TV sets. This place must have had at least a dozen large TV sets mounted high on most of the wall space near the ceiling. He was astounded at the number of TVs. When I first started going to this place in the late 1980s they had two TVs, one over the bar and one in adjacent room. Twenty years later, it was overrun with them.
In the town I live in (college town), it's pretty common to have to show two forms of ID (one needs to be government issued but otherwise a credit card is fine for the other form). But I've been to bars/pubs I didn't have to show a card to get in, but when I went to buy at the bar. All the bars I've been to don't have table service, you have to go up to the bar and order. Though they will come around and collect your pitchers when it's busy.
That's how it was with me back in the day. Driver's permit at 15 after successful completion of Driver's Ed. On your 16th birthday you went to DMV and got your driver's license which allowed you unrestricted driving.
Depends on where you live in the state as well which state. For instance, in most Midwest states one can get a provisional farm liscence at 14 (I believe it was 12 at one point) which allows you to drive basic farm equipment, ATV's and as far as most cops would be concerned a work truck so long as you live on a farm.
A solid "Sports Bar" in my opinion should have 1) Enough screens to be able to put on a game without having to turn off another one 2) The capability to put on games that you wouldn't be able to watch on your typical base satellite/cable package that the average bar has (NFL Sunday Ticket, UFC Fights, etc) 3) Being able to have good sound quality throughout the entire place for bigger matches when you want to have the volume to match the energy of the place (playoffs, title fights, finals, etc) 4) Some sort of bucket of beers/pitcher option (not necessary but pretty sweet if you have a large group all drinking the same thing) 5) Affordable pricing (No one is trying to have a gastropub, flower in the drink experience. They're trying to hang out with the crew, watch sports, drink beer, and not get ketchup on their jersey) Love the videos. Keep it up man.
The raise of the drinking age to 21 from 18 was the result of a nationwide effort by an organization called Mother Against Drunk Driving (MADD) organized in response the a sudden rise of drunk driving deaths by older teens. Their movement was very powerful.
One other detail that got left out of the "drinking at 18" argument was that from 1941 until 1975 the US had military conscription - so every 18 year old male had to register - and many, in the 60's and 70's were being sent to fight in Vietnam... so old enough to be sent into combat - but not old enough to have a beer? Driving varies from state to state, but I believe most states will allow some sort of driver's license by the age of 16, some younger - with certain stipulations. Some states issue a restricted license until you are 18. I generally drink ales.
@@travish3130 I did too but man they really didn't seem prepared. I'm a Larson fan so I had REALLY high hopes but the lack of practice, lack of time to engineer cars and the vision were all glaring problems. Honestly I think they should do enough dirt races (minimum of 3 or 4) to give teams the opportunity to build a truly dirt car. It was still amazing to see though!!!
Started drinking when I was 16. The legal drinking age was 21. My friend who looked older than the rest of us bought the beer, but he was only 15. The enforcement was Not taken very seriously 45 years ago. My favorite beer is West 6th - IPA - Lexington Kentucky. Close second is Rhinegeist - Truth - IPA - Cincinnati Ohio. Also, being from Kentucky, I will also take a bourbon barrel stout whenever I can. That is a stout, aged for about a year and used Bourbon barrel’s. Quite tasty. Generally about 12% alcohol by volume. I advise you to drink craft beer at a microbrewery. Every city has them now. Even my mid-sized city, Louisville Kentucky, has more than 20 microbreweries in the metro area.
I got my license when I was 15, grew up in the 80’s when the legal drinking age in Hawaii was 18, 18 on a military base and New Wave dance clubs in L.A. CA closed at 5am, I think last call was like 3-4am. Killer times. I’ve been through my times of drinking different kinds of beers and liquor. I used to drink a lot of Fosters back in my 20’s, and recently went from Corona’s to Modelo and I never really got into IPA’s.
Generally the legal age for driving is 16. However, children can drive as young as 12 on a farm and the surrounding roads. They can drive cars and trucks as well as tractors, combines and other farm equipment.
Carded is an American slang for getting asked for ID and in some states you can drive at 16 if you have a learner permit and a adult with a driver's license
Blue Moon is probably my favorite beer. I do like Bud Light Lime and orange. I did like Fosters,but have not found it in my neck of the woods for years.
In most places I've been people say "I got carded" however I have heard ID'ed at times. Drivers license depends on the state, I believe you can drive at 16 in Minnesota. Fosters is nice but it gives me a headache. I drink Miller Light but like Stella too. My favorite beer can only be bought in Wisconsin which is called "Spotted Cow."
In Maryland, you are eligible to get your Learner's Permit at 15 years and 8 months. At 16 years and 1 month, you are eligible to get your Provisional Driver's License, and at 17 years and 7 months you can get your full Driver's License (After your Provisional has expired)
As mentioned in other posts there are locals that allow 24 hours, or 3am. They do this for bar districts. Also not sure if it’s a thing in Britain for breweries to own the pubs? This was the case in USA prior to prohibition. After it became illegal and the three tier system.
In my state you can drive when you're 15 and 8 months old but you have to have an adult in the car once you turn 16 you can drive on your own. Where I'm from in the states the "English Pubs / Tavern" I've been to I haven't seen one television in sight...lol! So I guess they're different all over the states, now a sports bar...they are loaded with tvs... lol!
There is one state in the US that allows the bars/pubs to stay open 24 hours seven days a week all year long and that is Nevada and it has to do with all the casinos where you can get "free" alcohol while gambling. In order to get the "free" alcohol you have to either be gambling at slot machines or one of the tables games.
The biggest complaint of 18-20 year olds in the US is that not only can they vote, buy tobacco and gamble at 18 (at least play the lottery), but not drink until 21, they also can join the military and go to war or die for their country at 18, but they can't go off to or come home from war with a drink. I was always under the impression that the driving age varied by state with most states being 16, but that may just be the age for learner's permits that can be different.
At one time, New York drinking age was 18, while neighboring New Jersey’s was 21. Eventually, NJ. chose to lower the age to 18. The reason: many NJ 18-20 year olds were driving to NY to do their drinking. At the end of the night, what emerged was car loads of these kids driving back home to NJ. Unfortunately, not all made it home; many permanently. The age was lowered to reduce the need to travel.
Actually, the federal government didn’t change the legal age, the states didn’t want to change them either, but the feds were denying tax money for roads if they didn’t.
1993 there was only 1 place in the US that an 18yo could legally buy alcohol. It was on the US Navy base in San Diego @ the bowling alley/bar. The Navy didn't want new recruits crossing the border into Tijuana, Mexico.
I'd like to throw in one addendum. While we don't have dart boards with metal tipped darts, we do have electronic dart boards with plastic tipped darts. It's popular enough in my area that we have different tavern leagues that support it. Most of them play a game called Cricket, which I've heard may be called Mickey Mouse or Horse & Carriage across the pond there. Enjoy your vids, man.
US here, and I am pretty sure we say “carded” often....also, in Alabama.... most places clubs can stay open until the wee hours of the morning (many nights I went out partying to only walk out with the sun burning my eyes.. but, there are def some cities where 2 am is the closing time.
When I was living in Madison Wisconsin a couple years ago you could get Leinenkugel's for basically the same price as Miller which was a hell of a deal for that quality of beer. Also the bar across the street from me at that time is a place called the Caribou Tavern. Absolute tiny dive joint but they served a hell of a burger lol
I live in Illinois just south of the border with Wisconsin. At the time the drinking age in Wisconsin was 18 and 21 in Illinois. Needless to say we all drove the few miles to Wisconsin to drink. Unfortunately there was a dramatic rise in fatal drunk driving crashes on the border. So much for driving up north to drink.
I don't drink beer but generally Australians don't drink Fosters. Different states drink different brands often a brand from that state; ie like Boag's in Tasmania, South Aus has West End, Victoria has Carlton & Queenslanders drink XXXX (Forex because they can't spell) etc.
Now, imagine being live, and your not making sound, (Mic off, muted, unplugged, ect) I've done it a few times, and you are just thankful your live chat let's you know quickly!
I turned 18 the year the drinking age rose to 19 first, then 21. I was grandfathered-in so I could drink from 18 on, but maybe it was different in other states, I was in VA.
I turned 18 right before Reagan raised the drinking age, and we were grandfathered in and allowed to drink even though we weren't 21 yet. My sister is a year younger, so she had to wait until she was 21. Sometimes, life is sweet.
If you want to see a devastating tornado, look up the Joplin EF5 tornado (that's the scale 1-5) and it was insane. Went through the heart of town and was about 1.6km wide.
the only British beer I've had is Harp. and in south carolina I used to go to this bar called the alley cat that stayed open till 4am on Friday nights. but they had to close at midnight on Saturday because Sunday
I was under the impression that the drinking age in the US was raised above 18 to keep seniors in high school from being able to buy alcohol for high school parties.
Double-fisting is a term we use in the US for carrying a beer in each hand. This happens when there is a 2 for 1 sale at a bar. Or when I purchase a beer for myself and a friend buys another one for me as well without knowing I all ready have a beer. Bars in home state of New York close about 3am or sometimes 4am. Here in Florida I really do not know due to the pandemic.
Lawrence made error.... He had some states closing at 2am but that is not closing time. That is when they have to stop serving alcohol. They can stay open longer they just can't sell alcohol. In some states not only do they stop selling at 2 but they can't have any open containers either (to include glasses). So you buy your drink at 1:59:59 you have to drink it by 2:00:00.
It's been a minute, but you people definitely staggered out after 2am. I always got the impression that bars didn't you hanging around too much once they couldn't make money on you. Probably kicking everyone out by 2:30 was typical, maybe 3 at the absolute latest.
i usually drink a pint of Guiness, Budweiser, Miller genuine draft, but on occasion i've drank old Milwalkee's best(they don't call it the beast for nothing), and yes malt liquer panther 500
Craft beer all the way. (The best beer I've had is a stout, called Dragonstooth Stout, from a Seattle craft brewery, called Elysian Brewing.) We can drive at 16 in the States. In Washington state, there's a chain of pubs (called Flatstick Pub), with no darts iirc, but minigolf and Duffleboard (TM)- a hybrid of minigolf and shuffleboard. Speaking of Budweiser, have you tried their Copper Lager aged on bourbon barrel staves?
Florida doesn't have a state wide closing time, it is mandated by the counties and cities. Most counties are 2am, but in South Florida many cities and counties allow up to 5am. In Monroe County (near the Florida Keys) allows 24 hours in unincorporated areas. I was in England in September of 1980 and got hooked on Guinness Stout.
In the States, you can't drink till 21, but you can go fight, and possibly die for your country at 18. Not that I think there should be more drinking, but something seems to be off there.
I remember the cops having to drive us out of Pat O'Briens in the French Quarter at 5 am on my 18th birthday. We went straight to Cafe' Du Monde for breakfast. Fun times!
One other reason (to my knowledge) that the "18" laws went away quickly was that the federal government was threatening to withhold highway funding if they don't sort things out with drinking. Also, in North Carolina, you can start Driver's Ed as early as 14 1/2 y/o.
Yes, my understanding was that the Federal legislation didn't mandate the change, but merely stopped any additional highway funding to those that didn't implement the age.
A lot more driving takes place in the US, thus more opportunities for car crashes. We had so many teens dying from drunk driving that organizations were formed that went around to the schools educating kids on the dangers of drunk driving. My school lost quite a few teens each year to drunk driving.
I grew up in NC and went to my driver's ed classes with 4 of my teammates. One had moved from SC and already had his permit (not license). Since his step brother didn't care, and apparently not my parents either, this 15 year old would drive the other 3 of us to our driver's ed class. Technically illegal since there should have been an adult in the car, but still amusing.
Louisiana was the last state to go to 21 drinking age. If you can vote & serve in the military, you can drink alcohol!
Until the mid 80's, closing time in Louisiana was 3 AM. Now 2 AM except in New Orleans. Many bars are 24 hours.
"CARDED"! He's one of ours now! :p
I’m American but didn’t know what carded meant until about a week ago I’ve always used id’d
@@mazdaman2315 same
I’ve always used carded. Saying I.D’d sounds like you have a speech impediment 😂😂
@@mazdaman2315 That sounds weird. Carded is when someone asks you for your card. ID'd sounds like you're a criminal and someone identified you.
@@mr.m9979 That may be because the drivers licence card has usually been primary ID. I once used my passport and the clerk had to call the manager to see if it was OK. I enjoyed the notoriety of having a passport and the air of international adventure it conveys.
I’m a little surprised he didn’t mention the most notable exception to closing time in the US, Nevada. We do not have a “last call” and about 90% of our bars, pubs and taverns all stay open 24 hours, 7 days a week. In fact I didn’t leave my bar until 7am this morning. It’s rough for those of us in Vegas when we travel and a server tells us “last call” because that’s just not something we know. Haha
Also, I don’t remember the last time I saw an American order a Budweiser. Bud Light, yes, but not a normal Bud.
Did the city of Las Vegas, NV change its name?...to just Vegas? If so, I suggest the following, those in NYC can be from York, those from Los Angeles can be from Angeles. Myself, as a native of Kansas City...can be from..city! :P
@@disoriented1 this is one of the dumbest attempts at a troll post I’ve ever seen. You literally used the abbreviated nickname of New York City in your examples, and then chose another city, Los Angeles, which is commonly referred to as only LA. No one has a nickname for Kansas City because no one actually cares about that city. Vegas is a commonly used way of referring to the Las Vegas Valley. But good try kiddo.
@@Double0Kevin Thanks!...I appreciate your encouragement! :) Have a great night!
@@disoriented1 we say KC like people from Las Vegas say Vegas.
You mean they've downgraded from cat urine to watered down cat urine? I'm glad where I live the stores are well stocked with German, British and Japanese real beer!
Stella Artois may be considered “trashy” in Britain, but here in America that dubious label goes to Natural Light, or “Natty” lights as some call them. Most people associate them with fraternity houses mostly due to their cheap price. I have Type-I diabetes so I can’t drink them, but my brother has described them as “carbonated urine”. He prefers Miller Light.
This is partly regional. Even within my own state, there are places where Natty Light is drunk as the cheap and almost tasteless beer that's only fit for getting intoxicated, and other places where it's almost without exception PBR ("Pabst Blue Ribbon").
@@willsofer3679 id throw Bud Light into this category. Watered-down piss
@@willsofer3679 And Schmidt beer, or animal beer as we called it, because the cans had critters on them. Also dirt cheap, made by Pabst, and nasty.
lol yup. piss water
In Idaho, you can open carry firearms in our "pubs" while getting drunk, which is the only state that doesn't restrict it.
Lol
If they serve food the have table service...if it’s a plain old bar/dive bar you have to go to the bar for service
Darts were big 20 years ago...had leagues and competitive games
same where i grew up darts was a big thing every bar had a traveling team with county wide leagues nearly as big as the pool leagues out of the bar's
I'm in New Mexico, USA.
For driving:
-First I had to take a drivers' education class with a written test at the end.
-Upon passing the written test, I got my "learners permit" at 15 which required I have another licensed adult in the car with me.
-After logging so many hours of practice driving, I could take my driving test at 16 to get my full license.
Budweiser at least what is sold in America is meant to be stored and consumed at sort of 38 to 42ish degrees Fahrenheit
Oh wow i bever new that!
That’s true for any light lager. Google “beer serving temperature” to find out what is correct (and why) for any style of beer, but the general rule is that paler and lower alcohol beers should be served colder than darker and stronger beers. Correct beer serving temperature ranges from as low as 33-degrees to as high as 55-degrees F (1-13C).
The "after hour" bars or clubs I used to go to in Detroit, MI, stayed open til 4am, but stopped serving alcohol at 2, when most regular bars closed. It was pretty useful, as that gave patrons an extra window of time to sober up a bit before driving.
I used to go to after hours in Detroit a long time ago as well. I don’t remember any of the bars names. Do you remember any of the names or where they were? I remember one near a freeway close to a Hostess bakery.
We get learner's permits at 15.5 and a driver's license at 16. In some states, in rural/farm areas, you can drive under 16.
I lived in rural Mississippi as a young teen, and we rode motorbikes all over the roads when under 15.
When they were talking about Fosters... I remember Fluffy (Gabriel Iglasias) talking about the time he was in Australia and ordered a Fosters where he said the barkeep said "So you like the taste of pi$$ do ya?"
Lol
Moose Head beer is the worst beer I ever tasted!! lol
In my State of Mississippi you can start driving at 15 with a permit with an adult. Our bars pubs lounge's are open until 2 some are open 24 hours here on the Gulf Coast in Mississippi. We have a lot of Casino's
Not going to lie, lived in the middle of no where and was allowed to drive in empty parking lots and such at the age of 10. Also a lot of kids here in the middle of nowhere USA will be driving tractors and heavy equipment like that at a very young age as well. Got to help on the farms.
I'm among the minority of folks who don't drink alcoholic beverages. I don't drink because I don't like the smell and taste of alcoholic beverages plus I get very ill when I drink. I still go to a pub in the US but I order a soft drink like Coca-Cola or non-alcoholic drink like a Shirley Temple or Roy Rodgers. I go to a pub with my friends and I usually end up being the designated driver!! ROFL!!!
As a women of a certain age, you reach an age where being ID’d or carded is taken as a compliment🤣🤣🤣
I grew up in Virginia - drinking age 21. However, Washington, DC was 15 minutes away and drinking age was 18. Needless to say, every weekend started with a trip across the bridge. Bonus memory - the liquor store we frequented was located next to the stairs made famous in The Excorcist movie.
Ohhh and when I was younger, I would "volunteer" waiting tables at certain bars on weekends and just work for tips. You can make some really great tips on the weekends.
In 1979, I joined the USNavy when I was 17. After Basic Training, I could enter the Enlisted Man’s Club and drink alcohol. As long as I went to the bar on base, I could drink, even though I was under 21. That loophole has been changed now.
Its 21 yrs old to get into a bar. But it was easy to get into the Disco at 18 if you had a fake or borrowed ID in the lat 1970s. When I was 16 we could ask people to buy us booze. Then if the cops stopped by your gathering, theyd take your booze or weed and say have a safe night and leave. Pure freedom!
I had one beer last year, but many pounds of smoke that I smoked!! lol
There are many bars here with dart board or pool tables, just not all of them
Most private clubs in the U.S. have either dart boards, pool tables, shuffle boards, or shuffle board bowling games. And the drinks are cheaper in those clubs/fire houses..
The only ones I’ve known that didn’t have pool tables or dartboards were the ones that didn’t have enough physical floor space to house them.
We have axe throwing in one of ours
@@John_Redcorn_ Yep, that's a newer thing down in the philly area.
Driving age varies by state. I got my drivers license at 15 in Mississippi, and at the time driver's licenses were unrestricted (didn't need another licensed adult in the car, no restriction on hours when you can drive, etc.).
I spent my 18th birthday drinking in the piano bar of Pat O'brien's in New Orleans' French Quarter; we didn't leave until 5 am, when the police drove us out of the building.
It's not just U.S. bars that have TV monitors; many casual restaurants have multiple screens playing sports, too, always with the sound muted so you can hear the pop music on the speakers. Almost every weekday I have lunch with the silent hosts of ESPN's First Take.
Learners permit at 15, full licence at16 for most of US
Sometimes closing hours differ by municipality. In some parts of Louisiana, the bars never have to close, or only close for a couple hours a night for cleaning.
I quit drinking in 1988 but prior to that all the taverns and pubs all had dartboard , pool tables and pinball machines and I was playing in foosball tournaments in the 70s.
American here.. Bass, Stella Artois, and about any Mexican beer are my favorite!
We start Drivers Ed at 14.5 years, learners permit at 15, & drivers license at 16.
Oh wow awesome mate! Fair play wuite a variety there!
Depends on the state though, some have raised it to 18 for a license.
@@apopuffkin1717 I haven't heard of any state raising their driving age. I know some states aren't 16, but that's always been the way. I'm in North Carolina.
@@mermaid1717 In Illinois we have the "initial licensing" phase and the "full licensing" - initial is when you are 16-17 and you can get your license pulled for violating the restrictions during this time and you don't have all the rights of some one with a "full license" (you need to be 18 for "full"). Here are some of the rules that have to be followed in the initial phase:
www.illinoislegalaid.org/legal-information/restrictions-drivers-under-18-years-old
This was all new to me because when I was a kid you could get your full license in Illinois at 16. My son opted out of going through this "initial" phase and elected to just get his full license at 18.
When you can drive depends on the state you’re in, but in general you can get your learners permit between 14 and 16 (you can drive with an adult - so basically don’t get caught without an adult) and then you get your provisional/limit license at around 16 or 17 and a full license between 16 and 18. So in one state somebody could be 16 and able to get the learners permit, and somebody a 6 months older in the state next to them already has a full license
Wow incredible at that age you can drive but can other things!
@@TheBeesleys99 i got my leaners permit at 15 and 6 months and my license at 16 and 3 months. then you can drive alone. also here almost nobody drives manual cars. 99/100 cars are automatics. most young people here don't know how to drive manual
I am in the minority in my part of the US.... when it comes to beer, if you can see through it I won't drink it. Guiness is about the lightest beer than I can drink. I once described it this way: "I like to cut my beer with a knife and fork".
In most places in the Northwest U.S., a tavern serves beer and wine only. A bar serves all liquor. Very similar to grocery stores usually selling beer and wine, but not hard liquor.
I literally just got a job yesterday where I work at a pizza place. They have a bar connected to the business and I'm learning that part of the business pretty easily. It looks like a stereotypical American Bar with pool tables
Congrats on the job mate!
@@TheBeesleys99 it's literally a five-minute walk from my condo. It's called Arizona Pizza Company and it's really cool. One thing I actually noticed about small business pizza places is that they usually have a bar. You never really think about going for a pizza and a beer at the place down the street but it's there if you want it and I guess it's part of American culture. Do you have bars at your pizza places in Britain?
Oh wow awesome mate! Well good luck with it! No mate no bar. Either just take away or a sit down meal :D
I absolutely ❤️ the way you say Budweiser! Precious!! The British accent is so lovely! I could just listen to you talk all day! Much ❤️
Darts is huge in the pubs here along with billiards. We even have Billiard Halls which serve alcohol.
There's a Taphouse near me that has 100 beers on tap that change seasonly. I love that place.
I studied abroad at Roehampton University in 1998. I remember seeing British 'blokes' drinking bottle Budweiser in the pubs and just laughing. I couldn't understand why anyone would choose THAT when nearly every pub had Stella Artois on tap.
You can get a Junior Drivers License in Pennsylvania at 16. ( Limit on how many under age passengers, no driving after 11PM). Senior License at 18.
Carded here.
Yay for day drinking!
“Ya don’t have to go him but ya can’t stay here”/last call.
Damn. Most times we didn’t go out until midnight on a weekend.
The US has these 24 Hour licenses but many places are doing away with them but for those that have them they are usually grand fathered in meaning so long as they do not close they keep them.
I usually go for local craft beer or Guinness if it's on tap.
In Canada, we call a 16 ounce beer, a "sleeve". That's the standard size in our pubs. That's also about the size of a tall can.
Back in the 80's here in the Pacific NW Darts were big. With darts in most drinking establishments especially in sports bars. They also had pool tables, pinball machines & some even had Foosball tables. I was even in a dart league in the mid 80's but I guess it just died out.
We have a local brewery called "Scuttlebutt brewery " they make a very good porter , also a nice amber ale. They tie for my favorite beers.
I went with a couple of friends, one who is from Ireland, to a bar here in NYC that advertised itself as an "Irish" bar. This friend agreed that it really did look like a bar in Ireland. Except for the TV sets. This place must have had at least a dozen large TV sets mounted high on most of the wall space near the ceiling. He was astounded at the number of TVs. When I first started going to this place in the late 1980s they had two TVs, one over the bar and one in adjacent room. Twenty years later, it was overrun with them.
In the town I live in (college town), it's pretty common to have to show two forms of ID (one needs to be government issued but otherwise a credit card is fine for the other form). But I've been to bars/pubs I didn't have to show a card to get in, but when I went to buy at the bar.
All the bars I've been to don't have table service, you have to go up to the bar and order. Though they will come around and collect your pitchers when it's busy.
We can start driving at 15 with an adult and by ourselves at 16
Not in my state. 16 with a licensed driver and 17 alone
Motorcycle at 14 in Tn...
That's how it was with me back in the day. Driver's permit at 15 after successful completion of Driver's Ed. On your 16th birthday you went to DMV and got your driver's license which allowed you unrestricted driving.
Depends on where you live in the state as well which state. For instance, in most Midwest states one can get a provisional farm liscence at 14 (I believe it was 12 at one point) which allows you to drive basic farm equipment, ATV's and as far as most cops would be concerned a work truck so long as you live on a farm.
@@billhicks6449 When I got my license half my life ago, my state had farm licenses starting at 12, learner's permits at 14, and full license at 16
Back in 1982 I was 18yrs old and could legally drink. Wisconsin back then didn’t have pictures on our drivers license and they couldn’t be laminated.
A solid "Sports Bar" in my opinion should have
1) Enough screens to be able to put on a game without having to turn off another one
2) The capability to put on games that you wouldn't be able to watch on your typical base satellite/cable package that the average bar has (NFL Sunday Ticket, UFC Fights, etc)
3) Being able to have good sound quality throughout the entire place for bigger matches when you want to have the volume to match the energy of the place (playoffs, title fights, finals, etc)
4) Some sort of bucket of beers/pitcher option (not necessary but pretty sweet if you have a large group all drinking the same thing)
5) Affordable pricing (No one is trying to have a gastropub, flower in the drink experience. They're trying to hang out with the crew, watch sports, drink beer, and not get ketchup on their jersey)
Love the videos. Keep it up man.
The raise of the drinking age to 21 from 18 was the result of a nationwide effort by an organization called Mother Against Drunk Driving (MADD) organized in response the a sudden rise of drunk driving deaths by older teens. Their movement was very powerful.
One other detail that got left out of the "drinking at 18" argument was that from 1941 until 1975 the US had military conscription - so every 18 year old male had to register -
and many, in the 60's and 70's were being sent to fight in Vietnam... so old enough to be sent into combat - but not old enough to have a beer?
Driving varies from state to state, but I believe most states will allow some sort of driver's license by the age of 16, some younger - with certain stipulations.
Some states issue a restricted license until you are 18.
I generally drink ales.
As an American I couldn't imagine only having one sport to follow!!! I watch hockey, baseball, football, UFC and NASCAR.
Loved Bristol on the dirt this weekend...
@@travish3130 I did too but man they really didn't seem prepared. I'm a Larson fan so I had REALLY high hopes but the lack of practice, lack of time to engineer cars and the vision were all glaring problems. Honestly I think they should do enough dirt races (minimum of 3 or 4) to give teams the opportunity to build a truly dirt car. It was still amazing to see though!!!
I watxh them all too but at 1 time its nornally just the biggest game or eevent at that time
Started drinking when I was 16. The legal drinking age was 21. My friend who looked older than the rest of us bought the beer, but he was only 15. The enforcement was Not taken very seriously 45 years ago.
My favorite beer is West 6th - IPA - Lexington Kentucky.
Close second is Rhinegeist - Truth - IPA - Cincinnati Ohio.
Also, being from Kentucky, I will also take a bourbon barrel stout whenever I can. That is a stout, aged for about a year and used Bourbon barrel’s. Quite tasty. Generally about 12% alcohol by volume.
I advise you to drink craft beer at a microbrewery. Every city has them now. Even my mid-sized city, Louisville Kentucky, has more than 20 microbreweries in the metro area.
I got my license when I was 15, grew up in the 80’s when the legal drinking age in Hawaii was 18, 18 on a military base and New Wave dance clubs in L.A. CA closed at 5am, I think last call was like 3-4am.
Killer times. I’ve been through my times of drinking different kinds of beers and liquor. I used to drink a lot of Fosters back in my 20’s, and recently went from Corona’s to Modelo and I never really got into IPA’s.
Generally the legal age for driving is 16. However, children can drive as young as 12 on a farm and the surrounding roads. They can drive cars and trucks as well as tractors, combines and other farm equipment.
My choice of beers usually depends on my mood and my wallet
Bud. MGD. Keith's.and Busch are my go to
Carded is an American slang for getting asked for ID and in some states you can drive at 16 if you have a learner permit and a adult with a driver's license
Gotta love a good stout or porter
Blue Moon is probably my favorite beer. I do like Bud Light Lime and orange. I did like Fosters,but have not found it in my neck of the woods for years.
In most places I've been people say "I got carded" however I have heard ID'ed at times. Drivers license depends on the state, I believe you can drive at 16 in Minnesota. Fosters is nice but it gives me a headache. I drink Miller Light but like Stella too. My favorite beer can only be bought in Wisconsin which is called "Spotted Cow."
In Maryland, you are eligible to get your Learner's Permit at 15 years and 8 months. At 16 years and 1 month, you are eligible to get your Provisional Driver's License, and at 17 years and 7 months you can get your full Driver's License (After your Provisional has expired)
I live in the K.C. area. In Kansas, bars etc... can stay open until 2 am. In Missouri, they can stay open until 3 am.
As mentioned in other posts there are locals that allow 24 hours, or 3am. They do this for bar districts. Also not sure if it’s a thing in Britain for breweries to own the pubs? This was the case in USA prior to prohibition. After it became illegal and the three tier system.
In my state you can drive when you're 15 and 8 months old but you have to have an adult in the car once you turn 16 you can drive on your own. Where I'm from in the states the "English Pubs / Tavern" I've been to I haven't seen one television in sight...lol! So I guess they're different all over the states, now a sports bar...they are loaded with tvs... lol!
There is one state in the US that allows the bars/pubs to stay open 24 hours seven days a week all year long and that is Nevada and it has to do with all the casinos where you can get "free" alcohol while gambling. In order to get the "free" alcohol you have to either be gambling at slot machines or one of the tables games.
NY closing time is 4am, but the bars usually close earlier during the week. Unless football is on.
The biggest complaint of 18-20 year olds in the US is that not only can they vote, buy tobacco and gamble at 18 (at least play the lottery), but not drink until 21, they also can join the military and go to war or die for their country at 18, but they can't go off to or come home from war with a drink. I was always under the impression that the driving age varied by state with most states being 16, but that may just be the age for learner's permits that can be different.
At one time, New York drinking age was 18, while neighboring New Jersey’s was 21. Eventually, NJ. chose to lower the age to 18. The reason: many NJ 18-20 year olds were driving to NY to do their drinking. At the end of the night, what emerged was car loads of these kids driving back home to NJ.
Unfortunately, not all made it home; many permanently. The age was lowered to reduce the need to travel.
Actually, the federal government didn’t change the legal age, the states didn’t want to change them either, but the feds were denying tax money for roads if they didn’t.
1993 there was only 1 place in the US that an 18yo could legally buy alcohol. It was on the US Navy base in San Diego @ the bowling alley/bar. The Navy didn't want new recruits crossing the border into Tijuana, Mexico.
I'd like to throw in one addendum. While we don't have dart boards with metal tipped darts, we do have electronic dart boards with plastic tipped darts. It's popular enough in my area that we have different tavern leagues that support it. Most of them play a game called Cricket, which I've heard may be called Mickey Mouse or Horse & Carriage across the pond there. Enjoy your vids, man.
US here, and I am pretty sure we say “carded” often....also, in Alabama.... most places clubs can stay open until the wee hours of the morning (many nights I went out partying to only walk out with the sun burning my eyes.. but, there are def some cities where 2 am is the closing time.
When I was living in Madison Wisconsin a couple years ago you could get Leinenkugel's for basically the same price as Miller which was a hell of a deal for that quality of beer. Also the bar across the street from me at that time is a place called the Caribou Tavern. Absolute tiny dive joint but they served a hell of a burger lol
Louisiana sells liquor till 4am and than starts again at 6am. We also have drive thru liquor stores.
I live in Illinois just south of the border with Wisconsin. At the time the drinking age in Wisconsin was 18 and 21 in Illinois. Needless to say we all drove the few miles to Wisconsin to drink. Unfortunately there was a dramatic rise in fatal drunk driving crashes on the border. So much for driving up north to drink.
I don't drink beer but generally Australians don't drink Fosters. Different states drink different brands often a brand from that state; ie like Boag's in Tasmania, South Aus has West End, Victoria has Carlton & Queenslanders drink XXXX (Forex because they can't spell) etc.
Becks or Carlsberg for me mate. Pubs might shut the doors at 11pm but there's always the chance of a lock in :)
Now, imagine being live, and your not making sound, (Mic off, muted, unplugged, ect) I've done it a few times, and you are just thankful your live chat let's you know quickly!
I turned 18 the year the drinking age rose to 19 first, then 21. I was grandfathered-in so I could drink from 18 on, but maybe it was different in other states, I was in VA.
In the US we can legally drive when we’re 14 or 15 (depending on state) with a learners permit, and we can legally get our drivers license at 16
Pool and live music are the drinking places in go to.
I turned 18 right before Reagan raised the drinking age, and we were grandfathered in and allowed to drink even though we weren't 21 yet. My sister is a year younger, so she had to wait until she was 21. Sometimes, life is sweet.
If you want to see a devastating tornado, look up the Joplin EF5 tornado (that's the scale 1-5) and it was insane. Went through the heart of town and was about 1.6km wide.
the only British beer I've had is Harp. and in south carolina I used to go to this bar called the alley cat that stayed open till 4am on Friday nights. but they had to close at midnight on Saturday because Sunday
He's drinking his warm Buds straight out of the box, without even bothering to refrigerate them. And they call us uncivilized...
They serve soft drinks without ice, too, unless you ask for it. Maybe they just don't like cold things over there.
New York closing time differs but by me it’s usually 4:00am give or take
I was under the impression that the drinking age in the US was raised above 18 to keep seniors in high school from being able to buy alcohol for high school parties.
Double-fisting is a term we use in the US for carrying a beer in each hand. This happens when there is a 2 for 1 sale at a bar. Or when I purchase a beer for myself and a friend buys another one for me as well without knowing I all ready have a beer.
Bars in home state of New York close about 3am or sometimes 4am. Here in Florida I really do not know due to the pandemic.
Lawrence made error.... He had some states closing at 2am but that is not closing time. That is when they have to stop serving alcohol. They can stay open longer they just can't sell alcohol. In some states not only do they stop selling at 2 but they can't have any open containers either (to include glasses). So you buy your drink at 1:59:59 you have to drink it by 2:00:00.
It's been a minute, but you people definitely staggered out after 2am. I always got the impression that bars didn't you hanging around too much once they couldn't make money on you. Probably kicking everyone out by 2:30 was typical, maybe 3 at the absolute latest.
I like lagers and stouts. Killian’s is usually my go to among the popular beers here. I’ll always prefer a good bourbon/whiskey to beer though.
i usually drink a pint of Guiness, Budweiser, Miller genuine draft, but on occasion i've drank old Milwalkee's best(they don't call it the beast for nothing), and yes malt liquer panther 500
We have a few bars in Birmingham, Alabama where i live that were grandfathered in by law and stay open 24 hours a day 7 days a week
It is very common in the US to use the phrase, " I got carded." Not sure why.....lol
I would imagine it's due to the fact that your I.D. is in the form of a card.
@@Talius10 lol true.
Craft beer all the way. (The best beer I've had is a stout, called Dragonstooth Stout, from a Seattle craft brewery, called Elysian Brewing.)
We can drive at 16 in the States.
In Washington state, there's a chain of pubs (called Flatstick Pub), with no darts iirc, but minigolf and Duffleboard (TM)- a hybrid of minigolf and shuffleboard.
Speaking of Budweiser, have you tried their Copper Lager aged on bourbon barrel staves?
Yes, we call it "getting carded" in the states.
Florida doesn't have a state wide closing time, it is mandated by the counties and cities. Most counties are 2am, but in South Florida many cities and counties allow up to 5am. In Monroe County (near the Florida Keys) allows 24 hours in unincorporated areas.
I was in England in September of 1980 and got hooked on Guinness Stout.
my favorite would probably be Great Lakes Brewing Company's Lemon Hefeweizen and second Blue Moon Belgian White
Closing time in NYC is usually 4 am, depending on bartenders preference.
I love the craft beers in the US. My husband loved his good old Budweiser.
In the States, you can't drink till 21, but you can go fight, and possibly die for your country at 18. Not that I think there should be more drinking, but something seems to be off there.
In Arkansas, they can buy a license to stay open until 5am, 1 to 2 am is normal. And Budweiser is my choice as well.
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My go to’s for drinks are either Guinness or blue moon and that fly was bothering me as well
Bars in Louisiana (at least in parts of New Orleans) and Nevada are open 24 hours a day.
I remember the cops having to drive us out of Pat O'Briens in the French Quarter at 5 am on my 18th birthday. We went straight to Cafe' Du Monde for breakfast. Fun times!