How to stop teenagers begging for beers

[applescrap]

It gets hot and the first thing I know is that the teenage son and his scurrilous friends are begging me for beers. Normally they drink macro bilge water and have little concept of styles or nuances despite many attempts to educate and inculcate in them appreciation for these finer details.

Why should I surrender my finest Vienna lager or beloved Kolsch to such ingrates? Gargling the stuff down like ravenous pirates. I ask them did they enjoy the beer and they state, 'Yeah Mr. Robbie, it was bangin!' That's teenager for 'yes it was very tasty. Got any more?'

Sigh we like to be appreciated and there is of course a certain satisfaction in our family and friends enjoying some wholesome homebrew and if we can reach out to the next generation of homebrewers what an awesome thing that would be :rockin:

Haha yolo!

Just give them some and make more. Yooper was right, most of us here dont really have this problem, I am sure many americans give their kid a glass of wine or sip, whatever here and there but I think most would never go much more than that. Mind you i am sure our teens drink heavily when parents arent looking, and surely there is great debate to all of this worthy of a new thread. Keeping that in mind, in your situation i would give them the beer thinking i am teaching them about quality and moderatation. You would probably miss the little pirates if they weren't around.

 

[applescrap]

give them wild ales.. That's another thought

+1

 

[MSK_Chess]

I thought those kids all preferred Buckfast

I don't know how anyone can drink that stuff. Its like alcoholic strawberry jam laced with copious amounts of caffeine and sugar. It has a cult following, how else are we to explain the phenomena?

 

[MSK_Chess]

Haha yolo!

Just give them some and make more. Yooper was right, most of us here dont really have this problem, I am sure many americans give their kid a glass of wine or sip, whatever here and there but I think most would never go much more than that. Mind you i am sure our teens drink heavily when parents arent looking, and surely there is great debate to all of this worthy of a new thread. Keeping that in mind, in your situation i would give them the beer thinking i am teaching them about quality and moderatation. You would probably miss the little pirates if they weren't around.

Yes so true. Like some have already stated the idea is to attempt to inculcate in them socially responsible drinking and the idea that moderation is a healthy thing. The problem is that in many instances they simply look to their peers who are equally also rather inexperienced. When we were kids our dad used to give us shandy, a very small amount of beer (usually stout) and mix it with lemonade. It was awesome and I still like a glass of 'shandy' now and again. None of us became what I would describe as 'heavy drinkers'.

 

[MSK_Chess]

btw you guys having something in the States and Canada that I don't think we have here in the UK at least not to my knowledge. Its called Malt liquor and comes in like a huge glass bottle. If we had stuff like that it would create havoc.

 

[ericbw]

btw you guys having something in the States and Canada that I don't think we have here in the UK at least not to my knowledge. Its called Malt liquor and comes in like a huge glass bottle. If we had stuff like that it would create havoc.

Malt liquor is pretty much intended to get you drunk. There are some other beers that come in the "40 dog" bottle (40 ounces), but mostly it's cheap malt liquor sold at gas stations and convenience stores. Sadly, you see more of it in poor neighborhoods, and it does create havoc.

 

[ericbw]

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True. When I go to a tavern, it's completely legal for the owner's 10 year old to serve my 10 year old, as long as the parents give permission. (We primarily are in Wisconsin for outings).

But you'd also have to contend with child labor laws in that situation, too!

 

[MSK_Chess]

Malt liquor is pretty much intended to get you drunk. There are some other beers that come in the "40 dog" bottle (40 ounces), but mostly it's cheap malt liquor sold at gas stations and convenience stores. Sadly, you see more of it in poor neighborhoods, and it does create havoc.

I see, its not really brewed for the taste. We don't have any kind of equivalent I don't think, maybe a 2 litre bottle of cider (hard cider I think you guys call it) . Probably contains not a single apple.

 

[C-Rider]

I don't think it's an issue for most of us- in the US it's illegal to provide alcohol to anyone under 21 and adults/parents could get in serious trouble for allowing someone under 21 to drink, and providing the alcohol can sometimes be a felony.

I think in Canada the legal drinking age is 19(?) so that's technically a teenager I guess.

I believer I read "here" some years ago that in most states parents can give THEIR kids alcohol when ever they like as long as it's AT HOME.

 

[MorBeer83]

I remember when I was 14 years old, I had this school trip to florence. I was worried we can't find a shop that sell us beers or to be caught buying them by teachers, so I bought 20 liters of crappy lager and then transfer them into ten empty mineral water plastic bottles, so no tingling or other suspicious sounds from our bags. We drank it in three days, four of us.

This was just to say that young blokes aren't always supposed to really enjoy finest things. But I think that you have to be proud of your kind heart if you decide to share some of your great homebrewer with those wilds

Or they could be a good alternative to sink some bad beer. just kidding... Maybe..

 

[RicardoBrittoni]

So the deal is how they drink. I have a 20 year old daughter, in college. Her friends drink with a singular purpose. Get drunk, my beer, on tap, and uncontrolled does not exactlymeet this purpose. Going to town on a NEIPA while playing flip cup or beer pong just gets them drunk too fast, or pounding a thick and rich RIS in the pool in Florida summer is simply nasty in Florida. They prefer Natural Lite. Usually my beer is safe from abuse, unless I brew a golden ale or a Belgian.

We have lived overseas for many years, so we have never been hung up with the American drinking age in our house. Interestingly, my daughter studied in Europe her first year of college. It was in Belgium she fell in love with beer. She knows more about Belgian beer than I do, and I'm a beer geek. She has had the best, at the best. So when I brew one, I have a critic, and she will drink it eagerly. But that is for taste.

My real problem is my friends, I can barely keep up with them. They will drink me out of beer any chance they get. I love em.

 

[JonM]

As long as these young people are of legal age,

"Want a beer? Mow my lawn."

"Want a beer? Wash my cars."

"Want a beer? Clean my gutters."

"Want a beer? Take this to the Post Office and on your way back, pick up my dry cleaning, stop at the grocery store and get everything on this list, and then stop at Starbucks because SWMBO wants a latte."

 

[SteveH aka shetc]

I don't know how anyone can drink that stuff. Its like alcoholic strawberry jam laced with copious amounts of caffeine and sugar. It has a cult following, how else are we to explain the phenomena?

On visits to my mother-in-law in Perth, I would see kids sitting around a public park drinking that crap.

 

[lslbrew]

Lol just because you done it don't mean you're guilty!

There is a difference between innocent and not guilty.

 

[NickTheGreat]

I find this thread fascinating. I grew up in a very Protestant part of the us, which means people often just don't talk about things.

I never had much problem with alcohol once I moved out, but a lot of kids do. It's the "forbidden fruit" and all of the sudden you can get all you want?

I think there's something to be said above raising a child with responsible drinking in their life so they know about it. You know, like your half of the world :

I do like the idea of making them help brew and/or work for it. :

 

[MSK_Chess]

I find this thread fascinating. I grew up in a very Protestant part of the us, which means people often just don't talk about things.

I never had much problem with alcohol once I moved out, but a lot of kids do. It's the "forbidden fruit" and all of the sudden you can get all you want?

I think there's something to be said above raising a child with responsible drinking in their life so they know about it. You know, like your half of the world :

I do like the idea of making them help brew and/or work for it. :

There is also a very strong Calvinist streak running down the West of Scotland. 'Drinking and dancing is the ruination of Scotland!' as one whisky advertisement satirically expressed it.

 

[MSK_Chess]

There is a difference between innocent and not guilty.

Indeed, in Scots law we even have a third verdict, that of not proven. Its kind of like, ok you probably did it but the prosecution has been unable to prove it.

 

[RicardoBrittoni]

Maybe we are on to something here. Let's develop a recipe for a corn and rice American adjunct lager that costs less the $0.50 a can retail, tastes like crap, has a sub 5% abv, no mouth feel and is skunky. Then we hire half naked beautiful models and sports figures to sell it in a powerhouse marketing campaign aimed subliminally at under aged kids. The cans will have removable tops so children can play beer pong without pouring it, and every 30 pack comes with a ping pong ball. As a added feature we will have a translucent sky that turns blue when it is ice cold. We just need to Produce millions of gallons, then sell it to InBev or Miller Coors in a bidding war. After that we buy an island.

I propose the beer is called "the Younger the Bitter". Let's get that recipie started, anyone have the grain bill for a 100,000 bbl recipe?

 

[MorBeer83]

You are saying that in America there is a company that really produce cans with removable top?? Seriously?

 

[fredthecat]

everyone; man up and stop whining

 

[SteveH aka shetc]

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[philjohnwilliams]

I think in Canada the legal drinking age is 19(?) so that's technically a teenager I guess.

18 is the magic number here in Quebec.

 

[MSK_Chess]

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lol Tennants lager is kind of like the Budweiser of Scotland. They used to have inviting ladies on the cans as you can see. As far as I can remember the taste was weak and insipid. They did bring out a Tennants super lager with an ABV of 9%. It was and maybe still is truly vile stuff.

 

[jakwi]

Back when I was in college we started brewing imperial stouts to keep the room mates from drinking it all. Worked pretty well except for one or two converts.

 

[MSK_Chess]

Yes them teenagers don't seem to have the same proclivity for dark roasty beers. I need to get a few brews on! Last year I brewed in late August/September and I was literally batting away the wasps with my paddle.