CONFESS!!!! How old were you when you first bought beer and what brand was it??

[LynneSin]

Since we're on a beer theme it'll be interesting to see what standards we had 'back in the days'

My first 6-pack (which was actually an 8-pack of ponies) was Genny Cream Ale. It was after graduation night in high school and they made me go buy it since I was the tallest of the group (some reason they thought that made me older). I bought it from this absolute dive bar along RT 11&15 in central PA; probably someplace north of Duncannon but not quite to New Buffalo. But this was really really rural PA.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

1. Probably HS junior year/Old Style

[NightWatcher]

2. 16, and it was Bud

the convenience store near the highschool was the provider for most of the kids.

[Mutley]

3. Eighteen

I think it was Coors or something.

[AlCzervik]

13 and our friends older brother went to the packy for us, it was Haffenreffer.

[JVS]

6. But what about the first time you bought it from the store yourself?

[AlCzervik]

7. 18 with a fake id, id pic had blue eyes, mine are dark brown, worked anyhow.

case of Bud.

[JVS]

4. I was 16, newly minted license. Drove to the 40 shack and got some Colt 45 and Old E

Came back to the car where my friends were waiting in the car with a big grin on my face.

[JVS]

8. Oh yeah, we bought smokes on the way home too!

[NewWaveChick1981]

5. I actually bought a six-pack of beer when I was 18 and it was legal to buy

beer and wine at that age. I never drank it, but I bought it. :) My mother was throwing a party at her house, and she had me run to the grocery store for beer and wine. I'm glad I could comply back then.

I still don't like beer.

Edited to add: Duh. I forgot to say it was Schlitz. My sister fondly refers to Schlitz as "Schitz" with good reason. :rofl:

[Omphaloskepsis]

9. When I was 17 I paid a homeless guy a couple of bucks to buy me.

4 22's of Mickey's. Gawd that shit was horrible. Now I drink good beer like Milwaukee's Best Ice.

[JVS]

10. Beast Ice is a very nice beer.

[Inchworm]

11. Young and 12-pack of Old Milwaukee

I "lifted" my older brother's ID one evening. He wasn't old enough either. I learned the cashiers usually didn't really care. I of course returned the ID, but I did it with a 12 pack of Old Milwaukee in arms.

From this a "camp from Hell" was born in a vacant lot. Many afternoons were spent there.

Bad child! Bad!

[JVS]

12. "camp from hell"? interesting, please tell more

[Inchworm]

14. This was in Florida

Dania or Ft Lauderdale. I can't rem now we had similar setups at both houses. hmm, about 1979-80ish.

There weren't many vacant lots, but there was one near house. Friends and I would gather there after school. One guy would get ice from a hotel he worked at and fill coolers. I was making mad money for a kid delivering newspapers, so I bought the beer. It was on a canal, so in time we all started getting to it by Whaler or Zodiac. It gets hazy about there.. wow, what a fight for memories lol

:blush:

[guitar man]

13. 16

fake ID, Olympia x(

[bigwillq]

15. Around 18 or so

I bought a 40 of Old English

[RPM]

16. 16 - at a corner shop in the Garfield Section of Pittsburgh

Just bought again there a few weeks ago. Memories.

On Edit - I taught JVS about the place and suspect it is where he bought in his post above.

[hfojvt]

17. I am 45 and have never bought beer

When I was 21 I had to have somebody else get me a free one at a dorm party. The drinking age was 19, but all I had was a student ID. All I had was a sip though, it was awful, just awful :puke: Why do people drink that crap?