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How old to buy a pint in a pub all the laws on alcohol buying
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.You must be over 18 to purchase and consume alcohol. It doesn't matter if 'your wiv' (sic) an older person - if they are buying it for you, they are committing an offence. If you drink it - you are committing an offence. You would also be committing an offence if you 'purchase or attempt to purchase' alcohol.
The only exception to this is if you are over 16, you may consume beer, wine or cider if it is part of a seated meal in a specified dining area, and is purchased by an accompanying person over the age of 18. Note that 'beer, wine or cider' means no spirits (vodka, brandy etc), no fortified wines (sherry, port etc), and which also includes spirit-based drinks such as Smirnoff Ice or WKD.
(Prior to the 2003 Licensing Act, it used to state a 16 year old could purchase "Beer, Cider, Porter or Perry" as part of a meal - but try and find a pub that sells porter these days! There was also no requirement for a 16 or 17 year old to be accompanied by a person over 18.)
I'm another ex-licensee here and have heard many a customer who think they know the laws and say
"It's alright for my boy to have a drink since his parents are with him" or
"He's allowed to have a shandy" and
"In Law he's allowed a pint if he sits in the beer garden"
Well, all these are complete cr*p.
If I had a penny for every time I heard one of these know-it-all customers explain why they think their underage kid is allowed a drink, I'd have �2.43
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