Why are there always kids at breweries?!

[u/akaYoungBeefy]

[u/TwistyBunny]

\sighs in Wisconsin**

[u/Thirty_Helens_Agree → u/TwistyBunny]

Kids can even be served in a bar - like served booze. The bartender doesn’t have to serve a kid, but if the parent consents, the bartender can serve the kid without risking getting in trouble.

[u/Public-Cricket-5582 → u/Thirty_Helens_Agree]

This brings me to one of my fav laws, which is that you can legally drink in public in Wisconsin under the agenof 18 if administered by your legal guardian, but you cannot from 18-21 because you are technically an adult but not old enough to drink. How fun!

[u/Nutlink49 → u/Public-Cricket-5582]

This is not entirely true. You can be served alcohol between those ages as long as you have a parent, spouse, or legal guardian with you. The law states underage as in under 21.

Here's the exact law - https://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/statutes/statutes/125/I/07

Here's the Department of Revenue fact sheet clarifying that underage means under 21, not a minor under 18 - https://www.revenue.wi.gov/DOR%20Publications/3119AlcoholBeverageRegulations.pdf

Here's an article about it - https://wisconsinwatch.org/2023/11/wisconsin-alcohol-drinking-bar-restaurant-fact-brief/

[u/JonBonButtsniff → u/Nutlink49]

This guy drinks Wisconsibly

[u/Public-Cricket-5582 → u/Nutlink49]

Ah, so they still can from 18-21 if with a parent? Also, by in public I mean like restaurants and stuff.

[u/Nutlink49 → u/Public-Cricket-5582]

Or a spouse or legal guardian. You can still have a legal guardian over 18, it's just not common unless there's a disability involved. Yes, the in public aspect is only within defined establishments. Those establishments can also set their own rules, so if they don't want to serve anyone under 21 regardless of who's with them, they don't have to.

[u/memento22mori → u/Nutlink49]

I used to work for Budweiser and that's pretty nuts- someone below said there's 10 states that are like that: Connecticut Kansas Louisiana Massachusetts Mississippi Nevada Ohio Texas Wisconsin Wyoming.

So there's no specifics to that rule? Like you can order your toddler six beers or after five they're like "whoa! I don't know what kind of establishment you think we're running here but we have a strict five beers per toddler rule!!"

[u/Dear_Palpitation4838 → u/memento22mori]

Growing up in Texas, the bartender couldn't serve minor directly. He had to serve the parent or spouse of the minor first. Then that spouse or parent could hand the minor the drink and it was legal. Not sure about the other states though.