Americans Confused by European Drinking Culture... *drinking age is WHAT?*

Twenty Years ago, I watched a ducumentation about the opening of the Hofbräuhaus in Las Vegas, where the Manager Told the Reporters, that they faced a big Problem in the USA... The US Americans are drinking their Beer Ice cold, like 2 or 3 degree Celsius Cold. In Germany the drinking Temperature is 7 to 8 degree Celsius And the Beer IS also brewed, that it taste the best at this temperature. But Here Starts the Problem, for the Hofbräuhaus in Las Vegas. The cooling systems for the Beer in the USA are Set to cool it down to 2 or 3 degree Celsius. So they couldn't use the American system and had to import the european system for them and Had to drill the american weiter And Barkeeper, to not cool it down to much.

Austrian here.
You can't get beer and wine legally at the age of 11.
You must be 16.
All other types of Alcohol you can get at the age of 18.
And Energy Drinks are available for everyone. But personally i think for example 10 years old should'nt drink them

5:49 i stopped heavy drinking at 17.5 years old

No, you can NOT drink when 11 xd, maybe some have the under parent supervision thing. Most counties have 16 or 18 as the age limit, some even 20 or 21. That doesnt mean most 14yo dont drink, just illegally. Especially in the eastern countries, kids start drinking at 11-13, are alcoholics around 16 and quit drinking or tone down a lot by 20

You have to be 16 to but an energy drink, in the UK

In England they are making energy drinks illegal below 16 but actually you must look 18 to buy. To be honest it's a good thing, they are dangerous if you have them too much and there is no normal healthy child that needs to be drinking that 💩!!!!
It causes soo many problems with mental and physical health. If parents are dumb enough to let their kids buy those drinks, at least the government had the sense to stop them!!

Come on JT, you've been doing this long enough to know that European prices will be in Euro! (Or Pounds in the UK.)

My dad made his own wine. I was sipping some of his produce from I don’t know, 12? I wasn't a going out type of person but by 16 there wasn't really any novelty in it.

Parque real is actually Olive oil i believe xD , we got some of the most cheap wine on the world.

Over here, getting married in a few months time is a reason to START drinking rather than stop!

If your parents allows it you can drink in public by the age of 14 in Germany

Bottleopener in Denmark.
So far we do use the other end of dinner knife/fork/spoon, flate metal toys, another beerbottle, table(is NOT recommened since it destroys the table), toothbrush, big knife, hammer etc etc etc.
so Balkan is not the only ones to do that. but the eyesocket and teeth. PLEASE DO NOT DO THAT!

In many European countries, people start drinking at an early age, but let's not confuse that with the legal drinking age. I am of Russian origin and started drinking very young; I live in Italy, and people start drinking early here too, but the legal age is still 18. 😂

The cheap stuff is still good enough for mixed drinks

In the uk younger people smoke more weed than they do drink , the drinking culture is dying

In the UK, it is legal for children aged 5 and older to drink alcohol at home or on private premises. Doesn't mean we should be plying our kids with booze though, obviously they are still under normal laws when outside of the home, so restrictions on restaurants and 18 to buy alcohol.

Som clarification about the drinking age in Germany. The age differs according to type and situation. Hard liquour is allowed at the age of 18. You are allowed to buy /drink beer or wine at the age of 16, and if you are accompanied by a parent/legal guardian even at 14.

3:56 no no, they sell it to you in a lot of places

In Sweden you can drink at home and in a bar at 18 but you can only buy alcohol if you are 20+😊

Germany 2025: approx. 7.17 billion liters of beer – around 84.3 liters per capita.
Austria 2025: approx. 856 million liters of beer – around 93 liters per capita.
So Austrians drink about 8.7 liters, or roughly 17 half-liter beers, more per person than Germans.

I quit when I was 20

8:15 if nobody would drinkt it, nobody would sell it. But yeah, a decent wine usually begins at 5€, those 2€- stuff is bad. For 5€ you can find good wines, for 10€ you are almost guaranteed to get decent quality. Almost noone buys wine for over 15€, because there it stops being about taste and it is only the brand name you are purchasing.

in belgium,1980,my grandma told me:boy,you're 10 years old now,a big boy,time for your first Picon Vin Blanc

6:20 no, it is not in Dollars. It is Spain and Euros are a bit more worth than Dollars, so 6.95€ are about 7,95$.
And no, to drink in pubs or clubs in Europe, you still need to be at the minimum legal drinking age. In Germany that's 16. In the Balkans - well, maybe they don't enforce the laws that strictly.

5:45 In Germany they are born with beer, Balkans we are born with rakija

if i remember correctly in all Octoberfest days people drink around 7-8milion liters just in Munich (it rounds to over 500k liters in a day just in one city), now imagine whole germany.

Oh and in Poland when we do our first legal shot of vodka at 18 we are already been through 3 stages of alcoholism and 2 therapies.

About the Balkan area.... When a baby grows it's teeth and is pain, it's customary to pour a little Rakia on your index finger and massage the baby's gum with it. It kills bacteria, no risk of infection, numbs the pain, and the baby falls asleep.
About USA drinking age... You guys can enlist and get sent to war at 18 but you can't drink or vote until 21 and that doesn't seem strange to you???

Ins some countries water is more expensive than alcohol.

Drinking age in the Netherlands is 18 now, in the 90s it was 16, but alcohol was so normal, at 10 kids got 7up mixed with a splash of beer, the problem is kids now drink before 18 and beacause is it illegal theg think it is cool and exiting, and coma drinking is a thing here, no parents near, so they cant be stopped in time, i got a 13 and 15 year old and IF they want to try they can at home, they know but never asked, same with smoking, if they want to try we buy it, it is not healthy but you never know what someone else is putting in it.

The Part about the 11 year old is pure rage bait, there's no Country in all of Europe where this would be legal. About the girl picking up the Beers at Oktoberfest you have to keep in mind that these Glasses are filled with 2.2 pounds of Beer. As far as i can see she's picking up 17 of these Glasses so the total weight comes out to roughly 50 Pounds! And everything done with a smile.

I got carded at 36 , made my day !

The oktoberfest in munich sell between 6 to 7 million liter of beer

Bro it's cheap because we don't scam the shit out of people!

8:05 This video about prices is very misleading. In Spain, as in Italy, alcoholic beverages are sold in grocery stores. There's usually an entire aisle dedicated to wine, one to beer, and another to spirits and mixed drinks. The video showed a selection of the cheapest products in these aisles, completely ignoring the more expensive ones. Wine at those prices is often of the lowest quality—not to mention the large plastic containers, which are the worst of the worst. An average bottle of wine costs around €5–10, with specialty wines costing tens of euros (€30–€40). The same goes for spirits, which average around €15 for a 0.7-liter bottle, while premium, aged, or imported options can easily cost much more.

In the Anglo-Saxon system, the ban applies to the possession and consumption of alcohol by minors, which is why it is referred to as the 'Minimum Legal Drinking Age.' This principle does not apply in Italy, so there is no direct equivalent; there is no minimum age requirement to possess or consume alcoholic beverages. The Italian legal framework focuses on either the 'sale' (sealed alcohol in stores) or the 'serving' (alcohol served in portions for on-site consumption, such as in bars and restaurants). Consequently, business owners cannot sell alcohol to minors under 18, or serve alcohol to minors under 16. However, no law states that a minor under those ages cannot possess or consume alcohol. For instance, if a friend or family member passes an alcoholic drink to a minor in a private setting, no offense is being committed.

Beer is usually served at room temperature

If you get IDed for buying spray-paint ... just f*cking rack it .... these trains and underpasses don't paint themselves .... u know

imagine scots in Boston... x 10 .... it will take a lot to drink Germany dry

Check out czechia, in restaurant/bar you have basically non-alcoholic beverage for higher price than beer 😂…
Moiko - milk is a wet foam basicly. Hello from Czechia 🍺🍻 cheers

Caribbean people and their drinking is also not normal 😅😂😂😂😂😂