Alcohol Culture GERMANY vs. USA | Feli from Germany
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- Опубликовано: 19 июн 2024
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Do Germans really drink beer all the time? Do we actually start drinking when we're kids? Is German beer really that much better than American beer? I'll answer all of these questions in this video on Alcohol Culture in Germany vs. the USA. There certainly are lots of differences so let me know in the comments below what surprised you and what you think should be changed in the two countries!
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0:00 Intro
1:43 Drinking Age
6:07 Laws
11:25 Perception
14:05 Alcohol Consumption
14:44 Beer Culture
18:12 Fun Facts
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ABOUT ME: Hallo, Servus, and welcome to my channel! My name is Felicia (Feli), I'm 26, and I'm a German living in the USA! I was born and raised in Munich, Germany but have been living in Cincinnati, Ohio off and on since 2016. I first came here for an exchange semester during my undergrad at LMU Munich, then I returned for an internship, and then I got my master's degree in Cincinnati. I was lucky enough to win the Green Card lottery and have been a permanent resident since 2019! In my videos, I talk about cultural differences between America and Germany, things I like and dislike about living here, and other experiences that I have made during my time in the States. Let me know what YOU would like to hear about in the comments below. DANKE :)
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Thank you guys so much for taking part in the RUclips poll on which topic you want to see next. As you can see, I listened to you and made the video on alcohol culture in Germany vs. USA. I hope you enjoy it! 😊
Great video. I am a home brewer. I would fit in. withe German beer laws because it is how I make my beer. I will be making a batch of German Amber Lager tomorrow.
@@johnschrott2064 Like Pavlov's dogs, I started to salivate when I read German Amber Lager. BTW, my old roommate used to brew and bottle copious amounts of of beer. Good Times!
"We don't have that Bar-culture here"??? o.O I have 16 bars in a 2 kilometer perimeter and I live i a chill part of town. And yes, I'm talking exclusively of bars like Sportsbars, Irish Pubs and so on. No restaurants or cafès
Meiner Erfahrung nach nicht so viel wie in England und in den USA. Aber vielleicht ist es in deiner Gegend anders? Wo wohnst du?
@@FelifromGermany Hamburg. Ist aber auch in kleineren Städten wie Bremen oder Kiel so. Haha... vielleicht bin ich ja die Ausnahme und das ist nur hier im Norden so.
20 Year old American: I can't wait to drink Beer legaly
Me a 18 year old German: Laughs in Jägermeister
*15 year old bc who really follows the law when it comes to alcohol?
@@bubblegun6163 true
20 y.o. American: I can't wait to drink beer legally
Citizens who are over 18 of pretty much all of the countries: *Laughing*
@@bubblegun6163 Yes, but that's the intention of the law: In Germany we learn to deal with alcohol when we are young - and most times still under the control of our parents. Who will give us a big talk after the first time they have to take us home by car (embarassing) because we have drunken too much. After that most germans tend to know, how much alcohol they can take.
Me, an Indonesian, when I was 13: sips Guinness and Heineken while watching cartoon..
Don't let anything hold you behind for enjoying the greatness of alcohol LOL
If you’re 21 in Germany you know your limits you start going out less and not getting totally waisted. Being 21 in USA you act like a 15 /16 year old German having there first drink
isso. bin jetzt 22 und wo mit 18 ne flasche whisky drin war, da bin ich jetzt nach zwei bier und vier kurzen am auskatern
@@Stillstanding1 Glaub mir, das kommt alles wieder sobald sie mit 30 auf die Idee kommen das Sie das zeug auch selbst herstellen können.
We drink at 17 just not legally
Henry Staggs real Gangster
L. A. 17 wow you are so Crazy 😂
Sometimes I think a lot of the alcohol issues in the U.S. (aside from genetic) is that kids aren't taught how to drink responsibly and are not allowed to drink until 21, kind of the whole if they're not allowed to do it, it drives them to do it. The military in the U.S. will limit hours out in town (Overseas) thinking it will decrease alcohol issues, but in reality it just encourages people to binge drink in the limited time they have...
I have thought the same for a long time.
My French great-grandmother family came to America from Switzerland when she was 3. She used to tell the story about her mother being upset that the lunch she packed her for kindergarten was rejected due to the wine she included (As I recall it was diluted). Her mom said 'How can the children eat their lunch without wine!'.
Something you forgot to mention is that most people at the age of 16 are living with their parents so they have them to guide them while theyre first allowed to drink. By the time you reach 21 in a lot of cases youre out of your parents house or at least dont spend a lot of time there except sleep so your parents dont really have that guidance over you in that time youre starting to drink(legally at least)
I think that this problem does not only exist with the topic "alcohol". Teenage pregnancy is an even bigger problem in the US. in other countries there are fewer bans but more education. Just because I forbid sex or alcohol for young people doesn't mean that they don't do it because of it. Instead, they do it in secret. And of course that has devastating consequences.
Much of the cultural bit behind alcohol forgets US history. Completely forgetting, the US was settled by religious extremists, extreme fundamentalists, who essentially rejected anything pleasurable as distracting from their religious practices.
That's retained in some current sects, such as Seventh Day Adventists, who still prefer unspiced foods and no ethanol. For those wanting to dispute, do look them up and the origin of corn flakes. I only put up with them because of Desmond Doss (I strongly encourage you to look him up!) and that is, of course, a joke.
The problem with prohibition is, it's been repeatedly proved utterly ineffective. Prohibition of sex out of marriage, yeah, totally doesn't happy, they're all virginal pregnancies and ignore the ancient US joke about shotgun marriages. Prohibition of alcohol, helped spawn organized crime. Prohibition of many drugs, see what happened with alcohol. Prohibition of fully automatic weapons, see the North Hollywood shootout - they obeyed the law on buying machine guns, they made their own by converting legal rifles. I'll not even go into ban evading that goes on just in firearms and designer drugs.
As a child, when my parents had wine or a drink, curiosity was satisfied and I participated in a bit of wine with the meal (usually, undiluted in small quantities in an cordial glass) or was offered a sip only of a mixed drink and I do mean sip, Mom or Dad held the glass.
Later, well, I can consume legendary amounts of ethanol, think Marvel superhero levels, something weird in my physiology and exceptionally high liver enzyme performance. I also don't go howling at the winds and moon, for garnering attention gets entirely undesirable attention, so I limit consumption and intoxication by a lot. I can also walk through a raging fire - I've done that as well, doesn't mean that's my first or even second desired course of travel. I can drink that 1.75 liters of vodka and be fine the next morning, I hydrate, so I don't get hangovers, again, not my first or second desired course of travel.
And let's face it, nobody likes someone getting drunk and acting like a smacked ass.
All because I was taught balance and moderation, not total and unrealistic abstinence. You know, education. In matters of sex, my parents gave the basics in appropriate educational detail, the schools actually gave quality instruction back in the late 70's and early 80's, until the amoral majority hijacked things and turned the classes into their political pawns and teen pregnancies and STD's skyrocketed - then they fell from grace, courtesy of all of their own sexual scandals.
If I was caught drinking while underage in the US, I'd probably be arrested. If I was caught drinking while underage in Germany, I'd probably get another beer from an elderly persom
Damn son, that aint right!!!! WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING???!!!
I CANT BELIEVE THAT!! YOU ARE DRINKING LITERAL TRASH!
Go back in the house! For fucks sake the belt is coming off now!
Its the same result for both of us, but for different reasons.
Context?
@Cat Vision I'm speaking from experience here
@Cat Vision if you are 16 you can work, if you can work you can drink.
@@docphoenix2619
In 99% of the cases, if you are a 16-year-old German, getting caught drinking alcohol, literally nothing happens. Because it's like to be 21 years old in the US and getting "caught" drinking.
But if you are too drunk and underage in Germany, that's a hole other thing. That will in general escalate very quickly involving police, parents and even maybe school.
19 y/o American: Guys I got us a beer but don’t tell anyone
15 y/o German: LEUDDDE ICH HAB DEN KASTEN
Den Kasten uranov!
JÄGERMEISTER
Mischiiiii
So true
@@pippo6582 ich glaube fast jeder hat diesen Mist früher gesoffen :D Immer schön diesen 5€ Wodka der wie Desinfektionsmittel riecht und schmeckt, das waren noch Zeiten :D
There is a joke in Russia: Americans begin drinking alcohol at 21, many Russians usually quit drinking at 21.
....and then what? Start doing heroin?
Poland too
@@nikolaibaas2776 no, people there start drinking at something like 14-15 some even younger and its not just a few beers, its basically getting drunk every weekend or so, when I was in school, around 16 years old, it was super normal to get like 6 beers and go to park after school and drink all of that, by the age of 21 a lot of people have been drinking a lot for like 6-7 years, and at that age people become more responsible, start working, basically start adult life and slow down on alcohol, they still drink but just waaay less, not every weekend is a party where you get drunk or you dont get drunk on random Tuesday
@@nikolaibaas2776 in Russia anything under 10% alcohol was considered a soft drink until 2011
@@LeMuDX makes sense
I'm from Switzerland and we have the same legal drinking ages as Germany. I have heard many parents (including my own) say they would rather their kid tried beer or wine for the first time at home with the family rather than outside where they can't keep an eye on them.
German kids: Wow, Im 16.... now to get drunk like a skunk... OK, now Im 18 and have had so many hangovers that I cant see alcohol any more... wow I can now learn to drive.
US Kids: Wow, Im 16. Best time to start driving a 2 ton Pickup. OK, now Im 21 and I'm an expert at driving, lets see how this Alcohol thing improves my skills.
The funny part is that the reason the drinking age is higher is because MAAD thought that raising the drinking age would discourage drunk driving when it just made it worse. Also, the lady clearly didn't think what she was like in her youth or look into what her parents did in prohibition.
Wineries legally sold grape juice and yeast telling people to not combine them during prohibition.
One difference is, an elder would usually accompany and supervise the first excursion. Keep the kid out of trouble and able to control themselves, while still having a good time.
Did the same with my soldiers, if they were old enough to fight and die for their country, they're old enough to have a few brain grenades with their peers, regulations be damned, it's on me. My only requirement, if one gets into trouble, I expected to have to bail out the entire squad or the ones not getting caught were on the top of my shit list. Needless to say, never had to bail anyone out, although I did get a few calls to pick up an entire squad from time to time. Well, except when I was with them, kind of hard to call myself and I wrangled things under control or at least got everyone out the back door in time.
Those guys would also shovel shit with a rusty spoon for me, both because I took care of them and they knew I'd be using the rustiest spoon right next to them.
And if one got out of control, his entire squad let him know about it, correcting that behavior early on and reinforcing the lesson.
Das deutsche Reinheitsgebot ist älter, als die Gründung der USA.
Stefan Wolf und das ist ein Grund mehr stolz auf unser flüssig Brot zu sein
Its hard to argue with his assisment!
Das Haus von meinem Kumpel auch :D
und die USA sind älter als Deutschland. was ist dein Punkt?
@@jurgnobs1308 also sind unsere Bierregeln älter als unser Land...Prioritäten können wir xD
Germany: No, you should consume alcohol responsible!
Germans who just got 16:
hahaha Biertrichter goes brrrrr
Abi ist vorbei:
Die Alkoholvergiftung goes brrrr
Bester Kommentar bis jetzt😂😂
Germans grow up with alcohol and get gradually introduced to the consumption. There is never that dramatic moment, like in the US, when people turn 21. Some literally make a pilgrimage to Tijuana in Mexico, to have the waiter put the bottle of liquor straight into the mouth.
@Moritz Waldmann sich wieder schön dumm saufen
@@mr_vinc_k2897 Ich schlau mich trinken...:D
I spent my high school years in Berlin, Germany. My friends and I were at bars every weekend from 15 on. By the time I got back to the U.S. for college my tolerance was phenomenal.
That's cheating 😂
@@bastianlange6207 LOL, yeah...I had quite a head start on my peers. I was legal to drink all 4 years of college in Vermont, too. In ‘85 (when I was 18) they raised the drinking age to 21, but they grandfathered 18 year olds, raising the age 1 year at a time until everyone was only able to drink at 21. Being grandfathered in was pretty cool.
It's not about how much more you can drink, it's about drinking responsibly.
@@patriciarossman8653 LOL, as an adult I know this as well. Forgive me for describing something from my youth. Smh
Felicia, I would like to thank you for producing your series of RUclips videos about German culture and the differences between mainly Bavaria society and the US. My father was an American soldier and stationed in Frankfurt and Heidelberg and we went with him in the 1950's and early 1960's so I was raised in Germany from the age of four until 13. Then in the 70's, and 80's I was in the army and had three three year tours in Germany myself. There were two tours in Augsburg (65 KM from Munich) and one tour in Bad Aibling, east of Munich. My last day in Germany was in 1990. So I now find myself thinking back very fondly about my second homeland since I lived a total of 17 years there.
I only found your video series two weeks ago and I quickly fell in love with them. Whenever I watch one it almost feels like I am back home again. Just hearing your voice brings back the Bavarian accent that I loved in Augsburg and even in Bad Aibling. I just watched your video about the Alcohol Culture and I think I found one possible error. In the 1950's and 60's there was a special beer brewed which was called Kinder Bier which was only about 2.5 to 3 percent alcohol that children under 14 could consume if my memory is not faulty. I may be wrong but excuse me if my brain has slipped. I am now 71 years old so it is quite possible.
But thank you for these videos because it really helps my old heart beat faster and better reliving the memories of my younger life.
What a nice story. That's why I love Felicias videos: Because of this storys. I'm glad you had a nice time in Germany ✌️
Sometimes I think the world is so small, because I come from a small town only 10 kilometers away from Bad Aibling
geez i can actually picture that kinder bier being a thing now.
I dont know about low alc kids beers, only nonalcoholic kid beers like Karamalz and vitamalz. They are still alive and well today
Does indeed exist.
The official name is "Malzbier"
That special beer you’re talking about is Malzbier and it is also called Kinder-Bier because there is nearly no alcohol inside (0.5 promille), not because it was specially made for children.
„Wann soll ich zurück sein?“
„Um 11 „
Ok, soll ich Brötchen mitbringen?“
Ehre
xDD
Semmeln, zefix!
@@ravingpotato8339 Franke 😄
@@emerikcirlig4481 na, Bayer (Bayrischer Schwabe auf der bayrischen Lechseite um genau zu sein 🤔) aber sagen die Franken ned eher Weggle?
Having a drink in public would destabilize society, can't you just play with a gun like all the other normal kids
@whade62000, well played my friend,...well played..:)
um excuse me ? pretty sure that thats a joke but .... wtf btw i am german if you didnt noticed yet
Public drinking laws depend on the state, as well as open carry laws.
I'm of German background, and most of my extended family has no problem starting their beer drinking in the morning and all day.
I live in Germany and the most of the people only drink alcohol in evening hahaha
Beer!
A german wont do that, because it would lower our efficency at work.
Dont spread propaganda. REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
@@BadDayLp ich trinke 24/7...
That is called alkoholism. Not German culture.
We had a German exchange student stay with us when I was a kid. She was 16 (my oldest sister's age), and she was so confused that we couldn't 1) go clubbing and 2) take a 'day-trip' to NYC (we live in Portland, OR).
How far is OR from NY?
@@shannimonet They’re on opposite sides of the country. The distance is 2439 miles or 3925 kilometers.
Germany us quite a big country
@@OscarOSullivanyeah but still taking a day trip is kinda popular there
@@pokezod7832But not when it is nearly 3000 km away. Please...no one would do that.😂 Is it even possible? Don't think so.
i'm really glad my 18 year old daughter is not allowed to drink beer. imagine how negative this could affect her career as a porn actress ..
You had us in the first half ngl
You should get her a gun.
WTF I don’t understand why is gun allow before alcohol
@@derserioserkritiker9369 Both shouldn't be limited to any age
Mat en Yesss glad to finally see someone else with the same viewpoint as me
"Kein Bier vor vier!" bezieht sich nicht auf die Uhrzeit, sondern auf das Alter! ;-)
Und selbst wenns sich auf die Uhrzeit bezieht... "Vor Vier ist nach Vier" ;)
Der war gut :)
Hast du schon mal was von Satire gehört?
@@nils5046Da hat jemand den Witz verpasst.
Darum ist ja auch bier ab 16 legal. Für die die im Schaltjahr geboren sind😂
I think that it’s an “European things” because i’m Italian and it’s the same things, it’a absolutly normal start drinking alchool (beer and wine) at home whin parents. In France it’s the same, Spain too etc.
It's almost like Catholicism integrated the local customs and culture. Hmmmmmmm That's what connects them.
She: You can buy beer at 16. Me and my friends at 14-15 years with bagpacks full of beer going to make a chill evening.
Sure you can do it, you are just breaking the law
Nana lässt euch nicht erwischen "Corona party" lol🍻
Same
@@Boehjaner ach das ist an einem Bach da fällt es schon nicht auf
Und wir haben auch noch 3 Fluchtmöglichkeiten, Übern Bach, Weg vom Bach, oder in den Bach. Bei der letzten bezweifle ich ob man Später noch lebend heraus kommt.
What ?? Clubs are closing at 2 am in the USA ?? At 2 am the REAL fun is just starting here 😂😂
In our city in Germany Bars also close at 2 am.. like a real “Kaff“
einsachtsieböööön
Yeah it sucks, my buddies and I love to “just get started” at 2 am, so we have to do that at one of our houses instead :(
Laughs in tipping dixi klo
@@lousspacetolive3652 im Kaff kann man sich aber auch irgendwo im nirgendwo hinsetzen, n Lagerfeuer machen und sich dann die Kante geben! Wenn dann noch einer ne Karre mit einer brauchbaren Anlage hat, ist's besser als jeder Kaffklub
"land of the free" where you are not allowed to drink a beer at a park XD
Hi
That is why I really think most patriotic arguments from Americans regarding "how free" they are, is bullshit.
Their 'freedom' comes in other costs of being not free, which they are not even aware of or ignore, because they don't need that kind of freedom.
Like a normal human being does not need to carry around a gun, so gun restrictions are irrelevant for them.
While Americans love their guns and getting rid of them would be 'taking away their freedom' ... Yeah, sure ...
Shadow McSneaky „land of the free“ wHeRe yOu CaNt TakE drUgs aLl tHe TiMe
Trust me, a lot of Americans are already stupid, you do not want us to have alcohol in public. The country would probably be destroyed in a couple days
@@elijahehrisman9980 would be an improvement for the world
I'm from the UK and have visited the US a few times and their laws regarding alcohol can be similar to ours in some respects but also very different. Like the time I tried to buy a six pack of beer from a convienience store in Alabama and when the cashier told me "I can't sell you that, Sir." I proudly produced my British passport to confirm I was over the age of 21, he kindly informed me it was statre (or local law, this was 2015 so I forget) that alcohol couldn't be bought on a Sunday. Damn, really messed up my Sunday afternoon plans! Similar to this, I was surprised that I could not buy spirits (liqor) in Target in Virginia some years later and that I'd have to find a liqor store. There was one from the corner so I managed to stock up on a few bottles of some Rum that I was loooking for. I haven't been to Germany yet, but I'm planning a trip to Koln this year in April so I'm looking forward to many long nights in a bar or ale house there!
Well, the US inherited UK common law after the revolution, hence the similarities. We just lagged in some states as to relaxing religious based restrictions.
Still, at least you were spared from a Sunday with weak, nearly tasteless beer. ;)
I can confirm fun fact number 10. About 20 years ago, we had a company party here in Hanover to which our southern German colleagues were also invited. They had arrived at the venue a little earlier and had already secured all the wheat beer glasses while we were still working. Pragmatic as I am, I then simply drank my wheat beer from the bottle. In the best Bavarian dialect, someone was pointing at me and yelled across the room, "There! Blasphemy!"
American Teenager : Guys I got us some beer from my 21 year old friend , dont tell anyone .
Every German 14 year old : Cheers Ill drink to that .
German 14 yo: nice mdude *proceeds to smoke cigarette*
"Bier ab 16"
Dorfkinder: 😂
Das gabs schon mit 14 😂
Bei uns mit 13😂🍻
@@maren1238 mit 13 bier und ab 14 gabs dann Jäger😂
12jahre normal
@@KGV1871 ach der Jägermeister
Binging your newly found channel tonight.. Friends of many old speakers. Amazed how well you speak new.
That was great! Thank you, I love your channel. I am always amazed at the different attitudes for drinking and smoking in the U.S. vs Europe. I am a dual U.S./Italian citizen, and see an enormous difference in the practices.
USA: We drink at 21
Germany: We drink at 16
Balkans: We drink.
as a croat i can confirm this
In germany most starten at 12-14 no one cares
The UK : wasted passed out drunk children in the middle of a field at 2 am.
Who cares the age. In the middle Age beer was the cleanest beverage you will find in a bigger city. So kids drank also beer. The beer had a lower Percentage of alcohol. So visit Nurnberg and a short trip in our „Historische Felsengänge“. You will get much more info about beer and the history. Beer brewery, Jail, Water extraction or Bomb Shelter. All in one under our Imperial Castle.
Switzerland : YES!
I think Bud Light actually has less alcohol than water.
Bud Light is the one and ONLY beer available in Hell! So REPENT NOW!!
That's most light beer.
It's called "Light" for a reason EJ!
The real Budweiser comes from the country czech.🤷♂️
@@SupaNami The reason is calories. Not alcohol. Most light beers in the US still have 4,2% alcohol which qualifies as a regular beer.
Belgian Navy dude here.
Pretty much everything in Belgium is the same as you described besides the fact our crates contain 24 bottles.
Secondly I would like to be a bit patriotic and mention that time when we were on a German navy ship having a party after coming from a Belgian ship.
Practically everybody was drinking Belgian beer, including the Germans.
Great people, I really like their diligence.
Awesome videos!!!
Really fun and engaging to watch, keep them coming please
Honestly, if they would forbid public drinking in Europe there would be riots.
Hmmm Biergarten Militias :D
Reaast it is forbidden in some countries in Europe. Went to Barcelona with our class as some sort of graduation trip and well, our teacher had to throw away his beer while there was a guy smoking a joint next to us who didn’t get in trouble at all.
Riots
Pathetic
It's the same thing with guns in America.
It is illegal some places in europe
*legt Handtuch hin* so die Kommentarsektion ist jetzt deutsches Staatsgebiet
Das machen wir wenn wir auf der Sonne landen
@@runtergerutscht4401 die sonnen ist nur gas und hat keine feste oberfläche
😂
@@julien9998 ja deswegen wird es ja auch was Besonderes sein wenn wir ein Handtuch entwickeln dass trotzdem da liegenbleibt :P
Grandios@@runtergerutscht4401 Klare deutsche Logik. Wir schaffen schon mal Lösungen für Probleme die keiner hat. :D
ein volk, ein reich, ein kommentarbereich
amazing how much work you put in all of your videos. Respekt
One thing about your videos that makes them so engaging, in addition to your bright and charming personality, is that they are so very informative. Its like having a teacher who makes learning so much fun that one can't wait for the next class!
At the same time you don't come across as a know-it-all.
Thanks very much.
“ich sagte 3 Bier und um 10 solltest du zu Hause sein!!!“
“Ach so rum?!“
😂
Haha geil, das hat ein paar Sekunden gedauert bis der Rechner im Hirn das geschluckt hat :D
Geil^^
😂
Six pack beer in German = „Herrenhandtasche“
a sick pack and a beer is a 6-course dinner with drink. :D
6 0,5l Flaschen (Kolben) = Sechszylinder
awesome! have to remember that one!
Dont forget the 10 pack = "Kofferradio"
,,Randalierschachtel"
I'm a new follower. You are very fun to listen to, no matter which topic you talk about. I could watch and listen all day
Years ago, I struck up a conversation with a German woman college student at a bus stop outside a grocery store in Washington State. As we were talking, she pulled a beer out of her grocery bag and opened it at the bus stop. I had to explain the laws to her, and she was quite surprised and confused, and thought that was a crazy rule.
Congrats! Germans will often open a beer if they enjoy a conversation and want to keep it going, especially for women it could mean she felt comfortable around you!
*Germany in video title*
Germans: Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Kommentarbereich
*Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Kommentarbereich
@@daniellenkl7511 typo
nice
Aufgrund der Tatsache, dass wir als das Land der ''Dichter und Denker'' bekannt sind, wurde das jetzt umbenannt, da man nicht ''reich'' auf ''-reich'' reimen möchte. Die neue und verbesserte Ausführung lautet nun ''Ein Volk, eine Nation, eine Kommentarsektion''. Weiteres dazu finden sie im Rundschreiben B14-11, Guten Tag.
@@daniellenkl7511 Danke Captain Rechtschreibung, was würden wir nur ohne sie tun. (Glücklich sein?).
"You need to be 18 to buy hard alkohol" *laughts in Kiosk*
Ich weiß noch als der Verkäufer auf Kursfahrt in Barcelona zu uns gesagt hat:
,,Aber bitte nix 31er machen." Absoluter Ehrenmann.
Laughs in Slavic.
Laughs in "Verkäufer kennen"
Laughs in looking older than you are
Tanke
Watching you for the second time today from Germany. Great job.
Hi I’m a new subscriber and I’m so happy to have found your channel I am second generation on my dads side American his mom was from Germany and his dad Poland I still have a lot of family in Germany and I actually recently got in contact with a cousin a few years ago and I really enjoy learning about about Germany compared to America thank you so much for your channel and all the information that I been wanting to learn for years!
Her: "Wegbier"
Me, an intellectual: "Fußpils"
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Needs more likes XD
Should be a damn official brand name
Wer trinkt denn pils
Ihr komischen norddeutschen ey
@@t07minas viel besser Weizen schmeckt teilweise echt komisch
@@t07minas Augustiner beste
When I was in the U.S. I did presentations about Germany at my high school. Within the presentation I also mentioned the drinking age. And at the end of the presentation someone would ask me something about water or tap water or something like that. And somebody else was like "Dude, they can drink alcohol at 16 and you ask about water?".
my guess, they asked about paying for Water/Tap Water at Restaurants. In th US u get it for free in any Restaurant.
@@Aeskulan tap water is also free in german restaurants. But it is somewhat impolite to ask for it instead of bottled water.
Was doing the Samen in my apprentice ship in Austria where are also different laws are around in the fact to go out. The laws about alcohol are the same but in Austria (for me in Tyrol) Teens at the age of 14 can go out until 1 am and with 16 open end. This was a really big argument and making some times my club touring a bit complicated with 21 in this time knowing ther are teens way younger than me.
Cinema Atrium haha yes my grandpa does this everytime we Go to a restaurant together and we all want to sink into the floor but I think he‘s right
@@Aeskulan Yea, some specialities cost some money. With tap water you pay for the service since we dont tip. The waiter has a fix salary, tips are welcome, though.
I lived in Stuttgart for 3 years and it was the best time of my life. I miss it everyday!!!
:))))
Wow this was really interesting Felicia. Just found your channel today. I like it. Be safe.
Germany: Please drink responsibly.
USA: Don't eat the Tide POD!
"Corona is not a problem, we got it perfectly under controle"
internet explorer?
🤣🤣
Funfact: even tho 16 is the age where you can legally buy light alcohol, it's the age that most Germans already start drinking the hard alcohol
Nope... not a fact. Some do... most don't.
Ich hab mit dem harten scheiß angefangen weil mir Bier net geschmeckt hat, erst mit 16 dran gewöhnt weil mans dann halt einfach kaufen konnte😅
14,9 (15) years old I'd the average age of when the Germans start to get drunk
Spate ich auch😂😂😂
Sisu Guillam in my experience, most do, some dont
In Australia we have Koozies (Stubby Holders, stubby is one of our names for beer bottles) but it's less to protect your hand and more to keep the beer cooler in the heat.
Klasse erklaert, Feli! Danke.
I‘m glad i‘m a German and can drink wherever I want whenever I want
Prost!
Prost!
Mitte titte sack zack zack
Klixtra
Prost mien jung 😂
I'm France we don't have drinking age at all for consumption, and I find pretty shocking that you can go to jail for that in the US and you're not allowed at all before 14 in Germany.
In France you have legal age for buying (18) but for consuming you don't have any (even though in theory you can't in public place before 18 (it is still widely tolerated)) age, if I want to drink alcohol whatever my age in a private environment, any age is fine.
And actually even in public, and even when you are in a restaurant if an adult buy for you (even if the restaurant see that it is you that drink, it remains fine))
Ha
Als Dorfkind in Amerika wär ich nach einer Woche im Knast ...😂
Haha bestimmt. Mich würde interessieren wie viel man von diesem Bud Light braucht um voll zu werden. Gerade 4% ist ja lächerlich
Ich sing um 11 am Vatertag: Der Jägermeister ist Kalt der Speck ist warm so fängt das leben an.
@@pyrosalathd6492 puh da säuft man sich ja arm bevor man einen Fetzen hat.
Gespritzter Apfelwein mit 10. Mein ganzes Dorf wär da Schuldig.
Pyrosalat HD haha jo unter 5% isch as ko bier
Great insights, Feli!
As a Korean American who grew mainly up in the U.S. but with a Korean drinking culture at home, I find lots of similarity between Korea and Germany in contrast to the painfully Puritan/denialist drinking culture in the U.S.
That said, outside of the relatively young history of wineries (vs. Europe) and even younger widespread micro-breweries in the U.S., the suppressive drinking culture has kept both behind the times... a reason why Southern Germany has world-class macro-breweries and wineries while the U.S. has completely lacks in the former and generally uneducated public regarding the latter.
great insight on this video it was amazing
recently found out im part german thank you for this information been looking for any and all facts about germany even improving my language so i appreciate when you translate to german
because we start drinking much earlier, most people know their limits in their twenties
Who feels lucky to live in Germany too?😂
•Tjarrak• man findet die pc Community von Klixtra mittlerweile überall😂
Let's be real, we are just the geilest country of the world.
But I'm thinking about becoming a Swiss citizen. The place it-self is ok, but the people are realy nice and they have a better sense for well thought out institutions.
American born here and Its pretty dang sweet. I’m a pretty positive person though.
Aber dermassen! Hab mal ernsthaft darüber nachgedacht in die USA zu ziehen, weil ich oft gerne dort war. Hab's zum Glück gelassen!
@@TremereTT Swiss people are overall very friendly. But not in Emmental. Many Emmentaler people are very dismissive, ignorant and entitled. So better exclude that region from your moving list. French speaking swiss people are the most wellcoming of all.
Enjoyable! “Perceptions” is a good way to describe it. The expression “When in Rome…” would apply. I rarely drink German beer, but in Munich, I would do as the locals do. Cans are for ice chests, the beach, and recycling. In North Carolina, we have state-run ABC stores for liquor, and in some grocery stores we have “sip-and-shop” with beer or wine. My favorite store has a bar where you can also have dinner. By far, Bud Light and Modelo are the most popular beers here, but I have enjoyed the explosion of craft beer breweries (over 300 in NC), so I have those almost exclusively.
That was so interesting, thank you!! 😃😃
19 year old wounded US soldier in Iran:
I hope I survive that wound. I wanna buy a beer in 2 years.
No, when he wounded in Middle East, he had good chances coming back to the US Army hospital in Landstuhl Germany....
Iran, did I miss something?
US soldier in "Iran"... ???
You are just another example for the infamous "US American level of education"... LOL.
@@user-jf8gd3lv7q maybe he was thinking of the Persian or Parthian Empires.
If I were a lawmaker of some sort, I'd author a bill that allowed anyone who's active military the right to drink. I think if you volunteer, and the government accepts you, to serve and defend the country, you've earned the right to consume alcohol.
Channels meant for americans talking about germans:
Germans: "UHM ACTUALLY"
Uhm akchually
Since her reference is Bavaria and not Germany I guess there can be some differences. Isn't Bayern the odd state whose culture differ a lot from the rest?
Michael Ståhl Bavaria is sooo different, I feel like it unites the whole german cliche. They got a whole different culture and even speak differently than people in the north or the east for example. The rest of germany doesn’t really relate to that I guess. I live in the north of germany and I’ve never seen a breakfast with beer and we don’t really eat Weißwurst or pretzels. But the drinking laws are the same in all states, so drinking at 16(or even earlier sometimes) and drinking in public is very common everywhere I guess.
@@josi7618 Bavaria is as different from northern germany as Saxony is from Swabia. We've got many local dialects, cultural differences and other specialties for regionalities. This is mostly owed to us being not one united country but a collection of many smaller independent states that in fact did not see themselves as one united german group only as far as 200 years back. Myself coming from the western end of the Rhineland. The matter of fact ends up being, on a germany wide comparison Bavaria is nothing special, the region is not massively different nor is its dialect a unique thing no other area in germany has. I challenge you to listen to a Saarländer talk in dialect and wonder what they are talking about. Bavaria being massively different is a misconsception being born out of Bavarian culture being taken as a symbol for german culture. They dont unite the whole german cliche, THEY ARE, the german cliche. This is due to the americans back after ww2 occupying the area of bavaria and thus mostly exporting the picture of the german culture they found there to the world. It in no way represents broader german culture :)
@@verySharkey as a German born in rhineland-palatinate, grown up speaking in eifler platt, eating Wildschwein on the Schützenfest and never even seen a real leather pants in my life I 100% agree and think more of the hirnverbrannte idiots that actually think that Bavaria is in any way special or reflects the typical german (which just doesn't really exist) should see this
Great vid. thank you!
Hi Felicia, regarding the non-alcoholic beverage that's cheaper than alcoholic beverages:
perhaps per litre, but imho especially water is usually a lot more expensive per unite sold.
1st: In my favourite club in Würzburg, the Laby, you would pay 2€ for 0.2l of water,
whereas you got two equally sized Desperados for 3€.
That said, this was a specially for Friday nights, so the keyword might be the special.
2nd: In most Restaurants you pay 4,90€ for a bottle of water, because for some reason
mineral water is still such an overpriced, yet under-regulated and universally accepted beverage.
In France, you are entitled to free water at any restaurant, which you order as "une carafe d'eau".
It usually comes as cool tap water in a jar, and it's just universally accepted to order them.
In Germany you can order tap water, but it's weird to ask.
I don't know why we can't grant access to free drinking water at any restauration place as a human right.
In France you can even walk up to any baker and demand bread, even if you can't pay for it, and they have to feed you.
We seriously should have kept a lot more of their revolutionary ideas.
Mineralwasser ist Abzocke.
During my time at University in Bavaria I was a guide to exchange students from all over the world. They were aged 19-22 and you could clearly tell who was experienced with alcohol or not. The british and the irish people were well-mannered beerheads who tend to sing at some point of the night xD
The eastern Europe crew (Czech Rep., Slovakia, Slowenia, Croatia , ...) was also used to drink, mostly vodka.
And then there were the kids from the U.S. who had 3-4 beer and they were hammered. They just couldn´t drink peacefully while enjoying their beer. They tried to encourage others to down their beer as well. After about an hour or two they started wrestling on public streets and places. At that point the entire group of exchange students seperated from them because they were just obnoxious and annoying.
It felt like americans don´t have a proper drinking culture and just see it as drug instead of something to enjoy while consuming it
It IS a drug but no reason to wrestle... ^^'
Sounds pretty accurate honestly. I drink usually just to drink, and I tend to drink things that actually taste good versus things I find disgusting, like light beer (or beer in general, haven't found one I like) and those hard seltzers. I'm much more of a cider/wine/cocktail kinda gal.
I do drink to get drunk sometimes, but that's usually over a course of time because I definitely find it awful to try to just down alcohol. I just end up feeling incredibly full incredibly fast.
Everyone reacts to alcohol differently. I may be an American but alcohol just makes me relaxed and eventually sleepy. The most "belligerent" thing I do is stumble over my words. I never got rowdy or aggressive while drunk but I met enough people in college to say that there are enough people like that for it to be an accurate stereotype.
Well it was 75 years ago this week for Victory in Europe - so evidently it's not just the Amis who act up
@@bigwoody4704 how the hell is a Story about an Americans beer consumption and the way the act when drunk connected to the Second World War?
18 y/o in America: Can I have a Beer
US: Best I can do is gun
Little bit same in finland, 15 year old can own a shotgun but have to be 18 to buy beer 😅
@@Juhani96 I think it’s 18 to buy a shotgun now in Finland.
@@dienersamuel1 oooh
@@user-tp8ht4xv6f Gun can get you into worse trouble than having a beer. However it could be better if you use it safely.
@@user-tp8ht4xv6f With guns, you can injure a bunch of people in a short time where with alcohol, you can injure yourself over a long period of time. See the difference.
When I lived in Gutersloh, there were a few pubs which had 24 hour licences. Good times.
Hugos! I have been trying to get our local bars and club to make these in the summer!
I like that part ,,... *nice english speaking*... APEROL SPRITZ"
There are also "Muttizettel" (Mom Paper) here in Germany. Your parents sign it and name someone who is already 18. Together with this person you are allowed to stay longer than 12 pm on a party even if you're under 18 years old.
Hahahaah ich bin 14 und wohne auf dem Dorf und wenn ein Dorffest ist bleib Ich meistens bis um 2-3
@@schellargschichta1638 weird flex but okay🤷♂️
Right. With that "Muttizettel" the person with the allowance is the legal custodian.
oh boy what you said about the borders on restaurants clicked- just made so much sense.
Grüße aus Österreich Feli ;) du machst echt tolle videos! deine sympathische Ausstrahlung ,extreme Natur Schönheit und unglaublich schön klingende Stimme verzaubern einen richtig! Aber der Inhalt deiner Videos ist ebenso Interessant! Naturschön und Intelligent! :)
I'm from Germany and when I got drunk for the first time, I was in a bar with my parents on my 16th birthday. I was so drunk that my parents had to carry me home. The very next day my mother started vacuuming my room while my father built a shelf on one of my walls just for my books with his drill. I cannot describe the severity of my headache! I learned my limits the hard way and I learned one very important rule. If you're old enough to drink alcohol, you're old enough to get up to work every day. even if it's just homework. Since then I have always been careful never to drink so much that it exceeds my limit. always drink with measure and aim and never carelessly. most Germans have their first experiences with alcohol in this way. For me, alcohol is a stimulant and never the goal of getting drunk.
Well said. I'm Canadian - when I was 15 my dad said "I can't stop you from drinking so I may as well teach you how to do it properly". That is passing down wisdom.
Also in meiner Gegend (Dorf) ist die erste Erfahrung mit so ca 14 in der Feuerwehr. Und Leute aus der Stadt werden irgendwann auch mal in die Feuerwehr eingeladen und von den anderen abgezogen, in dem sie das doppelte zahlen
@@privprav5815 sehr gutes dorf :D
in many germany families you are allowed to Drink with 13/14 teen with your confimation.. I got a bottle of Whisky with 13 teen 😈
Smoke weed=Profit
Ich bin deutscher...ich weiß garnicht warum ich mir das angeguckt habe. Aber ich muss sagen, das war eine sehr ausführliche Abhandlung und da hat nichts gefehlt. Respekt.
Ja dein Kommentar ist Alman hoch 10
@@Hakunamataha nix verstehe
@@Hakunamataha Alles klar...
ich auch nicht
...stimmt Alt fehlt nie.
A few thoughts from a Dane (we have similar laws to Germany);
1: There are no minimum drinking age, but we do have minimum age for buying alcohol. This was not the case when I was a kid (late '80s), and I have been sent to a store to buy beer for my father as a boy younger than 10 years old. Even as late as the mid-'90s we could (as 14-16 year old school kids) rent a hall, buy a few kegs of beer, and have a party without adult supervision.
2: If a kid is drunk in public, though I said above that it is not illegal, their parents might face charges. This depends on if they are keeping their child safe, if it is a common occurrence, etc.
3: In Denmark, if you are involved in an accident, and have ANY alcohol in you system, you will shoulder some of the blame. Yes, even if you just got in the car, turned the ignition, and (before your car started moving) you got hit by another car.
4: The culture of drinking at your work is one place where Denmark differs from Germany. In the last 20 years, drinking at work has ceased to happen in Denmark. It used to be common, especially on Friday after you were done for the day ("fyraftensøl", litterally "quitting time beer"). It was even common for teachers to have beer or wine in the evening while on a schooltrip.
I was stationed in the US Army in Bamberg, Germany from 1977-1979. I always preferred the weizen beer. I remember seeing small pieces of wheat floating in the glass. I remember the volksmarsches, that always ended at a beer tent or beer hall.
Europeans at the age of 16: Start drinking alcohol.
Russians at 16: Well, I think it's time to give up this. Too many embarrassing stories.
Yeah russians drink crazy but most europeans don't start drinking at 16 buddy ;) I'd say it's more around 13-15 that people start drinking and I've had enough friends who really stopped drinking shortly after their 16. or 18. birthdays.
American at 13 : Drinking 151 Bacardi Rum and chasing it with beer.
Im Hungarian and did the Russian thing
@@kairosan5483 im german I live here me and my friends started drinking with 13-14 and most people at 15-17
I’m reminded of a joke, at 21 Americans start drinking but Russians at 21 try to stop drinking.
American handling alcohol like they should handle guns!
"Hey you! Yes, you! Is this a beer in your hand? No just a gun?, okay you can continue your walk in the park!"
No they should facilitate both.
And you underestimate how hard it is to go buying a gun in the USA in most states.
I mean Like many people say that we should handle alcohol way stricter but the thing is that it is the german culture. The same thing goes for guns in the us. It is their culture and the sign of freedom for them. Being able to fight for their rights is pretty Important for americans.
@@redfire7538 Why that, are you a dictator for imposing to others stupid things?
@@maten146 ?
@@redfire7538 You talked about stricter law with alcohol
Hey Feli, habe vor kurzem erst deinen Kanal entdeckt (danke dem You Tube Algo 😉) nachdem ich ein paar interessante Videos von in Deutschland lebenden Amerikanern gesehen habe. Wie alle deine (die ich bisher gesehen habe) Videos ist auch dieses hier sehr kurzweilig und informativ. Jedoch muss ich dich hier, was die Craft Beer Scene in Deutschland betrifft, korrigieren. Denn diese explodiert hier regelrecht seit etwa 2014/15. Zumindest hier bei uns in NRW (vor allem im Ruhrpott). Dem Hopfengott sei dank! 😘 LG aus DU
When I was living there in the early '90s, I found many great beers there. Because in general, the beer in your country is so very good, it has been for centuries one of the things that Germany is famous for. Here is something I found different that I often saw at local festivals in summertime: the older, teen-aged Kinder drinking beer and cola half-and-half (Das Kolabier), which cuts the alcohol content in half and also makes the beverage more palatable. This made me curious so I tried it and really liked it! It has a good taste which was enjoyable to drink in the midst of all the public fun going on, and often became my go-to at many of these festivals.
A Kolabier is good but a Goaßmaß is much better.
The Goaßmaß is also made out of half Cola and half beer, plus a shot of cherry liquor
@@flipflip2590 I need to try that! Thanks for the tip!
Considering the age of drinking, I'm Canadian and the age to drink here is 18, I think that pushing the limits to 21 in the States has the opposite effect than what is wanted. Young people will still finds ways to drink, the difference is that they will do it unsupervised and so will do a lot more of binge drinking and more DUI. Being able to drink at a younger age under supervision let you learn how to control your drinking and be more responsible.
Exactly. They’re going crazy to rebel. You just reminded me of that episode of That 70s Show after they change the drinking age so they go to Canada to buy beer but have to smuggle Fez through the border. “What is YOUR business in Canada?” 🤣🤣🤣
I never thought about that but I totally agree
Something around 30 states have laws where minors can drink legally with parental supervision. Not really sure what you're talking about.
German Drinking just makes sense.
@@adventuresinlaurenland i know that when i started drinking im glad i didnt need to be under parental supervision. mostly because of the way my mom is, but also because its just extremely akward.
Back in the day when I was young my friend had some equipment to alter ID’s. She made me 21 when I was 19. I used it in Las Vegas it looked so authentic. Guess what she became when we were older....a police detective!!!
Those lovely times when I lived in München, I would often go to the nearby Hauptbahnhof (main train station) for breakfast. There was a particular little place that served excellent, freshly made and grilled Leberkase (sausage loaf), bratwurst, rote wurst (my favourite) and Hacker-Pschorr Bräu. It was a common sight to see travelers having their breakfast along with a liter of beer before boarding their trains. No such similar thing exists in America that I know of.
I’ve studied in Germany and think that the Germans have the best attitude about drinking because it cannot be rebellious to drink as a teenager when you are kicking back a pint with grandma.
I agree by creating taboos around things all you do is make teenager want to learn it the hard way.
Some years ago my Grandma asked me and my friend "are you guys drink Alcohol or just Beer?" :D
absolutely. I'm 22 now and even as a Teenager or when I was 15 years old, I learned how to drink responsible. Now I'm 22, living in Berlin (Capital of Germany) and almost never drinking Alkohol. I'm over it, and it's not so interesting anymore. I guess it's exactly the right way to handle Alkohol in the country.
I wish this was true 😅
Lol only Americans believe that. German kids party plenty.
"Wo ist denn das Wachtmeister, Herr Problem?"
😂👌
Isn't it 'Was' instead of 'Wo' ?
Douwe Huysmans he‘s referring to where‘s the problem so what he said is totally right
Heißt das nicht: "Ich bin nock-stüchtern, Herr Machtweister!"? Also ich kenns nur so...
@@douwehuysmans5959 He asked where the problem is. He's right, but "Was" is also correct.
your channel is a great find…you remind me of home 🇩🇪
In the UK, you can actually drink as young as you want in a private setting so its completely illegal to drink in a bar till 18 but at private party or funeral or such kids can drink if their parents let them, its the same with driving, idk if this is a thing elsewhere
Do you know that 16 and 17 year olds in the UK can drink beer, wine and cider as long as it's served with a meal and there is someone aged 18 there as well. (Except in Northern Ireland).
i think younger americans like drinking beer because it's forbidden or to get drunk. I've noticed that since many kids (14-15 y o) are allowed to drink they don't see the reason to, because "why would i drink a lot and hide it when i can just grab a beer or radler anytime when i just ask my parents",where as americans i think are like "I have the opportunity to drink now or never so i drink as much as i can"
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_alcohol_consumption_per_capita
Its the same in Germany, but only if you have strict parents, which dont allow you to drink. Or with the other Alcohol, like gin, vodka or something like this, thats the reason why we still have a lot of underage drinking which resolves in alcohol posining. But i think aroung the age of 18 most people get to their sensens.
Its just problematic bc ( in small villages) even if your parents dont allow you to drink, if you are in a Sportsclub or Music band or something else, its totally normal that you can drink even bevor you are 16, sometimes its even mandatory! In a sense that if you dont drink, you are not 'one of them'. So the problem i see is that we learn to drink bc its culture, we can get all sorts of alcohol, without problems ( through this official clubs), and the parents trust in this Clubs to take care, which they not always do.
For my experince it was fun, but i know other people, who didnt like alcohol or especially the taste of beer, who were bullied for it or even quit a club or sport bc of it.
Like our football squat in Waibstadt, every time a goal gets scored ( not important which team), one of the teams had to buy a 'Kasten' beer which means 20/24 beers, for the after game party, and what was there had to go down that night. The friend of mine tried to say that he doesnt want to drink, but then he was
' not a team camerad' bc 'he didnt want to help'. The guiardians just watch and sometimes even stood on the sides of the team, bc they also see especially beer as a sort of cultural thing.And im talking about boys around the age of 14/15/16. Most of them a alcohilics nowadays, but its not bad as in they are constantly drunk more like they need 1 or 2 beers in the evening, to keep calm, their are around my age (25 ) now.
So its sometimes a little problematic,not the drinking age per se, more the cultural aspect and ( especially in small villages like mine with svout 5000 citiens ) the whole structure of sportsclubs or Music bands or hell even the firemen, and Deutsches Rotes Kreuz, which are voluntary first aid clubs, where drinking is often mandatory, if you want to feel like you really belong.
@@ronnitschka with all the fitness and health madness going around in the recent years the "not one of us" if u dont drink is not really a thing anymore
@@froZn991 I have a feeling its the same with cigarettes ? I do have to admit, smoking were, even when i was young, never really pressured on anybody, but overall it seems like the youth today doenst smoke like the youth from my age. On the other hand, i do have the feeling that the age of drug consumers( like Mdma, Speed or Lsd )are getting lower. ( most people my age, that i know started around 18/20, but i know alot of younger ones, around 15, nowadays who are already in that buisness ) But mabey thats just a coincident,and its definitely just my subjective Vision of Reality.
But altogether, its good to hear, that health plays an bigger part know in "Group Pressure" Problems.
@@ronnitschka I think the reason why cigarettes are less common now is because teenagers wanna have the effect. Nicotine doesn't make u high(or gives u the effect like alcohol) and teenagers doing drugs is still common but nos as common as alcohol because it's harder to get and more illegal plus many teenagers are afraid to overdose
When I was in Army basic training in 1971, there were beer tents for the troops. If you were wearing a uniform, you were old enough to drink. That changed a few years later when it became 21 unless you were close to the Mexican border like San Diego or El Paso. I've always thought if you're old enough to carry a rifle, you're old enough to drink a beer.
@Zachary Rugar eh i grow up somewhere with countless teen duis and what not glad its not that low
When I was in college in the ‘70s about half the states had some sort of legal drinking at 18, usually beer and wine, liquor at 21. In St. Louis we drove across the river to Illinois where 18-year-old beer/wine drinking was legal. I think the federal government forced all the states to 21-year-old drinking age by threatening to withhold highway funds. It was claimed that restricting drinking to 21 year-olds and older reduced wrecks and fatalities. I never bothered to check the statistics so I don’t know for sure.
In my opinion, carrying a gun when drinking alcohol should be absolutely forbidden. However, as a German I tend to generally ban the wearing of weapons. Even if 999 out of 1000 use it responsibly, there is still 1 idiot left. But that's another discussion.
@@kstreet7438 Then don't let 16 year olds on the roads lol
@@DoktorIcksTV it is forbidden, BUT you are allowed to serve into the army and fight for your country, but it is not allowed to drink alcohol ;)
I grew up in Wisconsin, but lived in Muenchen for a year, I can definitely relate to the increased amount of beer drinking in Bavaria. My boss would typically give me a beer after work a few nights a week, and I would probably drink another on my own that same night. I only drank two beers per night, but I did the math and it works out to about a gallon of beer per month!
finaly we know why the rates of consumed beer/person went down so heavily back in those days^^
When I lived in Germany when I was 19, I was invited to a high school graduation. I was surprised seeing a party in the school gymnasium and the kids walking around with buckets of beer with straws in the buckets and one person would hold the beer bucket up and people would grab a straw and drink beer... in the school lol.
yeah, its quit nomral, i mean i dont know a singel german that drinks anything, that left the school at the day of gratuation without being quit drunk, just so they could go to the bar 2 blocks down to drink until they dont know their name anymore
Also, at 19 you've already had 3 years to drink so you know your limits.
Usually the teachers get drunk too then..
@@starseed8087 yep, the teachers would be drinking right along side the students. It was a real culture shock to me. Had a ton of fun though!
Are you sure it was beer and not sangria? Because I've personally never seen beer drunk out of a bucket (or with a straw) while serving sangria (a beverage mixed with wine and fruit) is commonly served in buckets with long straws
Americans on their 21st birthday: ahh finally I can drink alcohol.
8 year old Germans: laughs in 80er Strohrum
Hoffe dass es ein Scherz ist
@@LL-ws8rz natürlich ist das kein scherz
@@LL-ws8rz wir sind deutsch, wir machen keine Witze
@@_Spritt_ wir arbeiten nur
I feel like in Europe while we‘re teens we drink so much that we get sick of it and as we get older we drink for enjoyment
Or getting drinking problems...
@@kimbojimbo1892 Americans are so much about personal responsibility and individualism so I dont see why on earth they would care. I mean if they really did they would have free healthcare too.
eh, something like that.
I think we learn our limits earlier on.. while everyone drinks in groups and embarass themselves in front of each other, hah
Indeed I think this is accurated. Between 15 and 19 in my case, I usually drank about 10 to 12 liters of beer per week, not even counting illegaly purchased hard liquor. Eventually I realized I was starting to have problems associating alcohol and enjoyment, so I started to take it with much more temperance. Nowadays I'm 28 and I only want to drink a good cold beer when I don't even remember when I had the last one.
Or to get rid of these withdrawals
To let a little bit of beer in is a bavarian thing, as they drink a lot of hefe weizen and the yeast is still in the beer and sank down to the bottom. Here in the north glasses are getting normally emptied. About cans: 2006 they introduced a deposit system for cans. Before that, cans were quite common at least for the cheaper beers. Because there is no way to easily close again a can and you have to bring the can back intact to the store, it's a mess and most folks use bottles when they can. But when I was sixteen the cheapest beer you could get was something called Karlsquell in a can. It was really terrible (for german beers) and you had to drink it fast and as cold as possible. For the cold part the small river did the job and for the fast part we carried balisong knifes (sometimes called butterfly knifes). We turned the can upside down, poked a big hole in the bottom of the can, put your mouth to that hole and lifted the can up. Now you ripped the lid open and gravity helped to drink the beer damn fast. A beerbong works in the same way. I just looked up the price from those times translated to USD. A can of Karlsquell cost the equivalent of 27 cents of an US dollar. The beer was also called "Aldis Rache" or translated Aldis Revenge. It was quite (in)famous and can be found in many punk songs of that time.
Those were really fun facts indeed. Cheers!
USA 20 years old: "I can't wait to drink legally!"
German 16 years old: "hold my beer."
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Never fitted thay perfectly
That reflects it perfectly
I mean I can't imagine having to wait till 21 to drink I'm 20 and I've consumed a shit ton of booze already ha I can't imagine the boredom of being a young man sober till 21
@@brianadhd no one actually follows the law. literally nobody
@@brianadhd also remember that the law is about purchasing beer, not consuming it. it’s not illegal for anyone to consume beer. it is illegal for people under 21 to purchase it.
7:50 in Berlin haben wir Ringbahn-Saufen, die Ringbahn ist eine Zugstrecke die im Kreis verläuft, also keine Endstation hat, dort trifft man sich dann meistens im letzten Wagen zum Saufen während der Fahrt. So viel zum Alkoholverbot in den Öffis in Berlin...
b zum bob Ringbahnparty 💪
Im Gegensatz zu der Zeit vor 1961, fährt sie nicht mehr ununterbrochen im Kreis, nach einer kompletten Runde verlässt sie den Ring
Vielen dank für dieses video. Ich liebe es
Your videos are pretty cool