re: #1587 Cannadian Club Akbar

And I am fine with a person under the age of 21 with a military ID having a beer.

Damn, yes.

Two stories.

I’d been stationed in Germany for 18 months & was PCS’d to Ft. Riley (shudder). One week shy of my 21st birthday and so couldn’t have a glass of red at a restaurant with my pasta (this was back when Kansas had 3.2 at 18, wine at 21 in restaurants & hard liquor at 21 in “private clubs”. Sheesh)

My FIL was in the Navy in WWII and was stationed in Virginia due to having malaria as a teen - he wasn’t allowed to go to the south pacific as he wanted as a result. Instead he was on anti-sub patrol in PT Boats. One evening he stopped into a bar, in uniform as his liberty required, and ordered a beer. He was 19 IIRC at the time. The barkeep served him a root-beer. He took it to the far end of the bar & began pouring it out along the bar as he walked towards the exit dropping the empty glass to break on the floor. No one stopped him.

William