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Asturias was Spain's last community with a drinking age of 16 years. The new law brings the drinking age into line with the rest of Spain, with the exception of Balearic Islands where no purchase age limit is set. [166] As of December 2015, Portugal harmonized its minimum drinking age to 18 years across all beverage types. Previously the ...
Legal drinking ages vary around the world, and many are lower than in the United States. Before you raise a glass or down a pint, be sure you know the laws abroad. Here are the laws in 21 popular ...
This became the template for beers across Europe. While non-barley beers (e.g. wheat beer), and non-hopped-beers (e.g. flavoured with gruit) are still produced, across most of Europe "beer" is synonymous with barley and hops. Since the northern range of hops does not include most of Scandinavia or Russia (or much of Scotland), these areas, for ...
The regions with the highest consumption are the WHO European Region (9.2 litres) and the Region of the Americas (7.5 litres). Recorded annual consumption of pure alcohol (litres) per person 15 years of age and over
Savanta’s research shows among Europe’s 18-34-year-olds, 63% are spending less on alcohol purchases in supermarkets, while 67% are drinking less when they go to restaurants and bars.
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In particular, alcohol laws set the legal drinking age, which usually varies between 15 and 21 years old, sometimes depending upon the type of alcoholic drink (e.g., beer vs wine vs hard liquor or distillates). Some countries do not have a legal drinking or purchasing age, but most countries set the minimum age at 18 years. [1]
Beer is an important part of German culture.. The German laws regulating alcohol use and sale are mostly focused on youth protection. In contrast to many other countries, legislation is relatively lenient and not designed to keep young people away from alcohol, but rather intended to teach them an appropriate approach to alcohol consumption, which is reflected by one of the lowest drinking ...