[HPforGrownups] Re: Alcohol

[Pamela Rosen]

No: HPFGUIDX 177180

Jeannie:
Hope it's okay to start a new thread here.  I have a question.  Maybe 
this as been discussed ad nauseam before I signed in. Why do you think 
all ages of students drink in this series?  The students as well as the adults imbibe in Butterbeer, firewhiskey, etc.

Just wondered if any one else finds that disturbing.


Pam says:

I think it's been discussed before, but I am pretty sure the general consensus is that butterbeer is not an alcoholic beverage at all (only house-elves seem to be affected by it) and by the time Harry drinks Firewhiskey, he is seventeen and therefore of age.  He does drink mead at 16 with Hagrid and Slughorn, but mead is not a "hard" alcohol, and I believe (someone in the UK please correct me) one can drink wine and beer at 16 in the UK and Europe.

If it's the consumption of alcoholic beverages at all by ANY character that you find disturbing, I have to say, no, I don't find people who are of age consuming a glass of wine, mead, butterbeer or firewhiskey disturbing in the least.

Pam

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