[HPforGrownups] Re: Alcohol

[Bart Lidofsky]

No: HPFGUIDX 177206

Nickismom1228 at aol.com wrote:
> 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.

Bart:
In much of Europe, drinking small amounts of alcohol is common with 
children; I was 11-12 when I was living in the Netherlands, and on a 
school trip, beer was served to the kids. I have seen in New York in 
bodegas "sangria" soda that is sold to kids that contains about 1/2 of 
1% alcohol. I suspect that butterbeer has about that much alcohol. 
Firewhiskey, as far as I recall, was only consumed by adults.

	Bart