Underage purchase of brewing equipment, illegal?

[Jeltz]

Just looked at the Tesco website and the brewbuddy kit where they say:-

By law we cannot sell this product to anyone under the age of 18.

Is that right? As it stands there isn't any alcohol in there just the potential to make some! If it is correct what can and can't a minor buy, yeast for example?

Seems daft to me!

 

[graysalchemy]

In asda you have to be over 18 to buy Alcohol free beer. :hmm: :hmm:

Don't ask how I know :whistle: :whistle:

 

[Duncs]

In Sainsburys you need to be over 18 to buy Grenadine

 

[Vossy1]

In asda you have to be over 18 to buy Alcohol free beer.

And in all the 'big' sm's....drives me nuts

 

[Baz Chaz]

There was a fair old discussion a few years ago, particularly about 'shandy' and kids buying the tinned stuff, (Shandy Bass was all the rage) so the authorities came up with the legal definition of alcohol for the purpose of sale to minors and it had to be less than 0.5%

You would think that it would be legal to sell brewing equipment because it doesn't actually contain alcohol, but they would argue the contents have the ability to produce alcohol :!:

 

[Jeltz]

Well I'm tempted to send my 12 year old boy into tesco to buy a 5L springwater bottle, 3 jars of honey, some raisins and some bakers yeast. I wonder if they would have an issue with that!

 

[evanvine]

Following on from Jeltz's comment and the sentiment of the thread, it would seem that buying sugar and yeast in the same purchase should be a no no!

 

[Vossy1]

You would think that it would be legal to sell brewing equipment because it doesn't actually contain alcohol, but they would argue the contents have the ability to produce alcohol

I think that's spot on, it's the perception that knowingly selling a kit designed to make alcohol is encouraging them to make it....personally I think fair enough...I can see it would have legal repercussions if they did sell them to those underaged.
Similarly, buying a tobacco plant...fair enough, but if it comes with instructions on how to make cigarettes it's a different story

 

[BigYin]

Talk about big brother nonsense.

I'd rather my kids were educated properly about alcohol - the benefits, the risks, what is good quality, what isn't etc.

I'd be chuffed to bits if any of my kids wanted to take up brewing for themselves and would help them any way I could - no point in them hitting 18 and being dead before their 19th birthday through alcohol poisoning or some tragic accident while they were completely ****** out of their head...

In France the kids all start drinking at home with their parents at a young age, they grow up enjoying alcohol properly and have a fraction of the alcohol related violence the UK suffers.

 

[31bb3]

I have been bought up in an environment where my parents and grandparents made beer and wine I have had a alcoholic beverage with their supervision for as long as I can remember this has never been detrimental to my health I am not a binge drinker . I personally think it has made me appreciate alcoholic beverages more and to be more responsible about drinking I let my kids have a sip of my beer and even let them have a very small glass of wine while enjoying a meal . Off the topic slightly I know but im not sure how they can put age restrictions on buying equipment and kits otherwise it's only the same as banning blank cd's or DVDs because copywriter laws it's down to the consumers discretion as to what they do with it once the purchase has been made

 

[brizleciderarmy]

It be like the supermarket equivalent of a nanny state soon enough. Around these parts under 16s cant buy eggs at Halloween. Although not related to brewing equipment the same principle applies, when i was 8, my mum had an operation and couldn't walk, she sent me down the shop for a packet of Rizlas only for me to get refused. I could buy envelopes or post-it notes but not fag papers. Stupid. You know what the next thing will be, they wont sell Baby-Bio or Tomatorite to minors in case they craft explosives with it. :lol:

Back on to alcohol related purchases, im nearly 27 and asda still ask me for ID! Even when i do home delivery. I was flattered at first but now its a thorn in my ass.

 

[Vossy1]

Back on to alcohol related purchases, im nearly 27 and asda still ask me for ID! Even when i do home delivery. I was flattered at first but now its a thorn in my ass.

I wouldn't mind that affliction, looking young ...not the thorn in my ass :shock: :lol:

 

[DaveMack]

Well I'm tempted to send my 12 year old boy into tesco to buy a 5L springwater bottle, 3 jars of honey, some raisins and some bakers yeast. I wonder if they would have an issue with that!

What are you planning on making ... some scones :mrgreen:

 

[graysalchemy]

Back on to alcohol related purchases, im nearly 27 and asda still ask me for ID! Even when i do home delivery. I was flattered at first but now its a thorn in my ass.

I wouldn't mind that affliction, looking young ...not the thorn in my ass :shock: :lol:

I was going to post the same. Oh what would give to be 18 again :lol: :lol:

 

[brizleciderarmy]

I was going to post the same. Oh what would give to be 18 again :lol: :lol:

I wouldn't mind that affliction, looking young ...not the thorn in my ass :shock: :lol:

:lol: I shouldn't complain really.

Its just that before Englands first game at South Africa 2010 i trundled into Asda, picked up 4 cases of whatever was on offer(think it was Carling :sick: ) and plonked it down on the conveyor belt. The woman behind the till was the one who looked like a thorn was lodged. That was until she asked for the ID. Sods law dictated that the first time in years i had left my driving license at home was that day. The joy on her face when she sent me packing. I felt like a right mug. I had the last laugh though. Walked out of one door, into the other door at the other end, got another 4 cases, payed at another till 7 or 8 slots down, then walked past the grizzly cow with the smuggest look on my face ever.

Moral of the story? Dont forget your ID.

I have hijacked this thread enough( unintentionally ) so i shall pipe down now.

 

[critty]

I think it's like the selling of weed stuff. You can buy the bongs paers and every thing else but the moment you buy the weed for it you stuffed. I suppose while beer and wine stay in their basic ingredient state then there is nothing wrong. But if it's combined then it's breaking the law if your under age. And if someone grassed, say tesco, then the store would get stuffed for it.

 

[ingypingy2]

I bought a Prohobition Peach Shcnapps kit from Boots, took it home and brewed it when I was 17 :) Fair enough, it was 16 years ago now, but I wasn't even asked my age.

 

[Taf]

I go to the US now and then with work, and constantly get asked for ID, and I am nearly 40, and could probably pass for older! They won't accept my non US driving license, so I have to bring my passport around with me, which is a right pain, as I'm afraid of losing it. I got chatting to one barman, and asked him what age you would have to look not to get asked, and he said 50 was what his boss had told him! FFS, if I am still getting asked for ID at 50, I will not be too happy!

 

[eggman]

My family went to Ireland last year and bought me a Guiness t-shirt and some coasters and both said not for sale to under 18's just because they had beer logos on them :wha:

 

[DaveMack]

This is a bit off topic ish , ive just checked the legal age to drink at home , people can give there kid's alcohol from the age of 5 :shock: this is some thing i never knew .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_drinking_age

" Between the ages of 5 and 17, it is legally permissible for children to drink alcohol at home or at a friend's house with the permission of a parent or legal guardian "