Well, I was just checking out Samuel Adams' website to read more about their Boston Lager, and right from the beginning there is an age verification form. Many beer sites are like this, and it pretty much drives me nuts. Even nuts enough to break out a beer to help me calm down.
I mean, seriously if an underage person wanted to get on the site, all he has to do is put in a bogus birthday. It's not like the webserver has an honesty detector and can tell if you are lying to it.
In the end, is this age verification even worth it? Last time I checked, you have to actually drink beer to get drunk.
Is there some upcoming law or something that is requiring this age verification stuff, or are the brewing companies just doing this to somehow cover their asses?
If somebody has some insight into this, that'd be cool. If not, then you must agree with me that the age verification stuff is retarded.
- joe