[davidw]

He's probably referring to the bizarre law in the US that means that people under 21 often cannot enter bars, let alone drink at them.

Needless the say, the French have no such weird rule.

[Typhon]

Yes, that's why I was asking. Unless you're under 18, you can drink whatever you want and enter bars, in France.

Mais alors avec modération, n'est-ce pas.

[fmw]

18 is for strong liquor, it is 16 for the rest (e.g. beer, wine).

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

[Timothee]

I thought the limit was 16 actually. Under 16 is still fine as long as you have adult supervision. (IIRC…)

[BCM43]

You are correct, I forgot the french are much more reasonable.