Hilarious "I'm not 21" links; Brewery Websites

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  1. yamar68

    yamar68 Initiate (0) Apr 1, 2011 Minnesota

    Haha I was gonna say the same thing! Really takes me back... reminds me of this thread.
     
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  2. stevefinny

    stevefinny Initiate (0) Aug 28, 2009 New Jersey

    HAHAHAHA i havent see that in a long time. Terrapins my favorite!
     
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  3. SFACRKnight

    SFACRKnight Grand Pooh-Bah (3,274) Jan 20, 2012 Colorado
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    i remember that one...
     
  4. kp29

    kp29 Initiate (0) Feb 27, 2012 Arizona

  5. GehenHerzog

    GehenHerzog Initiate (0) Jan 24, 2010 North Carolina

    It was about as useful as the OP

    "There is this one video that's really funny, does anybody know which one it is?"
     
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  6. Etan

    Etan Initiate (0) Jul 11, 2011 Wisconsin

    You bastard!
     
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    Etan Initiate (0) Jul 11, 2011 Wisconsin

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  8. azdback

    azdback Pooh-Bah (1,608) Apr 2, 2004 Arizona
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    I think these are all funny but I don't understand why brewery's have to do this in the first place. Porn sites don't ask how old you are. I mean what 16 year old is interested in reading about beer from Stone or Three Floyd's etc anyway? It's not like the visiting the site comes with a free sample.
     
  9. nanobrew

    nanobrew Initiate (0) Dec 31, 2008 California

    With the possibility of a law suit putting any of these breweries out of business, why not take the 30 sec to add this feature. I am sure it is something suggested by the lawyers of the breweries. The rational does not need to make since, but the $$$ does.
     
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  10. jampics2

    jampics2 Pooh-Bah (2,340) Dec 19, 2008 Ohio
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    I don't think it's lawyers as much as the companies and web designers repeating what the "other guys" have done. I'm not a lawyer (more of a web designer but not exactly that either), but I think the threat of a lawsuit could be alleviated by their website terms of use w/o having to use one of these "splash age-check" pages - they are horrible for the usability, search engine ranking, etc. of the site. It's not like you can buy beer on the vast majority of these sites so I'm not sure what they're afraid of; if it was illegal for the underage to see and read about beer I imagine the supermarket would need to restrict the beer aisle to adults only. As for keeping "kids" out, these are the equivalent of a master lock made out of play dough.
     
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    Zaphog Grand Pooh-Bah (4,614) Sep 23, 2011 Michigan
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  12. jesskidden

    jesskidden Grand Pooh-Bah (3,071) Aug 10, 2005 New Jersey
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    The Brewers Association's Marketing and Advertising Code recommends it:

    2. A Brewers’ advertising should focus solely on communicating to adult consumers of legal drinking age.

    • Brewers should require disclosure of a viewer’s date of birth at the entry to their websites indicating that a brewers’ products are intended only for those of legal drinking age.
     
  13. FosterJM

    FosterJM Initiate (0) Nov 16, 2009 California

    The Bruery sends you to Google.
    Ithaca sends you to their soda site.

    All I got really.

    Cheers!
     
  14. Bluecane

    Bluecane Initiate (0) Dec 30, 2011 New York

    Terrapin's had me hysterical laughing.
     
  15. julian

    julian Initiate (0) May 31, 2008 Washington
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  16. DanE

    DanE Initiate (0) Feb 24, 2012 Connecticut

    Justin Bieber now...ahah
     
  17. ao125

    ao125 Initiate (0) Dec 1, 2010 Virginia

  18. papat444

    papat444 Initiate (0) Dec 28, 2006 Canada (QC)

    Don't remember which one but i had clicked on one for the fun of it and it sent me to Barney's webpage, lol.
     
  19. Brunite

    Brunite Initiate (0) Sep 21, 2009 Illinois

    Yes. This is correct and should also be obvious in today's litigious society. Anyone who has owned a business will understand the logic behind the CYA mentality.
     
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