Age And Bartending

In the United states the legal age for drinking is 21. In most of the states the persons were served beer and alcohol only if they are of 21 age. However in some stated like Texas, alcohol is served even at the age of 18. There isn’t a maximum age for tending bar. As long as you can get around and keep up, you should have no problem keeping your job.

For years, the average bartender was in their early 20s. This was most likely because most bartenders were college students paying for their own college and living expenses. Or they were young people in between jobs or still searching for “what they want to be when they grow up”. Most of the mature bartenders were either the bar owners or had drinking problems and found it convenient to be in close proximity to alcohol. And there were some that weren’t able to find anything better, so they settled for tending bar until something better did come along.

Today that’s changing. As bartending is being recognized as a legitimate profession, more men and women are choosing it as a career. People don’t look down at a middle aged person when they say they’re a bartender. That statement, a few years ago, would have fairly screamed “loser”. But not today. Today bartending is coming into its own.

Extreme or flair bartending has had a lot to do with the new opinions of bartenders. Flair bartending has started being viewed as a sport. And Americans do love their sports. So the attitudes toward bartending in general had to change to allow for the increased opinions toward the “sport” of flair bartending.

Competition bartending has allowed even the non-competing bartenders to enjoy the benefits of the publics increased opinions of their chosen profession. No longer do people have to find a “real” job just because society feels that bartending isn’t a respectable profession for a grown up. Bartenders will now be allowed to mature and allow their skills to mature along with them. And every one will reap the benefits of the maturing bartending profession.




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