Before my time: Michigan drinking age used to be 18

Date March 28, 2008

The malty taste of freedom
By Eshwar Thirunavukkarasu on 3/28/08 – The Michigan Daily

On Jan. 1, 1972, Michigan lawmakers reduced the legal drinking age from 21 to 18, and for about seven years – before a petition drive overturned the lax law in 1978 – college underclassmen got a taste of legal drinking… (read more here)

*Thanks Mike!

Category Posted in Beer News

4 Responses to “Before my time: Michigan drinking age used to be 18”

  1. Dave said:

    March 31st, 2008 at 3:11 pm

    If they can serve our country in times of war, they ought to be able to drink MI craft beer!

  2. Denise said:

    July 11th, 2008 at 1:41 pm

    Thanks!! We were arguing the fact of the dates that it was legal to drink in Michigan and you helped who won!! Thanks again!!

  3. abby said:

    October 7th, 2009 at 9:01 am

    i think we should have no drinking age and all get wasted

  4. brett baldridge said:

    October 20th, 2009 at 11:28 am

    we all drink anyway so y not make it legal lets all get wasted if we can fight n vote n get drafted then we should be able to enjoy the nice cold taste of a big beer

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