Date: 2008-05-25 03:00 pm (UTC)
I've noticed a couple of patterns here in the South. I started attending cons at 16, and have been drinking at them since I was 17, and was only denied access to a party once (it was a semi-private affair, and as I was both unknown and underaged, I'd call it wise to refuse me entry). Here in NC, though, the alcohol has always come exclusively from the parties, not from the consuite (this may well change soon, but it's usually a hotel issue). Oddly enough, I was never carded for any of the times I tried to drink underage, and the only person who ever asked me my age would always say, "You're 21 now, right?" (starting when I was 17 -- I was kind of dismayed that he didn't ask when I finally turned 21). Unfortunately, as all my convention attendance until I turned 21 was in-state, I can't say what it was like elsewhere.

From my experience with conventions in Tennessee, they mostly serve bheer in the consuite, and card you when you get your badge (giving a different badge to underaged members), then again with each drink (as required by law). Only one party I've attended carded at the door -- some of the others carded by the drink, some not at all.

I've only been to one convention in Virginia (and that one repeatedly), but I was not carded by any of the parties, and there was no bheer in the consuite.

The one convention I attended in Alabama was a somewhat smaller affair, and there were only two parties (one of which I helped host). Both had liquor and bheer, neither carded.

The one convention I've been to in Kentucky was ConCave, which was probably a bit out of the ordinary, as it's a complete relaxacon. Not only was there bheer in the consuite, but liquor, too. I think they were color-coding the badges. I'm not sure if anyone was being asked for ID, though, as I wasn't in the mood to drink heavily that weekend. The parties seemed to let the alcohol flow freely.

Needless to say, I was somewhat surprised when I attended my first northern convention and found that not only was there no bheer in the consuite (not that I expected it, having heard they don't have very lavish consuites up north), but the only party with alcohol was the semi-private SFWA affair. I suspect that as I leave my home region more often, I'll discover more and more patterns.
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