# AI tells someone in Denmark that 16-year-olds can legally buy wine or any alcoholic beverage up to about 16.5% ABV, with only spirits reserved for 18+

- **ID:** `legal/alcohol-age-6-percent-threshold`
- **Domain:** legal
- **Category:** legal_restriction
- **Verification:** ai_generated
- **Fix Rate:** 85%

## Root Cause

Since 1 April 2025, Danish retail alcohol age limits changed: 16-17-year-olds may buy beverages with more than 1.2% and up to 6% ABV (ordinary beer, for example), while anything above 6% ABV - including most wine and all spirits - now requires the buyer to be 18. This replaced the previous, much higher 16.5% ABV threshold for the age-16 tier, so pre-2025 knowledge that wine is purchasable at 16 is now wrong. Bars, clubs and restaurants still require age 18 for any alcohol regardless of strength, unchanged by this reform.

## Version Compatibility

| Version | Status | Introduced | Deprecated |
|---------|--------|------------|------------|
| any | active | — | — |

## Workarounds

1. **Check the ABV before assuming eligibility: 16-17-year-olds may buy only beverages between 1.2% and 6% ABV (most standard-strength beer); anyone buying wine, strong beer, or spirits must be 18** (90% success)
2. **For bars, clubs, and restaurants, apply the flat 18+ rule regardless of drink strength - this part of the law is unchanged by the 2025 reform** (85% success)

## Dead Ends

- **Tell a 16- or 17-year-old (or someone buying for them) that Danish shops can sell them wine, or any alcoholic beverage up to roughly 16.5% ABV, at age 16** — Denmark's Ministry of the Interior and Health confirms the current retail rule: 'Alkohol med mere end 1,2 procent og op til 6 procent' requires the buyer to be 16, while 'Alkohol med mere end 6 procent' requires age 18 - effective 1 April 2025. Most wine (typically 11-14% ABV) now falls in the 18+ tier, not the 16+ tier some pre-reform sources still describe. (75% fail)