Almost never . Then again , I have an iPhone . <| sep |> I ' d love to hear your thoughts on what an acceptable age would be . Where I ' m from you can buy beer and wine when you ' re 16 , other beverages when you ' re 18 . I believe it works rather well in the big picture , since you ' re only allowed to drive a car when you ' re 18 . I suppose it gives teens 2 years to experiment with alcohol and get it out of their system until they ' re old enough to be able to drive and pose a huge danger to other people . I understand such a solution would not be applicable in the US as you guys get to drive earlier I believe your towns are bigger and spaced further apart , so it makes sense to be able to drive earlier . On the other hand , the 21 age restriction for alcohol sounds a bit arbitrary and silly to me .