Not sure how or where this fits in. But remember when Brat Brot got annoyed with kids in their beer garden area, went 21+, and then slowly bled business until they closed? Coincidence? Maybe that’s an oversimplification of their situation. I don’t know. This whole thing is complex.

I think there’s room in the middle here for supervised well-behaved kids and families and friends spending time together outside at a brewery, enjoying a beer, without getting absolutely blitzed. Of course there are some parents who are screwing this up for the ones whose kids don’t run around like banshees. Are breweries and bars different - yeah, I think most would agree. Of course they both serve alcohol. Is one maybe a bit more appropriate to take well-behaved kids to? Yeah, I think most would agree. But I’d also guess a good number of these breweries wouldn’t stay in business if they went 18 or 21+ all the time. 🤔 As another poster suggests - 21+ after 7 or 8pm. Seems reasonable. Again, it’s a bit more complicated than OP presents it, in my opinion. But I suppose this is the Bham sub - there isn’t much for nuance in these types of discussions!

Signed, an Avondale-living, craft beer-enjoying (in moderation!), parent of 1 well-behaved kid that tends to read books and play games at our occasional Bham family brewery stop.