Although I would say there is a significant difference in the physical makeup of an average fourteen year old and nineteen year old, which can impact their ability to be able to safely handle an abnormal amount of alcohol. People who serve to minors already intoxicated can be charged with endangerment if anything chas veshalom happens, and I don’t know if all the askanim would run to save that person. If you are going to serve; serve wine, not schnapps. Most people have enough to drink themselves, and what you giver them is probably on top of that. Consider that if you offer, (especially to boys collecting), they may feel uncomfortable refusing.
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