I know. I looked up an image of it online and it says “Malt Beverage” on it. But I’ve known for years that it was an alcoholic beverage. Anything that’s ‘hard’ is, hard sauce, hard lemonade, hard cider. I’m just amazed that a professor didn’t know that (and I truly think it was an honest mistake on his part).
If this hard lemonade was an alcoholic beverage, wouldn’t the dad have been carded when he ordered it?
I doubt he said “Why don’t you give me a Mike’s Hard Lemondae”
He probably said “Lemonade”
The vendor handed it to him and didn’t think that the seven year old was going to be drinking it.
The good professor probably didn’t even glance at the label as he navigated his way to his seats and handed the bottle to his son.
I know vodka sauce and beer bread don’t have appreciable alcohol in them when finished products. Nor do malted milk balls.