Fake IDs and Milwaukee's bar scene, then and now

Published Feb. 1, 2011

You don't have to be very old to remember a time when anyone with access to a laminating machine could make a convincing-looking fake ID. But that was a different time. Drivers licenses have become increasingly difficult to forge, and bars have cracked down on underage drinking. In other words, if you're not of age and you think you can sneak into a bar these days, forget it.