<P> Another inconsistency involves the difference between legal ages for buying and selling alcoholic beverages . The legal age for purchase is 21, as in all U.S. states . However, the legal age for selling or serving alcoholic beverages in a licensed establishment is 20 . </P> <P> The ABC uses very specific terminology to classify the state's 120 counties as "wet", "dry", "moist", or dry with special provisions . </P> <Ul> <Li> Dry--All sales of alcoholic beverages are prohibited . </Li> <Li> Wet--Sales of alcoholic beverages for on - site or off - site consumption are allowed in at least some areas outside of an incorporated city . However, many "wet" counties have dry precincts . Kentucky's two consolidated city - county governments, Louisville and Lexington, are both wet, although as noted below, a few precincts in Louisville are dry . </Li> <Li> Moist--The ABC uses this term strictly to refer to otherwise dry counties where one or more specific cities have voted to allow alcohol sales for off - premises consumption . </Li> <Li> Limited--A county in which at least some otherwise dry territory has approved the sale of alcohol by the drink at qualifying restaurants . Under this category, the ABC has secondary classifications of "Limited (100)" and "Limited (50)", with the numbers referring to the seating capacity required for a restaurant to apply for a license . </Li> <Li> Golf Course--A county in which at least some otherwise dry territory has approved the sale of alcohol by the drink at a qualifying golf course . </Li> <Li> Winery--A county in which at least some otherwise dry territory has approved the operation of a winery . </Li> <Li> Qualified Historic Site (QHS)--A county in which at least some otherwise dry territory has approved the sale of alcohol by the drink at a qualifying historic site . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Dry--All sales of alcoholic beverages are prohibited . </Li>

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