Shout if you love Real Ale

[timespeedsup]

I think Ive said it already in this thread, but whenever anyone who is also camping at CT is going down to the real ale tent, let me know!

this will be my 4th glasto and until reading this thread I didnt even know there was one!

this will have to be rectified this year.

I did think it was odd that somewhere like glasto didnt have a proper ale bar.

Edited April 10, 2009 by timespeedsup

[Tugger2k]

hhhhhhhhhmmmmmmmm

after a few old peculiars i feel quite peculiar

i love ale

[Kowalski]

Just been having a look at the excellent GlastoEarth.

I've now see where The Red Flag and Bimble Inn are. Is there anywhere else I need to know for real ale?

I daresay The Red Flag will be seeing quite a bit of me over the weekend.

[timespeedsup]

Just been having a look at the excellent GlastoEarth.

I've now see where The Red Flag and Bimble Inn are. Is there anywhere else I need to know for real ale?

I daresay The Red Flag will be seeing quite a bit of me over the weekend.

Edited April 13, 2009 by timespeedsup

[Kowalski]

If it's not been said before, there's one mass-production half-decent ale (Wherry's?) available from most bars around the site, should you be caught short

[Sam Crawley]

I was on the Abbot Reserve at the weekend, now that is a beer I would not recommend as the default ale for the fest, things would get a bit messy! I was wobbly after two pints!

[Staberinde]

I was on the Abbot Reserve at the weekend, now that is a beer I would not recommend as the default ale for the fest, things would get a bit messy! I was wobbly after two pints!

[timespeedsup]

to give this topic a bump...

Is it true (this applies to any form of alcoholic drink) The more the alcohol content, the greater the tax ? Someone was saying to me the other day that Carlsberg - or some other generic larger - was lowering it's alcohol content to bring down it's price.

[Mardy]

Making love in a canoe?

[William of Walworth]

No idea why I've been so late to pick up on this thread ... as two of Glastonbury's leading ale enthusiasts, festivaldeb and I were FREQUENT attenders at the Red Flag last year

And we'll be back ... many times ....

Impressive anti-WBC rant by Dave F earlier, I share a lot of his reservations and criticisms. Dave F, if you're still about, was it back stage at JazzWorld that was taken over by the WBC? The choice of beer (and atmosphere) backstage there was definitely inferior in 2008 to how it was in 2007, as far as I remember ... </crew intalk >

Worth it for all ale enthusiasts to know though that the management of the Red Flag is by no means fully controlled by the WBC, it's run semi independently of them I think I heard from an insider ... can't remember details though. And as so many have said, the choices there are fantastic!

Hope to link up with some of you this year. Proper beer is SERIOUSLY where it's at

For the budget drinker who's bringing supplies in, IMO canned Tanglefoot is best Value pound for ABV percentage, remember it's 5% and less than £4= for 4 at the main supermarkets, very acceptable taste too!

(No doubt we'll have some scrumpy to bring in as well ... )

We're off to a CAMRA meeting here in Swansea later this evening, as festivaldeb is Chairwoman and Queen of the Swansea Bay Beer Festival, happening over the start of August Bank Holiday weekend if any of you plan to be in South Wales at that time! </plug!>

Edited April 20, 2009 by William of Walworth

[mouth]

had a real ale festy at my local the other week. got hammered on old thumper. didnt taste as strong as it was and went down a treat. cant remember the brewery now. i'll look it up.

[Staberinde]

Hope to link up with some of you this year. Proper beer is SERIOUSLY where it's at

[timespeedsup]

Can some one please confirm the Red Flag is open on the Wednesday lunchtime ?

If so then I'll be there around 12 ish before heading down to the Pyramid for Hobo and the Junkyard Dogs at three followed by a World Cup football Final involving England at 4

Wow, it's not often you can say that

So there you have it, if the Red Flag is open at 12 on Wednesday, I'm now proclamining an official meet, so far the list is....

Me !

hope more can join me, but I'm not gonna bother making a list or anything,

Noon, Red Flag - Wednesday,

I'll welcome mobile numbers by PM nearer the day for text exchanges.

[Tugger2k]

Can some one please confirm the Red Flag is open on the Wednesday lunchtime ?

If so then I'll be there around 12 ish before heading down to the Pyramid for Hobo and the Junkyard Dogs at three followed by a World Cup football Final involving England at 4

Wow, it's not often you can say that

So there you have it, if the Red Flag is open at 12 on Wednesday, I'm now proclamining an official meet, so far the list is....

Me !

hope more can join me, but I'm not gonna bother making a list or anything,

Noon, Red Flag - Wednesday,

I'll welcome mobile numbers by PM nearer the day for text exchanges.

[hombrederayo]

if you fancy going to the red flag on the thursday or after the footie on the wednesday, then +1 me too.

I just dont fancy drinking a few good pints, then playing footie and throwing it all back up again...such a waste of good beer!

[Pinhead]

had a real ale festy at my local the other week. got hammered on old thumper. didnt taste as strong as it was and went down a treat. cant remember the brewery now. i'll look it up.

[jameshunt]

Can some one please confirm the Red Flag is open on the Wednesday lunchtime ?

If so then I'll be there around 12 ish before heading down to the Pyramid for Hobo and the Junkyard Dogs at three followed by a World Cup football Final involving England at 4

...

[Tugger2k]

Unless it changes this year then The Red Flag bar won't be open until Thursday.

Last year's times (and from memory previous years as well):

Red Flag - Open Thursday 12pm-12am Then daily from 11am-12am

It doesn't always seem to open on time Thursday lunchtime either - perhaps the staff training takes longer than expected?

[mario man]

Spent a very relaxing time in Dorset last weekend, made even more enjoyable through the availability of Otter Ale & Bitter at the bar downstairs in my hotel. Never had it anywhere outside the Fest so was over the moon and spent far too much time sampling its delights! My girlfriend was not best pleased...

Also went to the Water Rats last night to see The 1990's, and they were serving Spitfire - probably the most enjoyable drinking I've experienced at a gig venue!

[fullfathom5]

All hail the ale!

[beamends]

Ah, but that depends on how quickly you drink it!

We took down a 20 litre polypin of Gem from Bath Ales & pick up a 20 litre of Mine Beer Blindmans brewery on the way down. Both good beers.

Tins - I go for London Pride & Bass, but of course not as good as tap.

With bottles I've never understood why they make the equivalent beer stronger. If a brew is a different strength they should give it a different name.

The Red Flag is great. but sometimes they seemed short of staff.

Never got up to the Bimble last year.

How long has it been at G. now?

<rant on>

OK the WBC are, in my mind, a bunch of W**kers & should be kicked off site.

They don't understand that there are workers on both sides of the bar. Charging so much & providing little choice is insulting to the people they claim to represent.

They took over a backstage bar from an independent because it was doing so well. They went to ME & whinged that it wasn't fair.

They closed the bar at 11:30 at night!

Remember this was for backstage, where many of the performers who camped there didn't finish working until 1-2 in the morning! Ripping of the workers.

They sold & charged the same as they did to in the on-site bars until a certain Ms Churchill had a word in their ear. Again ripping of the workers!

A couple of years ago they handed it back to ME as it was do so badly (they couldn't work out why!) & is now back being run very successfully independently, except all supplies have to order through the WBC.

They tried to prevent certain drinks being ordered because they thought were too strong & would lead to the ruin of the reputation of Glastonbury by having a load of drunks wandering all over the place!!

Again a quiet word (well, more like telling them where to go) got them to change their minds.

They really do think they're God's gift.

<rant off>

We've looked into having a go at brewing our own down there, but the brewing process seems too long.

[Staberinde]

Unless it changes this year then The Red Flag bar won't be open until Thursday.

Last year's times (and from memory previous years as well):

Red Flag - Open Thursday 12pm-12am Then daily from 11am-12am

It doesn't always seem to open on time Thursday lunchtime either - perhaps the staff training takes longer than expected?

[ivan]

Hear are the opening times from last year !

Glastonbury 2008 - Opening and closing times

Name of BAR

1 Mandela - Open Wednesday 3pm-1am Then daily from 11am-1am

2 Workers Charter - Open Thursday 3pm - 2am Then daily from 11am-2am

3 Bread & Roses - Open Wednesday onwards 11am-2am

4 Traders - Open Monday onwards 5pm-2am

5 Dreamtime - Open Thursday 7pm-12am Then daily from 11am-12am

6 LeftField - Open Wednesday 3pm-1am Then daily from 11am-3am

7 1st May - Open Wednesday 3pm-1am Then daily from 11am-1am

8 District 6 - Open Thursday 3pm-1am Then daily from 11am-1am

9 Solidarity - Open Wednesday onwards 11am-2am

10 Red Flag - Open Thursday 12pm-12am Then daily from 11am-12am

11 Guest Bar - Open Thursday onwards 12pm-3am

12 Union Local - Open Friday onwards 11am - 3am

13 Tolpuddle - Open Wednesday 3pm-3am Then daily from 12pm-3am

14 Dance Lounge - Open Thursday 7pm-3am Then daily from 1pm-3am

15 Queens Head - Open Thursday 3pm-3am Then daily from 11am-3am

16 The Glade - Open Thursday 7pm-4am Then daily from 1pm-4am

17 Jazz Lounge - Open Wednesday 5pm-3am Then daily from 11am-3am

18 Avalon Inn - Open Thursday 7pm-2am Then daily from 11am-2am

19 Park Bar - Open Wednesday 3pm-2am Then daily from 11am-2am

20 Stone Bridge Bar - Open Wednesday 3pm-4am Then daily from 1pm-4am

21 Stone Bridge (ext) - Open Wednesday 3pm-4am Then daily from 1pm-4am

22 Lower Mead - Open Wednesday 3pm-2am Then daily from 11am-2am

23 The Pub (Shangri-La) - Open Thursday - 6pm-Midnight Then Friday - Sunday Midday-6am

24 Rum Shack (Shangri-La) - Open Thursday - 6pm-Midnight Then Friday - Sunday 6pm-6am

25 Base Line (Shangri-La) - Open Thursday - 6pm-Midnight Then Friday - Sunday 6pm-6am

26 DADA Club (Shangri-La) - Open Thursday - 6pm-Midnight Then Friday - Sunday 6pm-6am

27 Village Bar - Everyday 5pm-4am

28 Red Bull - Open Thursday Midday (tbc)

29 Downlow (Trash City) - Open Thursday onwards 9pm-6am

30 Dragstrip (Trash City) - Open Thursday onwards 9pm-6am

31 Theatre (Trash City) - Open Thursday onwards 9pm-6am

[RevKev]

I'll be there with my hat and coloured beard

I likes Ale i does

Edited April 21, 2009 by RevKev

[HurrahBrother]

Unless it changes this year then The Red Flag bar won't be open until Thursday.

Last year's times (and from memory previous years as well):

Red Flag - Open Thursday 12pm-12am Then daily from 11am-12am

It doesn't always seem to open on time Thursday lunchtime either - perhaps the staff training takes longer than expected?