How much alcohol to take?

[darkfish]

The Glasto has the usual but unhelpful 'Personal Consumption', how much is this judged to be, i'm trying to scrimp and save the pennies but using the bar as little as possible

Also, i read glass bottles are not allowed, i take it cans are okay? Otherwise it may have to be rum from plastic bottles all weekend

[Laura_Babs]

The Glasto has the usual but unhelpful 'Personal Consumption', how much is this judged to be, i'm trying to scrimp and save the pennies but using the bar as little as possible

Also, i read glass bottles are not allowed, i take it cans are okay? Otherwise it may have to be rum from plastic bottles all weekend

[darkfish]

Thats okay then, ill just see how much space i have in my bag

[stuartbert two hats]

Consider spirits, or my favourite, boxes of wine (taken out of the cardboard)

[Laura_Babs]

Last year I took:

- A bottle and a half of vodka decanted into plastic bottles with orange juice (about 10 bottles but it turned out I had made it very strong!)

- A bottle of white wine decanted

- A crate of beer to share with my boyfriend

This doesn't sound enough now I think about it, particularly as I was constantly drunk last year! My plans for this year are:

- Two bottles of vodka

- A crate of beer to share

- A bottle of Baileys

- A bottle of red wine

- A bottle of white wine

[pie_and_a_pint]

I took a box of white wine and a load of cans of G&T last year. I think this year I'll take a plastic bottle of G and buy the T from the 'yellow shop' on site, and take another box of wine too.

Don't worry about 'taking too much' - people take in loads of crates and no-one gets stopped.

[mynameisearl]

Take as much as you can!

This year I shall be taking:

54 cans of Tennents

2 bottles of Southern Comfort

1 bottle of Cherry Sourz

1 box of white wine

Should be enough to get me through the weekend.

[FunkyDenz]

Last year I took 48 cans of lager, and half a litre of vodka. That just about did me for the 4 days, with only a couple of drinks from the bar.

[Cannock Albion]

I have 45 cans of lager and am tempted to take the bottle of tequila that is sitting in the kitchen too

[Sawdusty surfer]

if you are on a budget, take as much as poss with you. you still won't have taken enough and will spend some money at the bars. don't worry about getting it confiscated on the wat in. i work in the greenfields and always have a few vehicle passes. we take LOADS of beer in various vehicles ands its not a problem. if we were to be found with a lorry FULL of beer then they would confiscate it as it would obviously be for sale. ours is a large personal stash for our crew and it is fine. as "foot passengers " you really can take as much as you can carry with no problem. no glass bottles though.

[ninja-style]

im taking

12 cans of cider

30 cans of lager

1 bottle of vodka

spice gold

40 cigs

£50 quid

thats it

studentness

[popcornmaster]

about that much give or take

remember no glass

[puppetmode]

a box of wine per day and litre bottle of vodka and sitting bull (the poor mans red bull) for a pep up post midnight. and 4 cans of bitter for breakfast

[Woppa]

I calculated that alcoholic liquids accounted for 20kg of what I was carrying in last year.

2 litres of rum and coke, mixed at home.

12 litres of cider

6 litres of wine.

My mate had similar. You can't beat the pre-mixed spirits route, to be honest. This year, I'll be doubling up to 4 litres of spirits and mixers.

Edit: and don't forget, you can get boxes of cider and wine, chuck the cardboard to one side at home and you then have handy, 3 litre sized bladders of booze to carry round with you. They fit almost any sized gap in your rucksack, too.

Edited June 12, 2009 by Woppa

[Oxegen09FTW!]

2 litres vodka

20 cans bulmrs pear

6 cans heiniken

2 bottles of bucky

Bottle of whiskey...just caus im irish!!

[gregor1984]

Take as much as you can. Better to come home with stuff than run out.

At the moment I'm on 57 cans of beer and a bottle of JD. Still need to get wine, and possibly gin.

No, definitely gin.

[OneLittleFish]

10l of Tesco Value wine (6l white, 4l rose) and a bottle of tequila.

What could possibly go wrong?

[TheBoyInTheBubble]

10l of Tesco Value wine (6l white, 4l rose) and a bottle of tequila.

What could possibly go wrong?

[OneLittleFish]

Value Wine is the answer to that question. Even at a festival one has got to have standards daaaahling.

[TheBoyInTheBubble]

But it's in cardboard packaging, making it ideal! It's not good wine, but it's not undrinkable.

[Glastonbury_2011]

Don't bother with beer or cider. It always takes too many cans to get even slightly drunk so just take 5 or 6 bottles of spirits and mixers with you.