Bar Prices predictions 2022

[hurdy]

35 minutes ago, Suprefan said:

So which bars have the steel pint cups you can keep?

 

29 minutes ago, BlueDaze said:

last time they were available to buy at WaterAid kiosks

£5 a pop at the kiosks yesterday 

[Suprefan]

3 minutes ago, hurdy said:

 

£5 a pop at the kiosks yesterday 

Thanks cheers

[tjfish]

Ya'll happy with the prices this year?

I personally avoided all the ones over £6 a pint and when possible, head to the Brothers bar for a £5 one.

[Dave_c]

I was pleasantly surprised that Brothers were selling pints for £5, and if my eyesight served me well the cider was 6+%.

[The Nal]

They need to up their game on the booze. Fairly pissy options all over the site. Basically a choice between Carlsberg and Otter Ale for beer. Thats it.

[CauliflowerEar]

Pints of Carlsberg for £6 is never ok, and should be spoken out about. Its 3.8%! 

[Badlands]

Was that the first year they’ve sold Brothers in all the bars. Get sick of beer after a few days and wanted something cold and fizzy but the apple stuff was unpleasant 

[The Nal]

So Heineken have bought Beavertown. Maybe they'll have some of it at Glasto next year as opposed to the hippos piss they've been serving up recently. 

[incident]

4 minutes ago, The Nal said:

So Heineken have bought Beavertown. Maybe they'll have some of it at Glasto next year as opposed to the hippos piss they've been serving up recently. 

Heineken aren't Carlsberg or at Glastonbury though, unfortunately.

[gazzared]

Only managed to buy 6 pints the whole week.... Couldn't be bothered with the big queues and most places on Wednesday and Thursday only had shit beer 😭 don't know if they were having problems with deliveries 🤷‍♂️

[Skip997]

Just out of an interest, as a non-drinker, how much do people spend on alcohol over the 5 days (or more if you're crew).

Even when I was a drinker I'd bring my own topped up by almost unlimited free drinks in the Truth Stage back stage bar.

[gazzared]

12 minutes ago, Skip997 said:

Just out of an interest, as a non-drinker, how much do people spend on alcohol over the 5 days (or more if you're crew).

Even when I was a drinker I'd bring my own topped up by almost unlimited free drinks in the Truth Stage back stage bar.

I bought 6 pints the whole week but I wanted to be buying about 6/7 pints a day but either the queues were massive or the bars didn't have shipyard, hobgoblin and butcombe. 

I still had my own beers though - 72 hobgoblins and 36 brewdogs 

[The Nal]

1 hour ago, incident said:

Heineken aren't Carlsberg or at Glastonbury though, unfortunately.

Ah shite yeah

Anyway having been at EOTR, its still a mystery how Glasto cant put on a decent pint.

Edited September 7, 2022 by The Nal

[Quark]

32 minutes ago, Skip997 said:

Just out of an interest, as a non-drinker, how much do people spend on alcohol over the 5 days (or more if you're crew).

Even when I was a drinker I'd bring my own topped up by almost unlimited free drinks in the Truth Stage back stage bar.

It varies. These days I tend not to take any cans in as I can't be bothered to lug them in on coach or train. So I take a bottle of rum and one or two bottles of homemade flavoured vodka. Call that what, £40-£50?

The amount I spend there can really change. Wednesday this year ended up being more than expected, just got a taste for it. Other days can be about 4 pints over the course of the whole day.

I'd pitch it between £200 and £250 all in, but that's a back of a fag packet calculation.

[Skip997]

24 minutes ago, Quark said:

I'd pitch it between £200 and £250 all in, but that's a back of a fag packet calculation

That's in the region of what I thought people might spend.

Add in ticket, transport, possible car parking ticket, maybe other drugs and food it's an expensive do.

[efcfanwirral]

2 hours ago, The Nal said:

So Heineken have bought Beavertown. Maybe they'll have some of it at Glasto next year as opposed to the hippos piss they've been serving up recently. 

 

1 hour ago, incident said:

Heineken aren't Carlsberg or at Glastonbury though, unfortunately.

Definitely a potential for Beavertown to pop up at other festivals though, Heineken as a company seem to have a fair few of them now

[incident]

3 minutes ago, efcfanwirral said:

Definitely a potential for Beavertown to pop up at other festivals though, Heineken as a company seem to have a fair few of them now

Thing is, all of the huge multinational breweries do already have perfectly decent offerings on their slate - they just (for the most part) choose not to bring them to Festivals and instead focus on whichever brand they want to promote. Hence we had Tuborg pushed on us for years.

Wouldn't be confident this changes anything.

 

[danmarks]

1 minute ago, incident said:

Thing is, all of the huge multinational breweries do already have perfectly decent offerings on their slate - they just (for the most part) choose not to bring them to Festivals and instead focus on whichever brand they want to promote. Hence we had Tuborg pushed on us for years.

Wouldn't be confident this changes anything.

 

Captive audience innit. Why sell something for 6quid (total lets say thats what most people would spend a pint on without wincing) with a profit margin of 1.50 for a top end brand when the majority of people would still spend the same 6quid and accept carlsberg or whatever if that's all thats,avaialble. 

I did end of road - i would not normally buy a 3.8percent ipa at any cost but after finishing all of mine way too early into the weekend i did willingly at 6pound a pint 

[Quark]

55 minutes ago, Skip997 said:

That's in the region of what I thought people might spend.

Add in ticket, transport, possible car parking ticket, maybe other drugs and food it's an expensive do.

Oh 100%. I could do it cheaper, no doubt. But I'm fortunate that I can do it this way, although it is my personal (ie non-wife) blow out for the year.

[gfa]

2 hours ago, Skip997 said:

Just out of an interest, as a non-drinker, how much do people spend on alcohol over the 5 days (or more if you're crew).

Even when I was a drinker I'd bring my own topped up by almost unlimited free drinks in the Truth Stage back stage bar.

two pints. i like spirits + squash so i don't have to leave crowds! (and tins / spirit mixer at camp)

Edited September 7, 2022 by gfa

[stuie]

5 hours ago, Skip997 said:

Just out of an interest, as a non-drinker, how much do people spend on alcohol over the 5 days (or more if you're crew).

Even when I was a drinker I'd bring my own topped up by almost unlimited free drinks in the Truth Stage back stage bar.

I reckon about £200 over the week, which I don’t mind as I don’t pay for a ticket. 

I tend to drink more cold pints on Mon and Tues because it’s much easier to get served and switch to my own spirit and mixer drinks after that, with a few trips to Brothers bar. 

[eddie_corrigan]

I’m sure someone either a few pages on this thread or somewhere else that this was the last year of their contract with carlsberg. 

[Leyrulion]

5 hours ago, Skip997 said:

That's in the region of what I thought people might spend.

Add in ticket, transport, possible car parking ticket, maybe other drugs and food it's an expensive do.

Yeah, it worked out about £750 for the week I think. £370 ticket and transport, £200 alcohol and food in there, £100 booze, food and assorted Amazon buys before hand. 

[gfa]

On 9/7/2022 at 10:46 PM, eddie_corrigan said:

I’m sure someone either a few pages on this thread or somewhere else that this was the last year of their contract with carlsberg. 

First year with Melvin back though, wouldn't be shocked to see it continue

[Skip997]

On 9/7/2022 at 10:59 PM, Leyrulion said:

Yeah, it worked out about £750 for the week I think. £370 ticket and transport, £200 alcohol and food in there, £100 booze, food and assorted Amazon buys before hand. 

But that leaves nothing for the essentials.