Craft and (crap) beer at Glastonbury

[Twiggy553]

The ale offer was super disappointing last year.

Always used to spend money at the bars in the day and drink my own rum at night, but switched it around this year: drank my own ales from a coolbag in the day and bought spirits from bars at night

[Alvoram]

14 hours ago, Memory Man said:

Would they do coors light as a direct replacement for the low ABV swill of carlsberg and then augment it with a bit of madri here and there too, perhaps? Madri may not be on all bars, but some, a bit like carlsberg export was.

or just go full madri everywhere perhaps. Lots of bars only have 1 lager so i doubt you’ll see both everywhere.

If it really is Coors (big if at this stage) then I expect you'd see Madri on all of the bars that sold San Miguel last year, which was quite a few. 

I would have thought that they'd go with Carling (or even Pravha) as the low ABV variant, Coors Light sales all but died a death through 2019 and 2020 after low calorie beers hit a peak in 2017 and 2018. But I could be wrong, they may look to use the festival as a marketing platform for Coors Light. 

Edited March 30, 2023 by Alvoram

[Crazyfool01]

 

2 minutes ago, Alvoram said:

If it really is Coors

its not 

[Alvoram]

2 minutes ago, Crazyfool01 said:

 

its not 

What makes you say that CF? Just out of interest?

Not that I took the random claims above as gospel anyway... 

[Crazyfool01]

1 minute ago, Alvoram said:

What makes you say that CF? Just out of interest?

Not that I took the random claims above as gospel anyway... 

it might have been but its not any longer 

[Alvoram]

7 minutes ago, Crazyfool01 said:

it might have been but its not any longer 

Still Carlsberg?

[Crazyfool01]

Just now, Alvoram said:

Still Carlsberg?

I think so 

 

[Jacko45]

Whats everyones recommendations to take this year and sup then...?

Here's my first:

[Twiggy553]

[Memory Man]

21 hours ago, Jacko45 said:

Whats everyones recommendations to take this year and sup then...?

Here's my first:

Do like a bit of this!!

Its not craft but as a sessionable ale with a bit of a hop profile i think you can do a lot worse than old golden hen! Its also fine not freezing cold and is inexpensive esp when on offer.

Theres a lot of craft cans i wouldnt want to drink unless they were ice cold and i dont have a campervan!

[The Clearest Blue]

Last year I took some Jubel Grapefruit/Peach and some Pogo Wild Beer to see how they were luke warm. I’ll probably only take Jubel as my beer this year as it was great to drink despite the temperature. I prefer Pogo but sadly Wild Beer have gone belly up.

[Jacko45]

5 minutes ago, The Clearest Blue said:

Last year I took some Jubel Grapefruit/Peach and some Pogo Wild Beer to see how they were luke warm. I’ll probably only take Jubel as my beer this year as it was great to drink despite the temperature. I prefer Pogo but sadly Wild Beer have gone belly up.

 

Can absolutely second Jubel Grapefruit - Also these are phenomenal for the hair of the dog or just in general for that matter. 

[The Clearest Blue]

1 minute ago, Jacko45 said:

 

Can absolutely second Jubel Grapefruit - Also these are phenomenal for the hair of the dog or just in general for that matter. 

Yeah very true, although I thought these were quite low alcohol? Which I guess may be a good thing, but in terms of weight versus % it may not be ideal.

[phimill]

14 minutes ago, The Clearest Blue said:

Last year I took some Jubel Grapefruit/Peach and some Pogo Wild Beer to see how they were luke warm. I’ll probably only take Jubel as my beer this year as it was great to drink despite the temperature. I prefer Pogo but sadly Wild Beer have gone belly up.

Wild beer has been bought out and back brewing 

[The Clearest Blue]

16 minutes ago, phimill said:

Wild beer has been bought out and back brewing 

That’s good news, hope they don’t alter Pogo!

[The Clearest Blue]

Also Brewdogs Albino Squid Assassin is only £1.29 a can in Home Bargins at the moment and at 7.4% it’s a perfect festival beer!

[Greenelk]

Tempted to bring along my last one of these for when I've finished my Oxfam shifts

[balti-pie]

Emperor’s stuff is pretty much all north of 12%, I’m well on board with that as a tactic 🤣 one can is a nice quick ticket to squiff city, and you won’t need a wee within ten minutes 

[Greenelk]

1 hour ago, balti-pie said:

Emperor’s stuff is pretty much all north of 12%, I’m well on board with that as a tactic 🤣 one can is a nice quick ticket to squiff city, and you won’t need a wee within ten minutes 

I'm meant to be going drinking with him and the guys from Bang The Elephant in a couple of weekends time.  I'm slightly scared, that man can drink!

[Jay Pee]

My Lockdown Comfort Blanket.  A cheeky 7.2

[Jacko45]

So hear me out here people, this isn't going to fly that well... BUT

These are magic on a hangover and hot-days, just feels like supping sparkling water. 

[coma girl]

19 minutes ago, Jacko45 said:

So hear me out here people, this isn't going to fly that well... BUT

These are magic on a hangover and hot-days, just feels like supping sparkling water. 

I usually take a few hard seltzers too, prefer them to some of the other pre-mixed cans as they aren't sickly sweet.

[JamieKThomas]

Does anyone know if there is somewhere on site to get a Guinness on draught? 

As for the Calsberg vs craft breweries debate, even if smaller breweries cant fulfill the whole demand, it would be nice for them to have a larger share over the options available. I'm sure it wouldnt take much convincing to get the likes of Tiny Rebel to setup a bar somewhere. 

I'm not too great at drinking beers warm either so I'm wondering if anyone has a solution? 

[Crazyfool01]

1 minute ago, JamieKThomas said:

I'm not too great at drinking beers warm either so I'm wondering if anyone has a solution?

stick them under groundsheet at night .... or obviously in a coolbox ... the onsite coop sells ice 

[JRhys29]

6 minutes ago, JamieKThomas said:

Does anyone know if there is somewhere on site to get a Guinness on draught? 

As for the Calsberg vs craft breweries debate, even if smaller breweries cant fulfill the whole demand, it would be nice for them to have a larger share over the options available. I'm sure it wouldnt take much convincing to get the likes of Tiny Rebel to setup a bar somewhere. 

I'm not too great at drinking beers warm either so I'm wondering if anyone has a solution? 

I can't do warm lager either so I take cider and it tastes fine tepid. If I fancy a lager I don't mind grabbing one or two at a bar.