Cost of things

[Johnnyseven]

3 hours ago, CanWeRest said:

£12 would be on the cheaper end of the scale for a big meal.

 

Bearded theory was £12 - 15 for a main meal and £6 or £6.50 a pint and I think it's usually on a par.

Edited May 30 by Johnnyseven

[donthaveacoolname]

21 minutes ago, A Particular Grey Chihuahu said:

These prices are making me wonder if there's a custard cream limit at the gate. How many custard creams would it take to sustain an adult male throughout the whole festival?

According to Google each biscuit is 59 Kcall

Amusing you go fairly hard at it for he 5 days at 4500 Kcal per day for 5 days 

381 Biscuits should get you through

[fullfathom5]

5 minutes ago, donthaveacoolname said:

According to Google each biscuit is 59 Kcall

Amusing you go fairly hard at it for he 5 days at 4500 Kcal per day for 5 days 

381 Biscuits should get you through

Sorted - off to stock up.

[The Red Telephone]

There is a bar or two selling San Miguel, which goes down well in the sun.

 

Cornish Arms and the bar next to Pilton Palais have good ale choices.

 

Brooklyn Pillsner is ok in its 4.6% guise - the 4% stuff is not ok.

[HotChipWillBreakYourLegs]

21 minutes ago, kemosabe said:

You'd surely be looking at 2-3+ packets a day? Just to soak up the booze etc. 

 

A packet probably won't soak up much booze.  It might stop you from drinking so much though.

[Spindles]

Living on custard cremes for a week is hardly a balanced diet, get a couple of packs of jaffa cakes in there.

[Ayrshire Chris]

19 minutes ago, donthaveacoolname said:

According to Google each biscuit is 59 Kcall

Amusing you go fairly hard at it for he 5 days at 4500 Kcal per day for 5 days 

381 Biscuits should get you through

A diet solely of custard creams would also mean severe constipation,so less worry about dumping in the long drops😉😊

[donthaveacoolname]

9 minutes ago, The Red Telephone said:

There is a bar or two selling San Miguel, which goes down well in the sun.

 

Cornish Arms and the bar next to Pilton Palais have good ale choices.

 

Brooklyn Pillsner is ok in its 4.6% guise - the 4% stuff is not ok.

that's the thing that irked me most, imho Brooklyn Larger is a very nice beer,  the Pillsner is just muck, such a shame that we didn't at least get both.....

[al_coholic]

Did they water the pilsner down to 4% last year then??

 

Bearing in mind their other offerings Carlsberg Pilsner, Estrella & San Miguel I am guessing we are going to get the pilsner again, which is a shame, as I would much rather have Estrella

[Barneym]

I might be in a minority but I thought the Brooklyn was an absolute revelation last year, I don’t want a beer above 4% when I’m drinking all day and it’s so much better than anything that we have had before 

[Barneym]

I also think we will be looking at £7 a pint this year 

[Masterluke]

10 minutes ago, Spindles said:

Living on custard cremes for a week is hardly a balanced diet, get a couple of packs of jaffa cakes in there.

 

But Jaffa Cakes arent biscuits

[A Particular Grey Chihuahu]

31 minutes ago, donthaveacoolname said:

According to Google each biscuit is 59 Kcall

Amusing you go fairly hard at it for he 5 days at 4500 Kcal per day for 5 days 

381 Biscuits should get you through

So that'd be about 3 custard creams per hour 🤔 

[Nice hymer]

24 minutes ago, HotChipWillBreakYourLegs said:

 

A packet probably won't soak up much booze.  It might stop you from drinking so much though.

I find that a packet or two helps me drink more!

[incident]

10 minutes ago, Barneym said:

I might be in a minority but I thought the Brooklyn was an absolute revelation last year, I don’t want a beer above 4% when I’m drinking all day and it’s so much better than anything that we have had before 

 

Unfortunately - the suggestions that it's not good enough, whilst still being much better than anything we had before, can and do co-exist comfortably here.

[nikkic]

Just be thankful we’ve moved on from Tuborg! 

[Sasperella2]

2 hours ago, mouserat said:

Think it really depends on the stall - some were clearly taking the piss but there were a few (which I now unfortunately can't remember) where it felt really good value.

 

Yeh, I agree, I found some decent cheap options. The veg chili in the park for one, without rice but you get a tortilla, and there was definitely a v filling chickpea curry and rice on offer at the dosa place (near West Holts I think). I thought both were delicious. 

 

Maybe £7 options are better suited to those ok going veggie though...

[Chris_R]

53 minutes ago, Nduja said:

On the drinks front, some interesting snippets from the Bars page for beer fans. Hopefully this means a better offering than last year's Brooklyn Pilsner (Festival's Version) in a few more places.
 

 

Or it may just be same old, same old. Who knows.
 

 

That's probably including the Cockmill bar up by acoustic which has always carried traditional ales and stuff anyway - the general big stage bars have always had something pretty crap on tap sadly.

[Chris_R]

13 minutes ago, nikkic said:

Just be thankful we’ve moved on from Tuborg! 

 

I think you have just triggered a horrible memory from last time I was able to get tickets for Glasto. I couldn't remember the name of the lager until now, but I do remember it being piss in a pint cup.

Edited May 30 by Chris_R

[G2022]

On the food front, and to add some much needed misery to this upbeat thread, I thought the food in 2022 was crap all round. Huge queues at all times and bang average or below average food when you get it, for hugely inflated prices way above even London prices. By Sunday I ended up just going outside of standard meal times and getting whatever had the shortest queue (even then quite long). The £6 deal is an embarrassment - no chance you could stay full. 
 

I plan to do more altenative substances to suppress my appetite this time, and to bring a few blocks of lard. 

[philipsteak]

45 minutes ago, Spindles said:

Living on custard cremes for a week is hardly a balanced diet, get a couple of packs of jaffa cakes in there.

 

the vitamin C should help prevent scurvy

[LateStarter50]

45 minutes ago, Spindles said:

Living on custard cremes for a week is hardly a balanced diet, get a couple of packs of jaffa cakes in there.

I was going to suggest crisps for balance, you need the salt too! 

[philipsteak]

37 minutes ago, nikkic said:

Just be thankful we’ve moved on from Tuborg! 

 

Surprised that word doesn't get asterisked on here. Considered by most to be more offensive than the supposedly obscene words

Edited May 30 by philipsteak

[Spindles]

The £6 meal deal is really more of a snack.  The samosa place on the corner between other and silver hayes is my go to for something tasty at that price.

 

I agree 2022 was a bit of a letdown for food offerings, and the queuing was a pain, although the coconut chicken curry place in the BBC introducing area was so good I ate there twice.

[devonhammer]

39 minutes ago, Masterluke said:

 

But Jaffa Cakes arent biscuits

Very true, but if they were, it would hardly be a balanced diet, would it?