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[Craigston]

Taking vodka to mix with various cold softies bought on site. Also a plastic  bottle of baileys to use as milk for coffee in the morning, some mezcal my mate brought be back from Mexico, and two red wine boxes.

The mezcal and vodka will be decanted into thermos flasks having been frozen overnight. Stays cold until sat night, even last year!

Gonna be messy!

[ukslim]

StoneCircle, on 07 June 2011 - 09:57 PM, said:

How sad am I? I soak the original label off and sellotape to the plastic bottle!  

Yep.

Decanted drinks by ukslim, on Flickr

These are 1L tonic water bottles, with 750ML spirits decanted into them with a funnel. I squeeze the air out and close them up that way, so that they take less space in my rucksack.

I don't see the point in pre-mixing. Mix when you get there, if you must.

I drink it neat. I have some metal shot glasses.

I take wine boxes for swigging, and pour from these into plastic water bottles on site.

Edited by ukslim, 08 June 2011 - 03:08 PM.

[ukslim]

PS, I can't think of anything you couldn't decant into a suitable plastic bottle.

Try to pour in such a way that it doesn't splash around too much -- the more you splash, the more oxygen it's exposed to.

If it's a fizzy drink like beer or cider, then pour *very* gently, to avoid losing fizz. That's probably more work than it's worth, given that you can buy these drinks in cans/plastic anyway.

Dunno about sparkling wine. Not something I'd take to a festival.

[neil999]

Craigston, on 08 June 2011 - 01:43 PM, said:

Taking vodka to mix with various cold softies bought on site. Also a plastic  bottle of baileys to use as milk for coffee in the morning, some mezcal my mate brought be back from Mexico, and two red wine boxes.

The mezcal and vodka will be decanted into thermos flasks having been frozen overnight. Stays cold until sat night, even last year!

Gonna be messy!

ooh interesting...i was gonna take some ribena frozen ice cubes and stick them in a thermos to mix with vodka or cider, do you think they will stay frozen for a couple of days at least?

[CitizenErased]

Mardy, on 08 June 2011 - 12:41 PM, said:

Russy and Robith have it. Take the spirits, buy the mixers there. I can't figure out why you would premix, it'll be flat as arseholes and warm, and most importantly add to the weight you have to lug in.

Lots of things to mix it with, fresh orange juice to go with your vodka means you fool your body in thinking it's had a healthy breakfast, there was a stall in Dairy last year selling pints of lime squash for a quid or something, lovely with gin or vodka. Banana milkshake with some rum in it, the possibilities are all there.

Snap on the banana front, was thinking of taking one of these to drink with my bottle of Mount Gay: http://www.thedrinks...php?prodid=1628

Was originally going to take a couple of cans of coconut milk to have with it too, then discovered Finest Call also do a Pina Colada mix, neither their purees or mixes need refrigerating either which is an added bonus.

@ ukslim and StoneCircle, that's not sad, I think it's great.

[Craigston]

neil999, on 08 June 2011 - 03:31 PM, said:

ooh interesting...i was gonna take some ribena frozen ice cubes and stick them in a thermos to mix with vodka or cider, do you think they will stay frozen for a couple of days at least?

I doubt ice will stay solid. When it comes to staying cold, it's all relative- it seemed cold in our 90 degree tent!