Booze

[6t6o6m]

I got a few questions

How much is beer at DL?

Is there an on site shop?

Is there any chance of finding cheap cold beer?

Were thinking of buying a few crates before hand. But we are not really fans of warm beer. So many issues

[dan666]

I think it's around the £3 a pint mark. You can buy beer there it's cold but not cheap!

[6t6o6m]

I think it's around the £3 a pint mark. You can buy beer there it's cold but not cheap!

[Spengs Muck]

you can also buy crates if you fancy the walk down the road to the co-op in castle donnington

[Lithium05]

I usually take a couple of crates with me and buy one there. Didnt drink at all in the arena last year cos I wasnt particularly well at the time, the year before we exploited the 20p a cup policy and paid for all our pints that way, though that wasnt as fruitful last year as everyone had cought on.

Will probably make a trip to Ikea before Download to get some Koppaberg (sp?).... pear cider counts towards your 5 a day right?

[6t6o6m]

Will probably make a trip to Ikea before Download to get some Koppaberg (sp?).... pear cider counts towards your 5 a day right?

[Spengs Muck]

Sounds like a plan. Im sure it does count to your 5 a day

Can you buy ice on site?

I may make some bottles of cocktails up then i can just buy the ice at download for it. or be sneaky and just ask the bars to put ice in my cup

[Bad Girl]

Will probably make a trip to Ikea before Download to get some Koppaberg (sp?).... pear cider counts towards your 5 a day right?

[deadrobot]

you can buy crates of 24 onsite for £25 which is pretty sweet really for festy prices. Pints in the arena set you back £3.20 ish and they have no ice anywhere. Man up!

[LethalLegacy]

Last year I took Guinness and Pedigree with is close enough to real ale in a can. Doesn't matter if warm or not - though I did try to keep them cool.

Don't know what I'll do if they follow through with banning cans in a year or two. I hope they sell real beer and not just Carlsberg and Tuborg!

[luckysalt]

you can buy crates of 24 onsite for £25 which is pretty sweet really for festy prices. Pints in the arena set you back £3.20 ish and they have no ice anywhere. Man up!

[WildChildRockChick]

They're aiming at being able to sell beer on site at supermarket prices, although it won't happen this year.

Edited May 1, 2009 by WildChildRockChick

[6t6o6m]

They're aiming at being able to sell beer on site at supermarket prices, although it won't happen this year.

[WildChildRockChick]

You and me both - probably more of a problem for me to man up seeing as Im a girl!

This year Im going without my (boy - ie beer-carrying) mates, and I've got mobility problems this year as well, so the on-site more expensive beer is looking more of a bargain than you might think. I suppose boys have their uses sometimes!

[Salt_On_Everything]

this year, after YEARS of meaning to do so, f**k it, i'm investing in a trolley thing from B&Q or wherever. it has to be done, seems like £20 or whatever could make the whole farcical debacle of getting there so much easier. so i'll hopefully have 2 crates of scrumpy jack!

tho i must admit, i bought a crate of olde english cider there last year, think it was £30, and at the time, seemed like a bargain!

[6t6o6m]

Investing in a Trolley sounds like a plan. But it would get stolen.

Im just put my cans in a bag and tie to my leg

[oscar]

Investing in a Trolley sounds like a plan. But it would get stolen.

Im just put my cans in a bag and tie to my leg

[Salt_On_Everything]

it'll be getting returned to the car after use i think...

[mattrik3]

bung half ur cans in the freezer before u go!

[mattrik3]

Also if ur desperate for ice you could take some in a flask! Never done it myself but its an idea!

[-pogo-]

What I don't get is, why ban cans when you can get them on site? I realy don't see the difference apart from them making more money. I can't wait to see the excuse they give as to why it's with us "in mind".

[WildChildRockChick]

*confused*

Cans aren't banned???

[-pogo-]

*confused*

Cans aren't banned???

[WildChildRockChick]

Oh - right.

Yes they said that but not until they can get the 'supermarket price' onsite.

So long as the prices are comparable I don't have a problem with it - much easier to buy (hopefully cold!) beers on site than lug them about to the car, then to the campsite etc etc.

Basically they want you to spend your money on site rather than elsewhere I think. There may only be a small profit in it but profit is profit and any business is out to make money.

And they are in real trouble with underage drinking - if you can only buy your cans onsite it becomes much easier to police who's buying (and therefore, theoretically at least, drinking) alcohol. I think that as things stand, they can't do anything about under-agers with alcohol, although the police can.

[-pogo-]

Did they get in trouble for underage drinking?