What to drink?

[doogleduck]

[4AssedMonkey]

In 2009 I bought 12 litres of this "Good Sicilian Red" in Morrisons and it was all gone by Saturday. Must have drank 5 litres of it on the Friday, filled up a Volvic bottle twice and had to restock at the wine bar a couple of times too. I was f**king BLOTTO for Neil Young. I tend not to hit the whiskey until 1am-ish. Cant drink it unless its cold.

[Mardy]

We'll bring a load of vodka (probaly 6 litres) over from Russia, buy a couple of bottles of (spiced)rum duty free and that'll do. Buy mixers there, and beer from the bars.

[whateverman]

[Mardy]

Last year's supplies:

[Gnomicide]

Last year's supplies:

[doogleduck]

I actually took a box of this down last year as an emergency back-up. Tasted okay at first. Not so much later on.

To be honest - I'll probably get hold of some (or something similar - any other options?) this year.

[kingjamma]

Gin and orange juice. May sound like an odd combination but tastes amazing. Can be quite dangerous though as you can't really taste the gin and only really the orange so it disappears quite fast

[LusciousLucy]

Last year's supplies:

[ukslim]

Good to see the Pimms. Adds a touch of class to the proceedings.

[LusciousLucy]

clockworkpurple, if you like rose or white, try Pennard Organic vineyard. It's on the path between Greenpeace and Avalon, on the left as you approach Avalon. The raspberry was a lovely pink last year - and organic = no hangover!

http://www.pennardorganicwines.co.uk/index.htm

[HandFedFred]

Gin and lemonade. Just decant the gin into something that isn't glass and buy lemonade there. It doesn't taste too bad warmish, obviously better cold though.

I used to love gin and tonics but it's nasty stuff warm without ice and apparently too much tonic can give you bellyache ( obviously it could have nothing to do with the gin )

[markeee]

I always tend to just stick to lager and cider during the day and spirits at night

beer/cider lasts longer, can drink it all day-dont fancy trying to drink vodka all day etc

[The Nal]

Hats off, Sir!

5 litres

[spiky_simon]

In 2009 I bought 12 litres of this "Good Sicilian Red" in Morrisons and it was all gone by Saturday. Must have drank 5 litres of it on the Friday, filled up a Volvic bottle twice and had to restock at the wine bar a couple of times too. I was f**king BLOTTO for Neil Young. I tend not to hit the whiskey until 1am-ish. Cant drink it unless its cold.

[ukslim]

A cautionary tale: my mate was really looking forward to Neil Young, was going to be the highlight of his festival. Unfortunately during the afternoon he'd wandered off to one of the dance tents with a 2 litre bottle of rum and coke (mixed half and half), drunk all of it in a couple of hours and came back wasted. Got about two songs into Neil Young's set before having to head off for a lie down! He's in his thirties, so you'd think he'd know better by now

[Liam13th]

As much as i hate it taste wise, but i like the effects, my group are taking some Sambucca this year. Errgggggg

[CitizenErased]

Folks I'm going with will prob. fetch vodka, pernod and southern comfort, I've gone for a dark rum(Mnt Gay Extra Old), Absinthe(Hapsburg Red) and Disaronno, should be pretty immune to the heat factor, will probably take a few cans of coconut milk to mix with the rum.

[Mardy]

The classy part was the astonishing vodka Mardy brought. Lovely stuff. Cheers Mardy - it lasted me beyond the festival.

[tylerdurden]

Will bring you some more this year, and hopefully get it to you earlier than last year...

[ukslim]

Just out of interest, what Vodka is it you're both referring to?

[tylerdurden]

Ahh cool. Yeah, the Russians and the Poles don't f**k about. Anyone who's tasted Slivovitz will testify.

[ark]

If you are going to drink vodka during the day, with bought (cold) mixers, how much would it be reasonable to ration yourself too, to be chilled, but not wasted. I guess this depends on your own bodies reaction to alcohol, but roughly how much? I have no idea - half a litre? seems like a lot??

[ukslim]

If you are going to drink vodka during the day, with bought (cold) mixers, how much would it be reasonable to ration yourself too, to be chilled, but not wasted. I guess this depends on your own bodies reaction to alcohol, but roughly how much? I have no idea - half a litre? seems like a lot??

Edited May 12, 2011 by ukslim

[ark]

A unit is a unit is a unit (is 10ml of pure alcohol). So go by that.