Brothers Festival Cider

[finnigan82]

Hi guys,

Never been to Bestival before, do they usually have Brothers festival cider there?

This is VERY important.

Cheers,

Dan

[eFestivals]

Nope, they don't.

Not that important to Bestival, clearly.

[finnigan82]

Boooooooooooo!!!!

Oh well, I'll just have to take my own.

[rexclark]

It may well be a controversial opinion on here (going by the fawning over it on the Glasto boards) but Brothers cider on tap is rank, especially the flavoured ones. I love Lemon Brothers but went for a pint of it at Glaston last year and it was foul. Not that surprising considering it's Pear Cider with a drop of Lemon concentrate.

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

I'll back you up Rex. I tried it for the first time last year at the Brothers bar at West Holts. The first one is great, especially ice cold. But I could only manage three before I was scraping the sugar from my teeth. Far too sickly. Don't get me started on the cider bus either...

[smogo]

My festival cider recommendation is Westons Wyld Wood Vintage. It comes in 3 litre boxes (no glass, inner bag can fairly easily be smuggled past security), it's naturally still so no need to worry about it going flat, and it's a pleasing 7.3% ABV. £7.49 from Waitrose.

[coma girl]

I find Brothers overrated too, a cold pint now and again is okay but it is way too sweet to drink all day. Not worth standing in the massive queue for imo.

[Vanderlyle]

Best thing about a cold, sugary Brothers is as a hangover cure. Get two of them down you, and you suddenly have more energy, a bit of booze in your blood, and a refreshing taste.

Apart from that, it's pretty average.

Bestival drink is BAD though. Need to BYO...

[LondonTom]

Badmouthing brothers?! on a festival board?! PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFT!

[The Brothers]

Thanks London Tom

I guess we can't please everyone, but we always do our best to try!!!! If you don't like it too sweet, try our Festival Strength and let us know what you think.

The Brothers.

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

Don't take it the wrong way Brothers, maybe if you gave the good people of this forum a couple of free crates to take to Bestival we may change our opinion afterwards?

[lifelessfool]

I hate it from a tap, but don't mind it so much in bottles and it's infinitely nicer than bulmers pear cider.

[rexclark]

I hate it from a tap, but don't mind it so much in bottles and it's infinitely nicer than bulmers pear cider.

[dingbat2]

Brothers pear cider is a fast track to drunkenness. It reminds me of the alco pops days, it's just too easy too drink, and you can drink it so quickly it's crazy. It tastes nice, it tastes sweet and you can hardly taste the alcohol in it I have found. And the queues to get it don't help, so I always feel obliged to get two rounds each time we get some ((saying that they are pretty good at getting the queues down and service is damn quick). Because we buy two rounds, because it's 7%+, and because it tastes like pear juice, two pints get both pints downed in 20 minutes. That's the equivalent of 4 pints of lager in 20 minutes

Result - bladdered in no time at all

That's the joy of Brothers pear cider!

It's legend

[rachbon]

I like the brothers cider in cans and bottles but the stuff from the bar at Glastonbury is rancid.

[Rufus Gwertigan]

Brothers is like having a party in your mouth, but everyone is being sick.

[whisty]

"Fast track to drunkeness"

2 pints of 4% pee for double the money sending you to the rinals or drops every 15 mins if yur old like me or 7%+ of cold sweet strong half fluid headwarmer. No brainer in my book.

Oh and with the Jazz World West Holts field to sit, chill and listen while blowin smoke rings, what more could a man want.

Edited May 24, 2012 by whisty

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

What a coincidence, Brothers ads all over the forum! ;-)

[dingbat2]

Right, I have done lots of scientific analysis of this today (at least 5 minutes) to work out if Brothers iis as good as we/I think it is. What I have established Is that there is a mathematical equation to work out the greatness of a pint. Here it is.

The greatness of a pint =

Strength of alcohol content (abv%)

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Pleasantness/ease of drinking ratio

The pleasantness / ease of drinking ratio is a subjective measure of how easy/nice it is to drink, between 0 and 1 (1 being like drinking gravel, 0 is liking drinking your mothers breat milk - in a good way)

So Brothers greatness is approx

7 / 0.2 = 35. That's a bloody good drinking ratio imo, so please let me know if anything beats it. That's why Brother is great

Case closed .... Or is it?....

[dumski]

Bestival drink is BAD though. Need to BYO...

[Vanderlyle]

please explain. I'm planning on going on foot, travelling light to a fest for the first time for me ever probably. the plan was to splash out and but absolutley everything there or off my kind neighbours. what have I let myself in for? as in whats avaialble drinkwise? do they take just cash or is it tokens? is it just in arena or "bars" near camping area?

thank you please

[lifelessfool]

To be fair Bestival was the most lax festival i have ever been to in terms of being searched with drink, every single run back to the arena was just a "come on in" kind of thing, made it cheaper. Bestival should really branch out on the alcohol front, I respect festivals so much more if they have more than tuborg and gaymers. Brothers was alright when they made it 7% for a bit without being too much more, pretty sure it was a festival edition actually.

[dumski]

cheers. I like wine as my wandering drink as fairly quick to obtain my state of "happyness" and easy to conseal bags round the belly

no chance of spirits on sale anywhere?! - boo hiss , poor show

[Supernintendo Chalmers]

2) That they only have Tuborg and a bitter (John Smiths?) on tap in the arena. Both of which make you piss non-stop. It is pretty expensive - £4 a pint I think.

[loosechange]

no chance of spirits on sale anywhere?! - boo hiss , poor show