Real Ale

[clitbang]

Are there any places, bars, pubs, serving real ale on site? 

[Daveograve]

I’d say most do, but the bar by the Acoustic tent is the one to go to

[Quark]

Bimble Inn in the Park and the Avalon Inn are also good bets

[FuzzyDunlop]

Acoustic tent & the Avalon Inn (I think) 

[Brave Sir Robin]

Cornish Arms, between Other & Left Field, has Tribute and a couple of other St Austell brews.

[grayzer1]

There's a craft beer tent in the theatre and circus field, careful of the grimbergen though,lethal stuff!

[balti-pie]

17 minutes ago, grayzer1 said:

There's a craft beer tent in the theatre and circus field, careful of the grimbergen though,lethal stuff!

Beautiful stuff, hides it’s 6.5% brilliantly ?

[jow95]

My favourite bar on site sits atop the park hill. It’s a mission to get to but there’s a pub at the top that serves real ale, slightly away from the crowds around the glasto sign so not too busy. Bit of a tradition to get a nice cold pint of the good stuff up there on Sunday morning or more likely lunchtime. Cannot remember the name of it but it’s sortve made from timber fairly small right near the crows nest. Sure someone else will know.

[duke88]

6 minutes ago, jow95 said:

My favourite bar on site sits atop the park hill. It’s a mission to get to but there’s a pub at the top that serves real ale, slightly away from the crowds around the glasto sign so not too busy. Bit of a tradition to get a nice cold pint of the good stuff up there on Sunday morning or more likely lunchtime. Cannot remember the name of it but it’s sortve made from timber fairly small right near the crows nest. Sure someone else will know.

Tricketts 

[jow95]

That’s the one, great place

[clitbang]

Thanks everyone, I'll check them out this month! 

[carlosj]

9 hours ago, Brave Sir Robin said:

Cornish Arms, between Other & Left Field, has Tribute and a couple of other St Austell brews.

 

7 hours ago, jow95 said:

My favourite bar on site sits atop the park hill. It’s a mission to get to but there’s a pub at the top that serves real ale, slightly away from the crowds around the glasto sign so not too busy. Bit of a tradition to get a nice cold pint of the good stuff up there on Sunday morning or more likely lunchtime. Cannot remember the name of it but it’s sortve made from timber fairly small right near the crows nest. Sure someone else will know.

Are we talking about proper beer pumps or good beer but dispensed in a different way? I love Tricketts, but didn't that serve (good) beer like several other places on site? I will find that Cornish bar, thanks BSR, but I presume its set up is like the others and only the range is different? I love Proper Job.

[Brave Sir Robin]

46 minutes ago, carlosj said:

Are we talking about proper beer pumps or good beer but dispensed in a different way? I love Tricketts, but didn't that serve (good) beer like several other places on site? I will find that Cornish bar, thanks BSR, but I presume its set up is like the others and only the range is different? I love Proper Job.

Cornish Arms certainly used to be cask. St Austell are less directly involved now but I’d hope it still is?

[carlosj]

12 minutes ago, Brave Sir Robin said:

Cornish Arms certainly used to be cask. St Austell are less directly involved now but I’d hope it still is?

Thanks!

[baggienick68]

I love Avalon and Acoustic which both have a good choice of ales. I must find the Cornish Arms this year because Proper Job is a real favourite. For some reason I sometimes struggle to find it. Maybe it's spending too much time at the Cider Bus.

[briddj]

10 hours ago, grayzer1 said:

There's a craft beer tent in the theatre and circus field, careful of the grimbergen though,lethal stuff!

Yep, lovely selection of ruinous ale in there.

[Barneym]

41 minutes ago, baggienick68 said:

I love Avalon and Acoustic which both have a good choice of ales. I must find the Cornish Arms this year because Proper Job is a real favourite. For some reason I sometimes struggle to find it. Maybe it's spending too much time at the Cider Bus.

I’m sure the Acoustic bar/pub tent had Proper Job last time, we always head over to there on Thursday afternoon and have a few ales to set us up for the day ahead 

[Hovis]

10 hours ago, jow95 said:

My favourite bar on site sits atop the park hill. It’s a mission to get to but there’s a pub at the top that serves real ale, slightly away from the crowds around the glasto sign so not too busy. Bit of a tradition to get a nice cold pint of the good stuff up there on Sunday morning or more likely lunchtime. Cannot remember the name of it but it’s sortve made from timber fairly small right near the crows nest. Sure someone else will know.

 

Went there in 2015, I was 26. It Was 4 AM Sunday morning and I trecked up to the top of the hill to get a pint and watch the sunrise only for them to ask for my ID which was safely tucked away in the lock ups. It's the only time I had and have been asked for ID at glasto. While technically they were doing there job I'm still a bit  bitter... 

[clitbang]

4am real ale and sunrise. Sign me up.

[marathonsteve]

Grimbergen is good

[Avalon_Fields]

I've been in the Cornish Arms a couple of times, I love St Austell brewery having been there, but the pub is situated a little in no-mans land, whereas the Avalon and Acoustic right by their respective stages and so much more convenient. I tend to use them to get a drink, and then head off to see a band, rather than doing too much hanging around the bars themselves.

[jow95]

9 hours ago, carlosj said:

 

Are we talking about proper beer pumps or good beer but dispensed in a different way? I love Tricketts, but didn't that serve (good) beer like several other places on site? I will find that Cornish bar, thanks BSR, but I presume its set up is like the others and only the range is different? I love Proper Job.

Seem to remember they had proper hand pumps but might be wrong

[Beerqueen]

50 minutes ago, jow95 said:

Seem to remember they had proper hand pumps but might be wrong

I think all of them have proper hand pumps.  I subconsciously notice (years of drinking ale does that to you) and wouldn't normally ask for a beer that wasn't served from a hand pump.

[Andeh03]

44 minutes ago, Beerqueen said:

I think all of them have proper hand pumps.  I subconsciously notice (years of drinking ale does that to you) and wouldn't normally ask for a beer that wasn't served from a hand pump.

Pretty sure Cornish has both hand pumps and some ale that was on ‘gravity’

[Andeh03]

Do we know if they are doing those steel pint pots this year? I not heard anything this year, and thought last time was a trial?