dingbat2 Posted June 2, 2019 Report Share Posted June 2, 2019 We have a cider thread and a real ale thread but I couldn't find a lager thread - apologies if there is one. When I am at Glasto I drink cans of lagers n the tent and when bimbling around the site, then top then up with cider and real ale from the bars Any cheap deals on lager around at the moment? A mate says Aldi are selling 18 cans of Stella for £12 which is pretty cheap imo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyPorter Posted June 2, 2019 Report Share Posted June 2, 2019 (edited) Shouting White thing mega mega Edited June 2, 2019 by HeyPorter 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcwilson87 Posted June 2, 2019 Report Share Posted June 2, 2019 18 cans of stella at sainsburys. Usually get weaker beer to ensure I dont get pissed too fast. But it's all the same weight and stella does a more effective job than the weak stuff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woyski Posted June 2, 2019 Report Share Posted June 2, 2019 I know this has been talked about briefly in threads before, but which lagers do you think are the most drinkable warm/room temp? Really don't know whether to bother bringing any or if I should stick to spirits and wine bags. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ITK19889 Posted June 2, 2019 Report Share Posted June 2, 2019 (edited) 3 hours ago, woyski said: I know this has been talked about briefly in threads before, but which lagers do you think are the most drinkable warm/room temp? Really don't know whether to bother bringing any or if I should stick to spirits and wine bags. Hi, I find larger is the worse to bring but I still bring a small amount 10-15 cans or one crate, along side the cider... I find the weaker larger’s taste the better Bud light / Stella 4% or a premium one would be red stripe.... Don’t even bother with Heineken warm ?.... One tip I do if you buy a fridge pack put them in the fridge before you go I usally leave around 9-10am on the Wednesday & hav a 2hr drive give or take I find once your in & set up your tent the larger is still on the cool side to enjoy. Then for the rest of the festival I usually only hav one or two cans to start off before moving onto the cider the rest of the days.... If it’s of interest & your not much of a cider drinker dwn the pub I find cans of Magners is a good option. Hope this helps.... Edited June 2, 2019 by ITK19889 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sezz Posted June 2, 2019 Report Share Posted June 2, 2019 If you take a bucket, fill it at the tap and put the larger in in the morning to chill it up a bit. Anyone who thinks this is a waste of water can either drink warm larger or use the water to rehydrate passing hippies ? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woyski Posted June 2, 2019 Report Share Posted June 2, 2019 1 hour ago, ITK19889 said: Hi, I find larger is the worse to bring but I still bring a small amount 10-15 cans or one crate, along side the cider... I find the weaker larger’s taste the better Bud light / Stella 4% or a premium one would be red stripe.... Don’t even bother with Heineken warm ?.... One tip I do if you buy a fridge pack put them in the fridge before you go I usally leave around 9-10am on the Wednesday & hav a 2hr drive give or take I find once your in & set up your tent the larger is still on the cool side to enjoy. Then for the rest of the festival I usually only hav one or two cans to start off before moving onto the cider the rest of the days.... If it’s of interest & your not much of a cider drinker dwn the pub I find cans of Magners is a good option. Hope this helps.... Thanks for the advice mate! Was glad to hear Red Stripe was on the list of acceptable ones. I know ale is generally more acceptable at these temperatures but I really can't have too much of that. Cider is also good! Not sure why that fell off my radar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ITK19889 Posted June 2, 2019 Report Share Posted June 2, 2019 (edited) 44 minutes ago, woyski said: Thanks for the advice mate! Was glad to hear Red Stripe was on the list of acceptable ones. I know ale is generally more acceptable at these temperatures but I really can't have too much of that. Cider is also good! Not sure why that fell off my radar. No problem ?? The best one thou forget to say bring your favourite spirit pour it in a plastic bottle Rum for me buy cold cans of coke or whatever off the food stalls or ice cream vans then give yourselves your own measures ? Edited June 2, 2019 by ITK19889 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Low Posted June 2, 2019 Report Share Posted June 2, 2019 1 hour ago, Sezz said: If you take a bucket, fill it at the tap and put the larger in in the morning to chill it up a bit. Anyone who thinks this is a waste of water can either drink warm larger or use the water to rehydrate passing hippies ? I took a foldable plastic bowl in 2017 similar to this, Go outdoors for a fiver if i recall. Plus I bought some ice from the ice cream van to speed up the job. Was perfect for cooling cans. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Jass Posted June 2, 2019 Report Share Posted June 2, 2019 7 hours ago, HeyPorter said: Shouting White thing mega mega For years I couldn’t work out if those lyrics were mega mega or something much more inappropriate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blutarsky Posted June 2, 2019 Report Share Posted June 2, 2019 (edited) Carlsberg’s new pilsner £7.99 for 18 in Lidl at the moment. Unsure what it’ll be like warm... A necessity for me though, don’t want to break the bank, can’t handle spirits and cider and real ale give me acid reflux. ? Edited June 2, 2019 by blutarsky Typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Jass Posted June 2, 2019 Report Share Posted June 2, 2019 Don’t bother taking any. Warm cans of lager are the worst thing ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morph100 Posted June 4, 2019 Report Share Posted June 4, 2019 Anyone seen any good deals for 24 cans? preferably Red Stripe, Stella or similar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Jass Posted June 4, 2019 Report Share Posted June 4, 2019 On the subject of lager are there any decent craft lager bars on site? Had a pint from the craft bar at APE that was much, much nicer than the usual slop they serve at most festivals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bombfrog Posted June 4, 2019 Report Share Posted June 4, 2019 I tend to avoid anything marketed as "craft" beer for the same reason as I avoid anything marketed as "artisan". I prefer to drink stronger drinks at Glastonbury to minimise trips to the urinals, so I'd always go for a premium lager. Never drink lager once I'm watching bands though, I tend to drink 500ml bottles of wine from the wine bar in the evenings as you can carry them in your pockets, put the lid back on when you're not drinking them and they're like rocket fuel, get you drunk without needing to piss every 5 minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
incident Posted June 4, 2019 Report Share Posted June 4, 2019 27 minutes ago, Hugh Jass said: On the subject of lager are there any decent craft lager bars on site? Had a pint from the craft bar at APE that was much, much nicer than the usual slop they serve at most festivals. Depends how you define "craft". The bar in the Theatre Field has been the only real option in the past couple festivals - but that's still only sold products owned or licenced in the UK by Carlsberg as far as I'm aware. Even though they called it the "Craft Tavern", the offering was more Premium Continental Lagers & Brooklyn Brewery than anything I'd call craft. Some of the limited information that's circulated for this year suggests that the "Craft Tavern" in the Theatre Field will be renamed to "Brew Bar" - and that a second Brew Bar will be present at The Glade. Though whether that means we'll have a second option for decent lager remains to be seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Jass Posted June 4, 2019 Report Share Posted June 4, 2019 3 minutes ago, incident said: Depends how you define "craft". The bar in the Theatre Field has been the only real option in the past couple festivals - but that's still only sold products owned or licenced in the UK by Carlsberg as far as I'm aware. Even though they called it the "Craft Tavern", the offering was more Premium Continental Lagers & Brooklyn Brewery than anything I'd call craft. Some of the limited information that's circulated for this year suggests that the "Craft Tavern" in the Theatre Field will be renamed to "Brew Bar" - and that a second Brew Bar will be present at The Glade. Though whether that means we'll have a second option for decent lager remains to be seen. I suppose “anything that isn’t piss weak Carlsberg” might be a better description. Cheers for the info though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grilladelphia Posted June 4, 2019 Report Share Posted June 4, 2019 On the topic of lager at the bars - what are we talking £-wise per pint? (I'm from London so I'm used to being royally mugged off for pints anyway.) Arriving by coach so I'm only bringing spirits to save space, but definitely need to budget for minimum 5 pints a day from the bars I would have thought Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
incident Posted June 4, 2019 Report Share Posted June 4, 2019 (edited) 2 minutes ago, grilladelphia said: On the topic of lager at the bars - what are we talking £-wise per pint? (I'm from London so I'm used to being royally mugged off for pints anyway.) Arriving by coach so I'm only bringing spirits to save space, but definitely need to budget for minimum 5 pints a day from the bars I would have thought £5 / pint if we're lucky. £5.50 / pint if we're not. edit: Carlsberg was £4.80 / pint in 2017. So remains to be seen how much it'll be inflated by. Edited June 4, 2019 by incident Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
majormajormajor Posted June 4, 2019 Report Share Posted June 4, 2019 30 minutes ago, bombfrog said: I tend to avoid anything marketed as "craft" beer for the same reason as I avoid anything marketed as "artisan". What do you go for? Carling? Fosters? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cb4747 Posted June 4, 2019 Report Share Posted June 4, 2019 On 6/2/2019 at 3:26 PM, HeyPorter said: Shouting White thing mega mega This song gives me uncomfortable goosebumps. Banger tho. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bombfrog Posted June 4, 2019 Report Share Posted June 4, 2019 10 minutes ago, majormajormajor said: What do you go for? Carling? Fosters? Fosters is terrible, Carling slightly better but probably not. But it's nonsense to think that lager isn't good because it's mass produced and that only a hipster brewing in his garage can make something better. If that were the case then the big brewers would just change the recipe. It's just marketing innit. Stick the word "craft" on it and the beer w*nkers will be all over it. Personally, my favourite supermarket beer is Asahi, but recently I've been enjoying Birra Moretti which I think it just made by one of the big breweries owned by megacorp but still tastes really good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grilladelphia Posted June 4, 2019 Report Share Posted June 4, 2019 11 minutes ago, bombfrog said: Fosters is terrible, Carling slightly better but probably not. Can we just wipe off Carling/Carlsberg/Fosters/Tuborg and any 'light' lagers from the face of the planet? for the good of humanity 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Jass Posted June 4, 2019 Report Share Posted June 4, 2019 16 minutes ago, bombfrog said: Fosters is terrible, Carling slightly better but probably not. But it's nonsense to think that lager isn't good because it's mass produced and that only a hipster brewing in his garage can make something better. If that were the case then the big brewers would just change the recipe. It's just marketing innit. Stick the word "craft" on it and the beer w*nkers will be all over it. Personally, my favourite supermarket beer is Asahi, but recently I've been enjoying Birra Moretti which I think it just made by one of the big breweries owned by megacorp but still tastes really good. I only used the word "craft" to separate it from the Carlsberg/Tuborg shite they sell in most of the bars around site. I enjoy and drink most commercial lagers (except Budweiser, which is just awful). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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