As a number of major Summer Music Festivals are about to
kick off all across the UK and seeing as I am off to one (Greenman Festival)
this weekend, I thought I would do a post on a number of (personal) essentials ranging
from the trampishly cheap to the darn right affordable to take to a weekend
long festival! Lets have some boozy fun!
Ciderrrr
Still a West Country boy at heart, I find I can barely enter
a field without some naughty apple juice in my hand. Here are a some from each
end of the spectrum for you!
Crofters Apple Cider- Available in all Tesco stores, this
SUPER CHEAP cider (around 53p a can) is pretty much perfect for those wanting
to spend as little as possible. Although not packed with the flavour you would
expect from a ‘proper’ cider, it has good acidity and sweetness, lightly
sparkling and with decent apple bite. When it comes down to it, a bit of a
bargain.
Henry Weston’s Apple Cider- Available in most major
supermarkets, this slightly dearer cider also comes in a range of styles, from
medium sweet, medium dry to the 8.2% Vintage cider. The Vintage cider is aged
in 200 year old oak barrels and gives this cider a deep, smoky, full bodied
flavour. Although strong, the developing flavours oak, sour apples and acidity
in this cider make it very gluggable and mouth-wateringly tasty. Although Henry’s
whole range is great, the Vintage cider really stands out, especially as it stops
you from standing up.Available at Tesco for £10 per six half-litre bottles.
Wine
Baron Riesling d’Alsace- Yes, okay,
I am a Riesling junkie! If there was a Breaking Bad for Riesling, I would be a prominent
character, before disappearing in a bath full of acid. ANYWAY! This wine's
deliciously aromatic, lemony, dry taste makes it great when sat out in the sun,
listening to your favourite bands. The higher sugar levels also make this wine
very drinkable, and will go well with pretty much anything on sale throughout
the food tents.
Cono Sur Pinot Noir- For the
eagle eyed Vinspire followers out there you may have noticed that I have
reviewed this before. Lazy? Or just a tribute to how bloody good this wine is!
I can’t think of any better red to chill out with on a warm (hopefully) summers
evening, or after a dance crazed night at 2am around a fire. To read the full review, follow this link. And it's on offer again at £5.99 from £7.49!
Spirits
Gin gin ginny ginny gin gin. I'm sorry, what were you saying? Oh right, sorry about that. But seriously now, gin.

What if I said that this beat a number of other much higher priced gins at the International Spirits Challenge blind tasting? Gins such as Bombay Sapphire and Hendricks? Well it did!
Crisp with citrus, spice and a backing track of juniper berry, this really is a fantastic bargain gin! Perfect with tonic, cranberry and pretty much whatever you choose to mix it with. Even just more gin.
So I have let you into the treasures of my festival essential drinks kit! If you're off to a festival soon/have been to one recently, let us know what tipples you swear on and where you enjoyed them most! Pip pip.
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