Electric Picnic 2018 **Discussion Only // No Ticket Sales** [Part 1]

MadYaker wrote: »

I could 100% drink craft beers all day every day at EP. Brewdogs punk ipa and dead pony club all day long, delish. But they are too expensive so I just buy 2 for each day and then cheap booze after that. You can get 4 for a tenner which is kond of ok but they're only 330ml cans.

It annoys me that craft beer in small cans is more expensive than in the 500ml glass bottles here. In the uk its so much better. They have a huge selection of ales and craft stuff in cans and in some places you'll find 12 packs for £15

I find I drink the small cans very fast, I'd drink 2 small cans way faster than one big one. Given that craft beer is generally stronger than the Heineken/American pisswater, I end up hooped, so try to stick to 2/3 a day.

MadYaker wrote: »

I could 100% drink craft beers all day every day at EP. Brewdogs punk ipa and dead pony club all day long, delish. But they are too expensive so I just buy 2 for each day and then cheap booze after that. You can get 4 for a tenner which is kond of ok but they're only 330ml cans.

It annoys me that craft beer in small cans is more expensive than in the 500ml glass bottles here. In the uk its so much better. They have a huge selection of ales and craft stuff in cans and in some places you'll find 12 packs for £15

Yeah I’ve stocked up on quite a bit but have been tipping away at buying it over the past 2 months or so to spread the cost, just buying a few when I see a good deal. Got packs of 15 brewdog cans for £13 in Tesco in the north, tastier than Heineken etc but cheap enough to do me for the sesh.

As said above, it’s pointless enough when you’ll be drinking heino or moretti in the arena all day anyway so I’ll switch to heino cans or just vodka after bars close at night. I could be drinking anything at that stage to be fair, taste buds will be well dulled.

A few Kinnegar, White Hag & Whiplash cans for the morning to get the juices flowing & I’ll be happy out.

The Body & Soul Peace Pagoda stage announced their day by day breakdown on facebook, don't think I have been there since my first or second EP but remember it was a fun little stage at night time.

dylbert wrote: »

Twisted tree vintage cider in Aldi, 7.4% and 99c a can.

In the interests of research, picked up a few cans of this.

Quite tasty.

More the Strongbow than Orchard Thieves side of the sweetness scale.
Reminds me of the Cidre de Normandie in France, if anyone tasted it.

330ml cans - says on the can 2.4 units of alcohol per can - weight saver compared to 500ml if you're carrying in a load, and less liquid to pee, but would require a modicum of self control to avoid just drinking at the same pace as a regular strength cider, and for that reason, I'm out

Beechwoodspark wrote: »

Anyone know what night massive attack are playing

They have the Saturday listed on their website.

Former Former wrote: »

I have done this before and it's definitely viable, the only problem is if you have a long day at a festival, falling asleep at the wheel on the way home is a real danger, even if you haven't had a drop of booze.

The logistics of getting in and out each day are fine

That might just be the convincing I needed. As a non drinker or camper I'd get fook all sleep, I'd rather spend time getting home for a decent kip then back at it.
I can see myself with a few days no sleep getting a bang of a frozen can of Guinness and loosing it:mad::mad:

Did a bit of booze research today in Swords:

JCs Supermarket:
Irishtown Dublin Blonde Lager 330ml 4.4% & Dublin Red Pale Ale 4.4% 85c each (note best before date is Sep)

Baltika 5.4% & Zatecky Gus 4.6% liter can €3.50 each

Bulmers 8 cans €12

Carlsberg 18 cans €18

Canadian 8 cans €10.69

Guinness 8 cans €10.49

Krombacher Pils mini keg (5l) 4.8% €20

Erdinger Weissbier cans 5.3% €2.69 each

70cl Gordons Gin €19 Jameson €24 Smirnoff €18

Dunnes:
Strongbow 6 cans €9

Grolsch 4 cans €5

Brewdog 4 cans €8

Bulmers 12 cans €16

Heineken 24 cans €35

Carlsberg 24 cans €28

Guinness 12 cans €17

Rockshore 8 cans €13

SuperValu:
Bulmers 18 cans €25

Rockshore 8 cans €14

Carlsberg 8 cans €13

Hop House 13 8 cans €14

Budweiser 8 cans €13

Guinness 8 cans €14

Brewdog 4 cans €10

UsedToWait wrote:

What about maybe drive home the Friday night if you really must, then camp up in Joplin the Saturday night, drive home Sunday night?

What's the story with the Joplin campsite? I didn't even know there's different campsites

Bassboxxx wrote: »

What's the story with the Joplin campsite? I didn't even know there's different campsites

MJohnston's great infographic shows the campsite, and all the other info you might need


http://thedeskofmatthew.com/electricpicnic/


edit:
The real scale site map is great too: (note all the space in Joplin!)

https://twitter.com/deskofmatthew/status/902935613338525696/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.boards.ie%2Fvbulletin%2Fshowthread.php%3Fp%3D104536626

UsedToWait wrote: »

MJohnston's great infographic shows the campsite, and all the other info you might need


http://thedeskofmatthew.com/electricpicnic/


edit:
The real scale site map is great too: (note all the space in Joplin!)

https://twitter.com/deskofmatthew/status/902935613338525696/photo/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.boards.ie%2Fvbulletin%2Fshowthread.php%3Fp%3D104536626

Wow lovely, having a rethink about one night camping..thanks..

Anyone know where the showers are for general camping?

everlast75 wrote: »

Anyone know where the showers are for general camping?

I've seen them in the Hendrix campsite I don't know about the others but crew have their own showers too which is handy.

Six more sleeps for me till I'm in Stradbally.

Edit: Speaking of which, I don't know if Mimimcmc is a contributor to this thread or if he is doing the Picnic but I sent him photos through Whatsapp of the festival build for All Together Now, I can do the same for the Picnic but I need someone from the thread to add me to Whatsapp and I'll throw up some pics via whatsapp to a boardsie as I can't do boards on my phone, its a crap phone in that regard and will replace it soon.

everlast75 wrote: »

Anyone else know if joplin, chaplin have any?

Cheers

No, just Hendrix. Get there early, the queues can be mental if you leave it too late.

haitens wrote: »

1st person who pms me looking for eco camping can have my Id no. My mate couldn't get one so it's no use to me.

Pm sent