4 Foolproof Ways to Sneak Booze Into Outside Lands

By Joe Starkey

Published on 8/6/2014 at 3:00 AM

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Outside Lands is almost here, and while we're all excited about finally getting to see Robert DeLong live, we're a little less excited about how much booze costs at this festival. Unfortunately, booze is one of A LOT of things you are not allowed to bring with you into the park.

Coincidentally, we wrote this article about four ways to sneakily hide booze in everyday objects that would pass inspection and be allowed into the park. But we definitely in no way endorse doing it, because that would be against the rules. So check out these nifty hacks, fellow rule-followers, and definitely don't use them to bring alcohol into Outside Lands. Or something.

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1. The beer-ito


You will need:
1) A tall boy of your favorite beer
2) A giant tortilla
3) Aluminum foil
4) Basic wrapping abilities (basic rapping abilities not required)

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STEP ONE: Place your tall boy squarely in the center of the tortilla.
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STEP TWO: Wrap the tortilla around the can, making sure the ends fold over and stay in place.
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STEP THREE: Aluminum foil wrap it, and voila! Burrito! (May not pass an actual touch-test.)
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2. Boozy bears


You will need:
1) Gummy bears
2) Alcohol

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STEP ONE: Carefully open a small hole in the top of your candy's package.
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STEP TWO: Pour alcohol in, put in the fridge, and soak overnight. Just make sure you use the right kind of gummy.
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3. Booze-screen


You will need:
1) Sunscreen bottle
2) More alcohol

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STEP ONE: Empty the sunscreen bottle, and wash very thoroughly (no one wants their alcohol to taste like coconut flavoring... unless they like Malibu).

STEP TWO: Fill with booze of your choice.

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4. A Pringles can o' mini-bottles


You will need:
1) A Pringles can of your favorite flavor
2) Three to four airplane-size bottles of alcohol

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STEP ONE: Remove the chips (don't eat all of them), making sure to keep part of the cover attached.
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STEP TWO: Place 3-4 mini-bottles in the can, along with a handful of chips.
STEP THREE: Close the lid (re-glue it if you want bonus points).
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And there you have it: four ways to hide booze in normal items that we do not recommend using to sneak into Outside Lands. We really cannot emphasize that enough.

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This article originally published August 6, 2014.