Budapest downtown beer festival kicks off!

The festival will offer 250 beer specialities produced by Hungarian and international makers. The event will start on 29 August and will end on 3 September. The festival’s top supporter is Spar Magyarország.

According to Blikk, a Hungarian tabloid, the festival’s venue will be Budapest’s illustrious Szabadság Square, which is located close to the Danube River and the Hungarian Parliament. Apart from the more than 250 types of beers, there will a mouthwatering array of street food. Furthermore, there will be concerts and DJ sets. You don’t have a date yet to the festival? HERE is all you have to know about dating a Hungarian.

The organisers said they would bring the most well-known English beermakers to Budapest. Moreover, you can also relish a number of exceptional flavoured Hungarian beers, along with several other kinds of IPA beers. The organisers also came up with the festival’s official beer based on social media votes. Needless to say, you will be able to taste that, too.

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The beer cup is the entrance fee to the festival

The 2023 winner of the “beer of the festival” title was based on a sabro-mosaic-amarillo hop combination. Its name is Festival Hippie, it is an IPA and its alcohol content is 5.6% . It comes with a tropical note.

You can buy the speciality at the booth of Spar Magyarország in 0.33l cans. Of course, the draught version is also available at the festival. Spar will offer 15 more types of beer from Fehér Nyúl Turbid to Szent András Napkincs.

Furthermore, festivalgoers may also benefit from a discount programme. If you make a purchase at Spar, Interspar and City Spar stores for more than HUF 15 thousand (EUR 40) between 10 and 23 August, you will get a coupon with which you can buy the unique festival cup for 50% less at the festival’s cup points. Otherwise, you have to get that cup for the full price because that is how you can purchase draught beer at the free-entry festival. There are two versions, the premium costs HUF 3,499 (EUR 9), while the exclusive sits at HUF 4,999 (EUR 13). You may find more info at the festival’s official Facebook page (HERE), Instagram site (HERE), and website (HERE). Click HERE for a photo gallery.

Here is a video of the 2022 beer festival: