Hungary's first craft-beer festival 'Főzdefeszt' will be held on 13 - 14 May at Mikszáth Kálmán Square - in the middle of the inner 8th district in Budapest. Organisers wish to showcase the "unknown achievements of Hungarian craft-beer" that has been largely overlooked until now, due to Hungary's primary classification as a wine-country. At this special event 10 microbreweries will bring more than 200 barrels of 'craft-beer' to Budapest from all corners of the country.Visitors will have a chance to taste Korty, the most famous Hungarian beer-specialty, fermented with Tokaji Aszú, usually only on tap in Miskolc and Prague, or the 10% strong black beer brewed with blueberry on the southern parts of Alföld, or the Millet-Beer, brewed to double gravity especially for our Festival.
There will be some beer-premiers on Fõzdefeszt as well - the premier of Grabanc IPA - the first Hungarian IPA, and Keserû Méz (Bitter Moon), the first Hungarian hop-lager, a substyle just invented to refer to a specially hopped light unfiltered lager - Hungary's answer to American IPA.
Special guests from abroad include the renowned Pivovarsky Dùm from Prague, with their festive green beer brewed with nettle, and Slovakia's No1 craft-brewery, Kaltenecker from Rozsnyó with a rauchbier among others. We shall also introduce Hungarian audience to Gösser's most distinguished, hiding beer-specialty, Gösser Zwickl, which is a beautiful unfiltered barleybeer.
The organisers goal is to start a beer-revolution in Hungary, to make quality 'real beer' available to everybody. Food will also be served at the event by the eight participating pubs, and one of Hungary's most exciting gastro-blogs, 'Malackaraj'.
Click here for the detailed program (in Hungarian)
For more details you can email Daniel Bart by clicking here (if you need it his mobile is + 36 20 386 31 50).
Venue address: 1088 Budapest, Mikszáth Kálmán tér
How to get there
Source: fozdefeszt.hu
13.05.2011