District 9 held their indoor beer festival over the weekend, mapping out a community that involved 18 bars spanning a distance of 1999 meters serving 99 different craft beers on tap. By visiting each participating venue for a beer and collecting their stamp, you could do the ultimate Budapest craft beer tour. Challenge accepted!
And to help give a visual documentation of our D9 beer tour, we flew in London-based photographer and Budapest craft beer enthusiast Claudio Saroldi to tag along.
Day 1
| 1st location: | Monyó Café |
| Beers we tried: | Invisible Bikini Porter, 60′ Shades of Kohatu IPA |
| Comments: | Features a daily rotating tap list from their wide selection of beers. |
| 2nd location: | Buddog |
| Beers we tried: | Xmoke üveg |
| Comments: | The pull pork sandwich was nicely washed down with a nice craft beer. |
| 3rd location: | Beer to go |
| Beers we tried: | Fekete erdő, Ogre |
| Comments: | Really large bottle selection from most of the local breweries. |
| 4th location: | Green Sheep |
| Beers we tried: | Golden Age, Busó |
| Comments: | Nice cozy bar with a selection of their own brew as well as some bottled German beers. |
| 5th location: | Jónás Kézműves Sörház |
| Beers we tried: | Kabrió, Ravasz Hód |
| Comments: | Beautiful location on the Danube River with an equally beautiful selection of their own brew as well as other local beers. |
| 6th location: | Importer |
| Beers we tried: | Signature Pale Ale, Atom Camomile |
| Comments: | As the name says, come here to try some imported craft beer on tap that you won’t get anywhere else in the city. |
| 7th location: | Tompa Angyal Bisztró & Kávézó |
| Beers we tried: | Laško Zlatorog, Laško Dark |
| Comments: | A nice basement bar with a terrace for the summertime. |
| 8th location: | Élesztőház |
| Beers we tried: | C10, III – cask ale |
| Comments: | This is the secret hub of Hungarian craft beer featuring the largest selection of local beer on tap. The final stop on our standard Budapest craft beer tour, Élesztő was celebrating it’s 3rd birthday this weekend by serving their first cask ale. |
| 9th location: | Pepin |
| Beers we tried: | Düsseldorf alt, Halál |
| Comments: | A small but intimate bar with friendly staff and a nice selection of bottled and draft beer. |
| 10th location: | Hazai kézműves finomságok |
| Beers we tried: | WHT IPA |
| Comments: | This is a shop that sells home farmed products such as sausage, salami, cheese, and bottles of craft beer of course. Make sure you try their tasty ham. |
| 11th location: | Mandarin Cafe & Bistro |
| Beers we tried: | 222, Ale Capone |
| Comments: | Not too much on tap here, but we were able to try a couple of tasty bottled ales here. |
| 12th location: | Skanzenclub |
| Beers we tried: | Pokerface, Jézus Ale |
| Comments: | Come here to smoke inside, tap your own beer and pledge your donations for the “service”. |
| 13th location: | Cech-In Lónyay |
| Beers we tried: | Flying could IPA |
| Comments: | Features some Czech style pilsners but we went with the IPA. |
| 14th location: | iF Jazz Café |
| Beers we tried: | Equinox, Sydanpuu sahti |
| Comments: | A great place to listen to some jazz and have a drink. |
Day 2
| 15th location: | Pesti Burger és Bár |
| Beers we tried: | Pesti Csapolt |
| Comments: | Without a doubt, the best burger in Budapest. We had to go back the next day it was so yummy. And they served their own beer as well. |
| 16th location: | Manga Cowboy |
| Beers we tried: | Zubr Barna, Primátor Buza |
| Comments: | An interesting Japanese anime concept bar on the busy Ráday utca. |
| 17th location: | Kaltenberg Sörház & Étterem |
| Beers we tried: | Kaltenberg Barna, Kaltenberg Lager |
| Comments: | A Bavarian style beer hall serving hearty German food and a very delicious unfiltered lager brewed in the cellar. |
| 18th location: | Doktor Blažej |
| Beers we tried: | Primátor IPA, Primátor Premium Dark |
| Comments: | A great selection of Primátor beers. This was a nice way to end our tour. |
All photos by Claudio Saroldi. You may visit website to see the complete set of photos from our tour.
Success! We were able to collect stamps from all 18 venues on the map. By the end of the festival, we had discovered a few new places that we did not know about before as well as spend some time with the D9 community during an exciting weekend. Great work for everyone involved.
So….. ARE YOU READY to come on the next Budapest craft beer tour?
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