A loud beer feast

Budapest dwellers seem to be thirsty for beer festivals – the four-day beer feast held in Buda Castle was so crowded that one could hardly move. Domestic artisan breweries and stands serving Belgian, German, Czech, English and Irish beers were all present and people were forming long queues to quench theirs thirst with quality beers. We do not know in advance how much Hungarian beer consumption will profit from a festival organised by a brewery that owns one third of the domestic beer market. Our magazine’s view is that beer needs strong ‘mentors’ in Hungary.