From Tuesday to Sunday, visitors to the Downtown Beer Festival on Szabadság Square can sample more than 250 types of specialty beers from 30 domestic and international breweries, according to SPAR Hungary, the event's sponsor, in a statement to MTI on Tuesday. The Downtown Beer Festival has opened its doors for the ninth time in […]

Having started production in 1973, the history of Borsodi Brewery dates back almost half a century, and it went to private ownership 20 years later when privatized by the Belgian firm Interbrew. In 2012, the latter was taken over by the American-Canadian Molson Coors Brewing Company, the world’s fifth biggest brewer. Borsodi’s General Manager Zsolt […]

In the first four months of this year, the production of the five largest Hungarian beer producers was 1.6 million hectoliters and their domestic sales 1.7 million hectoliters, the former 8 % and the latter 4 % lower than in the same period of 2019, the director of the 30-year-old Association of Hungarian Brewers, Sándor […]

Hungarian small-scale breweries will be hosting a free nationwide event on Saturday, May 21, with beer tastings, brewery demonstrations and colorful programs. Now in its fourth year, the Open Breweries Day will feature 24 Hungarian breweries and several new beers brewed for the occasion will also be on offer. In addition to tasting and buying […]

It was thirty years ago that the Kőbánya Brewery became a shareholding company, it was 25 years ago that it took up the name Dreher Breweries and it will be five years this April that the Japanese Asahi Group Holding announced completing the acquisition of the company among other businesses in the region. On all […]

HEINEKEN, renowned for its commitment to quality and innovation, wants to be carbon neutral in its operations by 2030. As a first step, HEINEKEN has removed all PET packaging from production, making it the first PET-free beer producer on the Hungarian market. Its Hungarian subsidiary is also promoting greater sustainability through its commitment to quality […]

Although Borsodi Brewery's results last year fell short of the previous, highly successful year, the company was able to retain all its employees despite the challenges caused by the coronavirus epidemic, the company told the Hungarian state news agency MTI. According to publicly available data, the net sales of Borsodi Brewery in 2019 were HUF […]

Diplomacy&Trade has recently published a special section on the occasion of the Czech National Day with special emphasis on beer. This piece about the Czech Republic being the second major hop producing country in Europe has been provided by the Czech Embassy. In the Czech Republic, there are three regions where hops are grown, of […]

Diplomacy&Trade has recently published a special section on the occasion of the Czech National Day with special emphasis on beer. This piece on the connection between beer and food has been provided by the Czech Embassy. We often talk about pairing beer and food. But what happens when we add beer to food? According to […]

As health consciousness is gaining ground worldwide, brewers are hopping on the innovation wagon to keep up with shifting consumer demands. HEINEKEN Hungary is developing novel brewing techniques at its Sopron Brewery as focus shifts toward premium products and alcohol-free beers. Beer and Sopron share a history spanning several centuries. The western Hungarian city, which […]