Hopaholic on Akacfa utca in the Jewish Quarter is a craft beer bar pouring 10 rotating Hungarian and European taps, with 400 bottles in the cooler, the Budapest beer geek's stop.
Must order: A half-pint flight of Hungarian IPAs with a side of Czech-style hermelin pickled cheese.
Tip: Closed Sundays; the menu rotates fast, check the chalkboard before the bar.
Address: Akácfa utca 38, 1072 Budapest
Lehuto on Hollo utca near Gozsdu Udvar is a small Budapest craft beer bar with six Hungarian taps and 30 bottles, now run as the Horizont brewery taproom, no music.
Order: A half-pint of the freshest Hungarian IPA on the board.
Tip: Now Horizont's taproom; the kitchen runs Spanish tapas, bring or grab from Karavan around the corner.
Elesztohaz on Tuzolto utca in Ferencvaros is a ruin-bar craft beer hall with 21 Hungarian taps in a former glass factory, a Budapest beer pilgrimage in the 9th district.
Order: A flight of four small pours from rotating Hungarian micro-breweries.
Tip: Daily 15:00 to 04:00; food is bistro-Hungarian, served until 23:00.
Lehuto on Hollo utca near Gozsdu Udvar is a small Budapest craft beer bar with six Hungarian taps and 30 bottles, now run as the Horizont brewery taproom, no music.
Order: A half-pint of the freshest Hungarian IPA on the board.
Tip: Now Horizont's taproom; the kitchen runs Spanish tapas, bring or grab from Karavan around the corner.
Jonas Craft Beer & Food in Bikas park, the Buda 11th-district relocation since 2022, pours rotating Hungarian and European craft beers lakeside with a meat-heavy kitchen.
Order: A half-pint flight of three Hungarian beers with the Hungarian charcuterie board.
Tip: 100m from the Bikas park metro stop; the lakeside terrace fills first on summer nights.
Madhouse on Anker koz, opposite Deak ter, is the central taproom of Hungarian craft brewery Mad Scientist with 24 rotating taps of in-house IPAs, sours and stouts in Budapest.
Order: A flight of three Mad Scientist taps from the rotating board.
Tip: Steps from Deak Ferenc ter; the bistro menu pairs Hungarian classics with the brewery's deepest list.