IMPERIAL – BE OUR SPECIAL GUEST LIKE THERE WAS NO TOMORROW
DOUBLE TASTING SESSIONS / FRIDAY – SATURDAY 30-31st MAY 2025
Two 6 hours long tasting sessionS (from 14:00-20:00) with unlimited beer tastings included in the ticket price on the 24-25th May 2025.
The concept for both the Friday and Saturday tasting sessions is 2 (+2) taps for all breweries, and 1 keg of each beer per session. Once a keg is done, the beer is gone for that session. Breweries are allowed to do a beer change at halftime of the session (so at 5pm) on both taps.
This means you can taste up to 4 beers from a brewery per session, and we will have completely different beer lists on both Friday and Saturday.
A UNIQUE VINTAGE TASTING GLASS
Once you check in at the festival, you will get a unique tasting glass with the annual BPBW logo on it. The tasting quantity is 1dl for each beer (0.5dl for the more exclusive / strong ones) to make sure that you can taste as many beers as possible. Needless to say, but feel free to ask for 0.5dl only from any type of beer to try most of them and survive the long sessions.
If you lose or break your tasting glass you can buy another one at our official merch desk for 2000 HUF.
EARLY ENTRY
Skip the lines, enter the Tasting Sessions at 13:30 and start tasting beers half an hour earlier than the official kickoff.
AFTERPARTIES / FRIDAY – SATURDAY 30-31st MAY 2025
The core events, the Tasting Sessions will be followed by huge afterparties including the wildest bands and performers from Hungary’s diverse music scene.
After the Tasting Session the day is not over yet, the evening goes on with live bands, selectors, DJs playing great music at the same venue, and there will be a special selection of beers on tap from the BPBW 2025 participating breweries. Two festivals for a price of one, we could say!
ENCORE DAY UNLIMITED / SUNDAY 1st JUNE 2025
On Sunday the 1st June 2025 an Encore Day will take place at Dürer Kert, the same location as of the Tasting Sessions. Here we can neither guarantee personal representation from all breweries, nor that all beers from the Friday-Saturday Tasting Sessions will be available. But these things are for sure: our favourite bands, DJs, street food joints and your unlimited tastings on all draft beers available at the BPBW stands just like previously during the Tasting Sessions.
GO FULL CRAFT ALL WEEK LONG
We kindly invite you to spend the whole week and enjoy the flow with us and our guests in person, particularly during our main events from the 30th May, Friday to the 1st June, Sunday. Needless to say though, it would be great to have you here for the whole week (from 26th May to 1st June), as Budapest has a lot to discover beyond its beer scene. We will do our best to make you feel like you are home away from home. That is why we offer you 10% discount on all draft, canned and bottled beers at our partner venues all week long during the official events (certain bars will extend this discount to other products, like food, merch, etc.), the Afterparties and on our Encore Day. The discount applies to all canned/bottled beers and merch bought at the BPBW bottle shop and merch stands.
BPBW MEETUP & CONFERENCE
BPBW Meetup is an annual conference representing the craft beer industry covering all areas of it from raw materials to serving with seminars by industry leader companies and individuals both from Hungary and beyond our borders. The BPBW Meetup & Conference will be held on Thursday May 29th 2025 in Budapest and we look forward welcome you at this meetup since your ticket includes the entry to this event as well. Be our guest for a lunch (served between 12:00-14:00) and for the official beer of the festival (served for you until 17:00 for free). Meet our exhibitors, supporters and the participating breweries and let’s have some beers together.
EXCLUSIVE MERCH
Similarly to the previous years, we’ll prepare a unique merch gift made exclusively for our Imperial guests.
SPECIAL PERKS
Grab your 10% discount on all draft, canned and bottled beers at our partner venues all week long at the official events (certain bars will extend this discount to other products, like food, merch, etc.), the Afterparties and on our Encore Day. We will let you know our event calendar and participating venues where you can validate it. You can exchange your ticket for a wristband both at the gates of the tasting sessions and at selected venues earlier during the week. Just show your wristband at the bar/ cash desks of the participating venues, and you will get your special discount when paying. The discount also applies to all canned/bottled beers and merch bought at the BPBW bottle shop and merch stands during the weekend events.
