Beer in Hungary
Beer in Hungary has a long tradition.
history
In the 19th century, Hungarian farmers also began to brew beer for their own use. At first, beer had a hard time asserting itself against Hungarian wine. The first commercial brewery in Hungary was founded by Peter Schmidt in Buda in 1845 , which started mass production of beer in Hungary. Anton Dreher quickly competed with him with his Austrian beer in 1862.
Production and consumption
| year |
Per capita consumption in liters |
|---|---|
| 2003 | 73.3 |
| 2004 | 64.8 |
| 2005 | 67.7 |
| 2006 | 71.5 |
| 2007 | 73.4 |
| 2008 | 71.8 |
| 2009 | 65.0 |
| 2010 | 61.0 |
| 2011 | 65.0 |
Breweries
Today there are four large breweries in Hungary , some of which belong to international groups.
Lathe operator
The Dreher Brewery (Dreher Sörgyárak) in Budapest is part of the Asahi Beer brewery group . The main beers are Dreher Classic , Arany Ászok and Kőbányai Világos Pilsener , a lager beer . But Dreher Bak , a Doppelbock beer, is also brewed. The Kanizsa brewery also belongs to Dreher.
Borsodi
The Borsodi Sörgyár kft. is majority-owned by Molson Coors Europe . In addition to the local Borsodi brand beers , Beck's , Löwenbräu , Stella Artois and Staropramen are also brewed under license .
Heineken
HEINEKEN Hungária Sörgyárak Zrt. (formerly to Brau Union ) operates breweries in Sopron (founded in 1895) and Martfű (founded in 1985). Heineken beers are Soproni , Talléros (Taler), Arany Hordó (Golden Barrel), Soproni Kinizsi , Sárkány Sör (Dragon beer ). Heineken, Amstel , Gösser , Kaiser , Steffl, Zlaty Bažant, Schlossgold and Buckler are also brewed under license .
Pécsi Sörfőzde
The Pécsi Brewery ( Pécsi Sörfőzde ) was part of the Ottakringer Brewery from 1993 to 2017 . Since then, the brewery has been owned by Hungarian shareholders again. The brands are Pécsi Szalon , Szalon Barna , Tavaszi Sör (spring beer ), Három Király (Three Kings) and, under license, Gold Fassl .
There are also other, smaller breweries .
Culture
Traditionally, Hungarians do not clash with glasses while toasting. The reason for this is that the Austrian generals celebrated the execution of the martyrs of Arad in 1849 with toasting a beer. As a result, toasting the beers was banned for 150 years. Older people still find it impolite to bump glasses. Younger people hardly know this custom anymore and are now toasting it again.
Web links
- Beer in Hungary on brunnenbraeu.eu
- A beer revolution has been going on in Budapest for a few years. on welt.de