Enjoy an evening Danube River Cruise with a 5 Tier Tasting session of carefully selected Hungarian Craft Beers and Live Music (on the evening cruise).
Inclusions of Craft Beer Cruise:
- Sightseeing on the river Danube in Budapest city
- 1.5 hour (from 4 pm) or 2 hour (from 8 pm)
- 5 Hungarian Craft Beers (5 Tier Beer Tasting) – 100ml per tasting for 5 beers
- 1 Bottle of Your Choice from the tasted beers
- Total: approx. 900 ml of specialty Craft Beers
- Breadsticks
- Additional Hungarian Beers and other drinks can be bought at the bar
- Live Gypsy Band (on 8pm cruise only)
- UNESCO World Heritage Sights in the city of Budapest
- E-Ticket via email (no printing needed)
- Note: no guide is included
Prices of Budapest Craft Beer Cruise:
€29 / person for Adults
€27.5 / person for Students (18+)
Pick Up Pier Budapest Craft Beer Cruise
The pick up point of the Budapest Craft Beer Tasting river cruise is close to the Chain Bridge, but the exact location of the pier changes from cruise to cruise depending on availabilities and the traffic on the Danube. One thing is sure though: we always leave from the city center of Budapest for your convenience. More details about the ship, and the port is given – based on your chosen date – in your confirmation email (the cruise ticket). Please print out your online tickets as proof of payment.
Embarking Time: Cruise guests are kindly asked to arrive 30 min before the cruise ship leaves the pier.
Craft Beer Tasting on Budapest Cruise
The price of the cruise includes the tasting of 5 different Hungarian Artisan Beer specialities. Each tasting is a glass of 100 ml. In the end, you can choose 1 bottle of any of the tasted beers, included in the price.
The 5 Tier Beer Tasting includes the following brews:
- Helmut: Bavarian Type wheet beer (100ml)– Alc: 5,1 %, IBU: 9, Malt: Pilsner, White Wheat, Carahell, HOP: Magnum
- Johnny Firpo: Blonde Ale (100ml) – Blonde Ale: Alc: 4,8 %, IBU: 22,9, Malt: Pale Malt, HOP: Chinook, Mosaic
- Balatonvilágosi: German Pilsner (100ml)– Alc: 5 %, IBU: 29, Malt: Pilsner, Carahell, HOP: Magnum, Hellertau Blanc
- Indian Summer: American Ipa (100ml) – Alc: 6,8 %, IBU: 70, Malt: Pale, Vienna, HOP: Magnum, Hellertau Blanc
- Charlie Firpo: Rye Ale (100ml) – Alc: 5,1 %, IBU: 30, Malt: Pale Malt, Red Rye, HOP: Magnum, Cascade, Citra, Amarillo
OR
5. Ipa Colada: Pineapple Ipa (100ml) – Alc: 7 %, IBU: 22,9, Malt: Pale Ale, HOP: Magnum, Chinook, Mosaic
Learn more about the Hungarian Craft Beers on the Budapest River Cruise:
Helmut: Bavarian Type wheat beer – Highly hopped, fruity, unfiltered lager-type beer. The beautiful hazy- yellow beer displays unique notes of yeast with banana and clove, ending with hints of refreshing citrus.

Charlie Firpo Artisan Beer Budapest
Johnny Firpo: Blonde Ale- A malt- centred American style craft beer, which is well- balanced and displays interesting notes of fruit, hop and malt. The blondish, light unfiltered beer with citrus notes is perfect for summer evenings.
Balatonvilágosi: German Pilsner- A classic unfiltered light beer with the beloved Hellertau Blanc and Magnum hop types. The refreshing golden yellow beer offers elegant and traditional flavours.
Indian Summer: American Ipa- Indian Summer has the distinction of winning the golden prize medal at the European Craft Beer Cup in January 2019. It is a classic West Coast IPA with dark amber colour and bitterish hints of Grapefruits and Oranges and sweet, resinous finish.
Charlie Firpo: Rye Ale- An APA-based brewed from Rye. The malt basic and the bitterness is completed with an extra amount of special hops. The dark, rye-brownish beer is a beloved beer of the locals.
Ipa Colada: Pineapple Ipa- The Hoppy taste is on focus in Ipa Colada, the hop base is combined with real pineapple puree to create a characteristic and refreshing fruity taste and less overall bitterness. Recommended to those who are curious about the fruity aroma of hop and find the tropical-pineapple flavour interesting.
Extra Bottle of Craft Beers:
After the Beer Tasting, you can choose 1 whole bottle (500ml) of any of the 6 beers below:
Helmut: Bavarian Type wheet beer
Johnny Firpo: Blonde Ale
Balatonvilágosi: German Pilsner
Indian Summer: American Ipa
Charlie Firpo: Rye Ale
Ipa Colada: Pineapple Ipa
Good morning. I would like to buy the tickets for the Craft Beer Cruise at 7pm but first I would need to know where is the meeting point. Thank you in advance.
Hello Nu,
thank you for your comment.
Meeting Point of the Cruise is at the Ticket Office inside the Danube Palace (Duna Palota), 5 min walk from the river Danube in Budapest city centre.
Address of Danube Palace (Meeting Point)
Duna Palota
5 Zrinyi Street (Zrinyi utca 5)
District V, Budapest, 1051
For online reservation, please follow:
https://budapestrivercruise.com/craft-beer-cruise-budapest
Have a great time on board in Budapest.
How soon before departure do we have to be there?
Dear James,
please check-in 30 minutes before the cruise starts. Thank you for your kind cooperation.
Where does the craft beer cruise leave from? Is it available every night?
Dear Elspeth,
the meeting point of the cruise is in the Danube Palace (Duna Palota), 5 Zrinyi street.
Yes, it runs every night.
Hello!
So I just booked the craft beer cruise for my fiance and I but never received an email with the tickets. Is there another way I can get them emailed to me.
Thank you,
Luke
Are the earlier cruises kid-friendly?
Hello Rachel,
thank you for your email.
Most of the daytime and many of the evening cruises are child friendly. There are some program where children under 6 or 10 can attend free of charge, while most cruises offer children / student discounts.
Please find our daytime cruises on:
https://budapestrivercruise.com/day-cruises-budapest
Looking forward to your reservation.
Does that include the Craft Beer Cruise? We would love to do it, but we have 3 kids with us who are 5 and under.
Thanks,
Rachel
Dear Rachel,
yes, kids under 6 can have free tickets on the Craft Beer Cruise.
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Hi there
Wondering if the craft beer cruise and wine tasting cruise are the same boat? I think my boyfriend would prefer the craft and me the wine!
Thanks!
Hello Ali,
yes, they are on the same boat. You can book 2 different tickets (in 2 separate bookings).
Hi I’m just wondering could my boyfriend do the beer tasting cruise and could I do the wine tasting cruise at the same time and could we still sit together? Thanks
Dear Niamh,
yes, it is possible. Please add a comment in the booking form that you would like to be seated together.
Hi, i tried booking this tour online. However, the payment failed for some reason. Can i purchase the tickets offline? Please mention the address of the ticket office for this. I want to attend the 7pm craft beer cruise today.
Hello.
I want reserved beer taesting for my family.
But my childrens dont drink.
What is the price for them 20 and 13 years?
How do i book?? For the
Thanks
Dear Bostjan,
for the children, you can book tickets with 2 drinks only. For the 7pm cruise, you can book this ticket type on the following page: https://budapestrivercruise.com/budapest-buffet-dinner-cruise
7 pm Sightseeing with 2 Drinks
Adult price: €21 per person
Student price: €19 per person
Hi!
I booked 2 tickets yesterday to the craft beer cruise. I haven’t received the tickets yet. When will they be sent to my email?
I have received my tickets now. Thank You!
Dear Roland,
yes, we have forwarded you the tickets. Have a nice time in Budapest!
Hello.
would like to book but i don’t have a Pay Pall account.
How can i buy them online?
Is it possible to do it at the Ticket Office?
And how mmuch time in advance?
Thank you!
Dear Chyssa,
thank you for your email.
Payment can be made by a standard bank card, using the interface of paypal (you do not need to have or open a paypal account or paypal card).
After filling in and submitting the booking form, please just use the PayPal Guest Checkout / check out as a Guest option, where you can enter the details of your bank card.
I would suggest online reservation, as tickets often sell out in advance.
https://budapestrivercruise.com/craft-beer-cruise-budapest
I hope I could be of help.
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We would like to buy tickets at the ticket office instead of online. Is this possible? We will take our chances. Thank you.
Dear Amy,
thank you for your inquiry.
We have contacted you via email.
Hi,
I’ve booked 4 tickets to the craft beer cruise but it’s possible one of our group won’t like craft beers! Is it possible to substitute for another alcohol? Is there a bar on board that we could buy additional drinks at?
Thanks in advance.
Dear Lou,
thank you, we will soon be in touch with you via email.
hi , we have booked two tickets for the craft beer cruise and haven’t received any e tickets . can you look in to this please
Dear Mark, thank you for your comment. We have contacted you in a separate email (address) that you provided. We hope you will have a great evening cruising on the Danube in Budapest!
Hi I have the same problem. I booked today two tickets. I received the email confirming the payment but not the tickets. can you sent them to me or tell me what to do ?
Dear Ylenia,
thank you for contacting us.
I would like to confirm that we have received your booking, and the confirmation email has automatically been sent to your given email address.
I have now forwarded it from our backup email address.
Please check the spam folder of your mailbox too.
Could you please let us know if you have received it?
Thank you for your kind cooperation.
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Hi,I would like to book the craft beer cruise for 14 people for this Saturday but the date selection space on this website doesn’t let me enter any dates. Can you help me with this?
Dear Peter,
we will soon contact you via email.
Hope we can welcome you on board!