While the world’s biggest beer bash is under way in Bavaria, Budapest joins the high-spirited celebrations to honor intoxicating suds with a trio of festivals happening citywide. Beginning today, District VIII’s stylish Corvin Promenade hosts a small-scale beer festival with plenty of local and international breweries. Next month, bibulous crowds make a pilgrimage to Budapest’s Kincsem Park racetrack to raise glasses for the city’s own Oktoberfest, and in November, the historic Hotel Gellért welcomes everyone of drinking age for a night of unlimited beer on tap and tasty nibbles.

Corvin Beer Festival

Do you enjoy when the aroma of malts, hops, brewer’s yeast, and barley combines into smooth-flowing flavors in your mouth? If the answer is yes, then you can don your autumn jacket right away and head out to Corvin Promenade, where select Hungarian and international breweries come together to celebrate IPAs, lagers, and stouts for four days beginning today with a summer-closing mini-festival. Besides the foamy potables, visitors can consume varied street-food treats, including sausages, grilled meats, goose cracklings, and cheese specialties.

Date: September 21-24
Location: Budapest 1083, Corvin Promenade More details

Oktoberfest Budapest

This year, the local edition of Oktoberfest moves from its former city-center location to Budapest’s biggest horse track, where covered tents provide high-spirited shelter for beer guzzlers. Those who head out to Kincsem Park during October 5-8 can experience something of the feeling of Bavaria’s alcohol- and food-infused fiesta, where barrels of beer star while joyous yodeling entertain revelers late into the night. Oktoberfest tickets are available for purchase on the event’s website and on the spot, but it’s recommended to buy passes in advance – pre-purchased tickets include free bus transfers between the M2 metro station of Stadionok to the festival grounds; otherwise a one-way ticket to ride the bus costs 300 forints per person.

Date: October 5-8Location: Kincsem ParkMore details

Boutique Beer Festival

Linked to the annual St. Martin’s Day Festival, some of the country’s best wineries fill the historic riverfront Danubius Hotel Gellért to celebrate one of Hungary’s patron saints – St. Martin of Tours – with fine libations for an extended weekend. Day 0 of the event is usually dedicated to high-quality Magyar brews, and visitors who buy tickets for the opening evening on November 9th can attend a special beer course with artisanal suds, while enjoying unlimited consumption of 20 different types of craft beers and fine finger foods throughout the grand gala.

Date: November 9th, 6pm-10pmLocation: Danubius Hotel GellértMore details