{"id":75258,"date":"2024-09-02T13:57:32","date_gmt":"2024-09-02T12:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/?p=75258"},"modified":"2026-02-23T14:07:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T13:07:36","slug":"vienna-kraft-bier-fest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/events\/vienna-kraft-bier-fest\/","title":{"rendered":"Vienna KRAFT Bier Fest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kraftbierfestsmall.jpg\" alt=\"Beer festival leaflet and glass\" class=\"wp-image-75253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kraftbierfestsmall.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kraftbierfestsmall-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>A drop of Irish Red Ale? A New England IPA? A light lager for summer? Just some of the options at a typical Vienna KRAFT Bier Fest: a beer festival that combines the joys of craft beer with a relaxing gastronomic ambience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Normally 15+ Austrian and international breweries<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Broad range of beers to try<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hosted in the Gleis\/\/Garten food hall<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>So plenty of seating and good eating<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Next dates: TBA (last one was Feb 20-21, 2026)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Book a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiqets.com\/en\/vienna-attractions-c60335\/tickets-for-craft-beer-tasting-vienna-p1035175\/?partner=visitingvienna&amp;tq_campaign=LG_AnEvent\" rel=\"sponsored\">guided craft beer tour<\/a>* in Vienna<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See also:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/beer\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"32\">Beer in Austria<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/february\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"9205\">What to do in February<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/august\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"17700\">August<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/craft-beer-vienna\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"77334\">Craft beer in Vienna<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Beer, blues &amp; bonhomie<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kraftbierfest2.jpg\" alt=\"Brewery bar with vats behind\" class=\"wp-image-75252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kraftbierfest2.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kraftbierfest2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The Vienna KRAFT on-site brewery)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes it pays to look beyond the borders of Vienna&#8217;s old town for a slice of local life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gleisgarten.com\/\">Gleis\/\/Garten food hall<\/a>, for example, is a large self-service food hall where various eateries and restaurants occupy niches around a converted tram depot filled with tables and natural d\u00e9cor. An outdoor area also has summer seating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One end of that hall houses the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.viennakraft.com\/\">Vienna KRAFT<\/a> brewery premises, serving beer direct from the tanks. That same brewery also organised the first Vienna KRAFT Bier Fest back in August 2024 in what has become a regular event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The beer festival differs a little (in a good way) from other hop-filled events I&#8217;ve visited.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kraftbierfest1.jpg\" alt=\"Man taking notes while holding a glass of beer\" class=\"wp-image-75251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kraftbierfest1.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/kraftbierfest1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Me hard at work)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Around 15 guest craft breweries each set up a table and beer dispenser within the Gleis\/\/Garten location, which carries on its normal business. This means:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Lots of seating for comparing notes with companions or casual conversation between glasses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A wide choice of food to go with your drink: from traditional Austrian fare to international offerings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A far more pleasant ambience and aesthetic than you get in large empty hall-type venues that only host events<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>A Bier Fest ticket typically entitles you to an identifying wristband and a small tasting glass to use while at the event to sample any participating beer at no extra cost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><em>Ad:<\/em><br><\/div><div data-tiqets-widget=\"discovery\" data-cards-layout=\"horizontal\" data-slug-ids=\"pro1035175,pro975419\" data-partner=\"visitingvienna\" data-tq-campaign=\"DA_CraftNasch\"><\/div><script defer src=\"https:\/\/widgets.tiqets.com\/loader.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>My initial scepticism at the &#8220;pay once&#8221; approach soon fled on my first visit. It seems to take away the stress of choice for the visitor and the stress of &#8220;token gathering&#8221; for the breweries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Combine that with the surrounds, and everything feels remarkably relaxed, mannerly, and friendly&#8230;with brewery staff happy to take time to chat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And by taking smaller measures of beer, you&#8217;re able to try more varieties than might otherwise be possible.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/gleisgartenkraftbierfest.jpg\" alt=\"The Gleis\/\/Garten food hall from outside\" class=\"wp-image-77885\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/gleisgartenkraftbierfest.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/gleisgartenkraftbierfest-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The Gleis\/\/Garten food hall)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I tend to avoid the more inventive craft beers, though an intriguing blackcurrant beer from the Czech <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nachmelenaopice.cz\/en\">Nachmelen\u00e1 Opice<\/a> brewery and a Mango Madness IPA from host Vienna KRAFT once found their way into my tasting glass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Not the kind of beers I ever anticipated enjoying back when supping a pint of 6X bitter in the misspent days of my Wiltshire youth.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nevertheless, I largely stick to various IPAs and lagers from among the 60+ craft beers usually available. Of course, one of the joys of craft beer is the inexhaustible variety and choice. So I must continue to return time and time again. It&#8217;s a tough assignment, but someone has to do it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dates, tickets &amp; tips<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I don&#8217;t have dates for the next edition at the time of writing. For the record, the previous festival took place on February 20th and 21st, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tickets are available on site or through the event website (see below).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vienna has other beer festivals through the year. See, for example, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/events\/beer-festival-2\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"17168\">Ottakringer Bierfest<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/events\/beer-festival\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"15124\">Wiener Bierfest<\/a>, though none of those are purely craft beer festivals like the Vienna KRAFT version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And, should you wish to explore the local craft beer scene in more detail, try <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/eatingdrinking\/craft-beer-vienna\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"77334\">these suggestions<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to get there<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Although outside the old town, public transport gets you to the Gleis\/\/Garten quickly. It&#8217;s around 20 minutes door-to-door from Stephansplatz in the very centre, for example.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tram: lines 6 and 18 serve the nearby Eichenstra\u00dfe stop. Both leave from Westbahnhof railway station on the U3 subway line. Catch the 18 from the Hauptbahnhof railway station, too, which is just a couple of stops on the U1 subway line from the town centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Address: Eichenstra\u00dfe 2, 1120 Vienna | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gleisgarten.com\/vienna-kraft-bier-fest\">Website<\/a> (for the event)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Irish Red Ale? A New England IPA? Perhaps a light summer lager?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":75253,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-75258","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-events","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75258"}],"version-history":[{"count":32,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":88836,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75258\/revisions\/88836"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}