Guiness Brewery

When i embarked on my trip to Dublin, I think both myself, and my fellow male companions (no remarks there please) were in no doubt that a trip to the birth place of Guiness was on the cards. Prior to Dublin, i had only ever had one pint of Guiness in my life. About a week before my trip, i had one simply to see if i could handle it, as I assumed i would be drinking alot. It turned out, i couldn't. Infact you might have said it was absolutely disgusting. We all agreed on this point. Nevertheless, i still wanted to go to the brewery, just because...well you know..to say I'd been. The price was around €14, but i remember i got in for about ...

I read about the Guinness Storehouse on Ciao about two years ago, and decided it would have to be on my list of attractions to visit on my next visit to Dublin; the thought of a complimentary pint of Guinness after browsing through seven floors of attractions of liquid black gold artefacts, being just to tempting to refuse. The museum is open seven days a week, with the exception of Xmas Eve ? Boxing Day and Good Friday. During the summer the Storehouse is open until 9pm at night, although for the rest of the year, the Storehouse closes at 5pm. Opening time is from 930am each day. The Storehouse itself is based at the Guinness Factory on the banks of ...

Dublin = Guinness, Guinness= Dublin. You cant separate the two! You're surrounded everywhere you go by advertising, souvenirs and the fact that the brewery covers rather a large area of the city! So a visit to the Guinness Store House is almost obligatory, its rather an imposing building, part of the still working brewery which stills produces 10 million pints of the stuff EVERY DAY and its a massive 7 seven storeys high. Standing the reception its an awesome mix of brick, metal and glass, a see-through elevator goes right to the top and at quite an alarming speed! The entrance fee isn't too bad, 12 euros for an adult, 10 for students and OAPs ...