Dublin's Best Brewery & Distillery Tour

Our Local Expert Says:

Visiting Dublin without seeing the Guinness Storehouse is like seeing Paris without the Eiffel Tower, New York minus the Statue of Liberty, or London without Big Ben!

Description:

Dublin's most popular and most spectacular visitor attraction, the Storehouse is a modern Disneyesque visitor centre, right at the heart of today's working brewery, set inside a beautifully converted fermentation building used between 1904 and 1988. It comprises seven floors of exposed glass and steel, linked by a giant atrium. There is all manner of historical and modern brewing paraphernalia to marvel at but do note that visitors do not get to see the actual brewing process taking place - though it is all happening just a few yards away from where you stand. Each floor deals with the process of making and marketing Guinness, from its origins in 1759 right up until today. It's a fascinating story, tracing ingredient, the brewing process, transportation (much more interesting that it sounds!). the tasting laboratory, advertising ( many people's favourite area), and finally the stylish 7th floor Gravity Bar. You'll never taste a better pint of Guinness in your life than the one that is served up here, and with its full-length glass walls and 360-degree views, the only better view of Dublin is from a helicopter. Slainte!

Description:

If whiskey is your poison, get ready to indulge to your heart's content. After the educational tour of the distillery, and your careful attention to the historical overview, retire to the in-house pub and make a little whiskey history of your own. There's also a restaurant with fixed price menus for lunch and dinner. Guided tour is €13.50 including a fully tutored whiskey tasting, complete with taste comparisons and if your lucky you might even get your own whiskey tasting certificate.

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Messrs Maguire is a refreshing combination of the old and new Dublin. Rickety wooden staircases and wall to wall bookshelves make for a traditional atmosphere, but the crowd seem a lot more boisterous than that. Messrs Maguire also boasts its very own micro-brewery, offering an alternative to the often uninspired range of beer available in other pubs.

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This is Dublin's first microbrewery pub and it's well worth a visit. Right in the middle of the action in Temple Bar, it offers a constantly changing range of its own ales, lagers, and stouts in a laid-back folksy atmosphere with plenty of room to sit. With a good menu of Irish food (Irish stew, bangers and mash, steak pie) it makes a reasonably priced choice for lunch as well.