The Guinness Brewery was founded in 1759 by Arthur Guinness. He became famous for the 9,000-year lease that he signed for this brewery.
The first thing I thought of when we got to Guinness was the look of the gates. It’s like walking up to the entrance of Willie Wonka’s factory.
As I walked through those gates and looked at the inside of the building, it was confirmed to me that this was exactly like the Wonka factory.
There were stairs crisscrossing and going in every direction.
Each floor offered something unique to look at. There was a floor designated to their different marketing campaigns. This is where you will see the most interesting statues and displays.
Part of the tour took us into the tasting room. This is where they talked about the brewing process for Guinness.
There were these white vats that had the aroma of hops emanating. You could lean over and smell. In reality after looking at the photos, it just looks like I was smelling a toilet.
Then we went into another room where we got a small glass of Guinness (like a shot glass). This is where they taught us the proper way of pouring and tasting Guinness. The room was packed. We could not stay here for long because another group was coming in right behind us.
After wandering around the different floors, we made our way to the very top. This is where the roof top bar is located. Up here is where we got our official pint of Guinness.
This bar had a 360 degree view of Dublin with glass windows all around. It was cool to get to see Dublin from so high up. I was never able to see if myself, but we were told that the entire Guinness building is built to look like a pint of Guinness, and the bar was located in the “foam”.
This was a fun stop that we got to learn a lot. It was also a great place to meet people from all over the world.
Check out all the history at guinness-storehouse.com
Enjoy!
T
