Guiness Brewery & Museum

Advantages: free pint at the end, you can say you've seen some Irish culture
Disadvantages: not a lot to see

Whilst in Dublin for our girly weekend, we thought it would be criminal if we didn't visit the Guinness Storehouse. Opting to do this as part of an open top tour of Dublin on an averagely chilly Sunday morning, we waited paitently for the tour to reach our destination. In our haste we tried to get off the bus too quickly, and the tour guide decided to make fun of us, but in our embarrassment we soon realised that half the tour bus emptied out at ...
...there for the same reason. The bus dropped us off in the middle of an industrial estate, and I found myself wondering if we were in the right place as it looked desolate, but soon found as we turned a corner, there was a nice big entrance showing us the way in to the black stuff. Being a Sunday morning we thought it would be fairly quiet, but the queues were really long. Patiently and still hungover we waited in the queue, wondering if we would ... Read review

Advantages: Good, Clean, Family fun, educational and midly entertaining...FREE PINT TOO :D
Disadvantages: Dull in parts, was not what i was expecting

...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 ...
...get your own drop of guiness to take home with you. As you go in, you are treated to various displays of all the ingredients, machinery, and demonstrations of the processes by which Guiness is brewed. The tour is self guided, you follow the arrows and work your way up the floors to the top of the building. To be fair, most of this is pretty boring. Although i hear it has been recently refurbished, there are very funky lighting effects and a very ... Read review

Advantages: Free pint of Guinness!
Disadvantages: A bit dull in parts

I have recently returned from a trip with my girlfriend to Dublin. While over there, we made The Guinness Storehouse (Museum & Brewery) our top priority for an attraction to visit. I actually felt a little bit concerned walking up to the Storehouse, as it seemed to be quite deserted and it appeared as if we were walking through a Victorian industrial estate! However saying all that we went through the entrance where we found plenty of people waiting ...
...in was (in sterling) around £7 for concessions or £11 full price. For that you gain access to the museum, a paperweight with a blob of Guinness, a map and a free pint of the black stuff, or a soft drink if you so choose. The six-story museum itself is very interesting in parts, but in others it is dreary. It is a self-guided tour, in which you follow the arrows around and then up each floor until you reach the Gravity Bar (more of that later) What ... Read review

Advantages: interesting and excellent value for money - great view!
Disadvantages: none really!

The Guinness Museum (now known as the Guinness Storehouse) is based in the original fermentation plant on the St James's Gate site in Dublin, Ireland. The building in which the exhibition is based was a working building for Guinness as recently as 1988, although the exhibition itself is far more recent than this, having been revamped within the last year. As you walk in to the exhibition the first exhibit on display is the original lease signed ...
...the exhibition stands. The original lease for the site is for 9,000 years, but I'll not spoil the surprise and let you visit the museum for yourself in order to find out why that was! The exhibition itself consists of displays on a number of different floors giving details of the ingredients and processes used in brewing Guinness, the people involved and various titbits of history. The displays are striking and well put together and involve video, ... Read review

Advantages: Pull your own pint
Disadvantages: The price...if you come from a Euro country

I've always been a big fan of Guinness. During my first trip to Dublin i decided not to go to visit the Guinness Brewery because coming from an "Euro-currency" country, the entry price looked a bit too high to me. I regretted it immediately and on my second trip to Dublin, last March i decided to give it a go. (also i booked online and I managed to save money on the price of the ticket). Our visit to the brewery took place on the best day of the ...
...day. On this special occasion it was possible to have, amongst various samples of different Guinness, free oysters. The visit starts from the bottom floor where you can see/touch/smell all the ingredients that will form the black stuff. Then it goes up from floor to floor showing facts, history and curiosities about this world wide famous drink. Be careful not to miss the chance to pull your own pint (and have a certificate to show this skill!) ... Read review

Advantages: Pocket City
Disadvantages: Becoming Anglicised

..., and I always go there when I visit Dublin is Escape in Bray , 1 Albert Ave,. The Dart railway will take you there. It is veggie, cheap and great. 6. Temple Bar, This is NOT Dublin as my wife knows it and is frequented by tourists. Moore Street area is better for Dublin life. 7. Places to visit- natural history museum, art gallery, Guiness brewery, Grafton st, mountjoy prison, Slatteries pub, post Office, Joyces museum, Phoenix Park not the Zoo, OConnell street, St Stephens Green, Trinity College (book of Kells). 8. Enjoy yourselves and dont let us down.... Read review

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