The Guinness Storehouse

Day Three in Dublin Continues... 

Damien, our Monograms tour host, dropped us off at the Guinness Storehouse after our morning tour around the city of Dublin on day three. We had purchased our Guinness tour tickets online for noon. 

We had a fascinating tour of the St. Jame's Gate Brewery at the Guinness Storehouse which sometimes felt like being in an enormous commercial but a really interesting one. The tour took us through seven floors of beer making and the history of beer starting with the ingredients on the first floor and ending at a glass enclosed pub on the top floor.

One floor was dedicated to Guinness advertising over the years. There was an exhibit on the making of barrels that I found very interesting. There was a restaurant on the fifth floor that specialized in Irish cuisine using Guinness in the cooking and as an accompaniment to the food. We had a quick snack and headed up to the rooftop.

The Gravity Bar on the roof had spectacular views of Dublin from all sides. We hung out there for admiring the views while I drank Guinness Stout and Becky had a Guinness Lager. It was amazing to see all the large cranes across the skyline of Dublin.

We left in the early afternoon and started walking through the working class Liberties neighborhood on our way to St. Patrick's Cathedral.