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Guinness Storehouse Tour
location_on Dublin, Ireland
schedule 2 hours
Overview
Work your way up seven floors of the Guinness Storehouse at St James’s Gate, following the stout from barley, hops, yeast and water to the finished pint. The visit is self-guided, so you set the pace, and it ends in the glass-walled Gravity Bar at the top of the building.
Highlights
- Brewing floors: The four ingredients and how they become Guinness, explained step by step.
- Guinness Archive: Photographs and memorabilia from the brewery’s past.
- Advertising floor: Decades of Guinness ads, from the toucan to “Guinness is Good for You”.
- Gravity Bar: Your pint or soft drink with a 360-degree view across Dublin to the Wicklow Mountains.
Good to know
- Time on site: About 2 hours at your own pace.
- Activity level: Easy indoor walking across seven floors, with plenty of standing at exhibits.
- Pairs well with: The Cliffs of Moher Cruise on a separate day – it is on the west coast.
Facts
History
- Arthur Guinness signed a 9,000-year lease on the St James’s Gate brewery on 31 December 1759, at £45 a year.
- The Storehouse was built between 1902 and 1904 as the brewery’s fermentation plant.
- It opened to the public as the Guinness Storehouse in 2000.
Did you know?
- The building is reputedly the earliest steel-framed multi-storey building in Britain and Ireland.
- The central atrium is shaped like a pint glass – filled, it would hold some 14.3 million pints.
Tour manager tips
- The original lease is displayed on the ground floor – point it out before the group spreads out.
- With seven floors to explore, agree a regroup time and floor before people go their own way.
- Non-drinkers can take a soft drink instead of the pint at the Gravity Bar.
Included in the price
Included
- Guinness Storehouse admission, self-guided across all seven floors
- One pint of Guinness or a soft drink at the Gravity Bar
- All taxes and booking fees
Not included: Hotel transfers, food, additional drinks, gratuities, personal expenses.
Please note: Access depends on the ticket type booked and on the attraction being open on the day of your visit. Photo ID is needed to claim an alcoholic drink; under-18s receive a soft drink.
Meeting point
Guinness Storehouse entrance
St James's Gate, Dublin 8, D08 VF8H, Ireland
Entry fees for museums, monuments and civic sites are set by the authority that runs each one and can change without notice. Figures here are a guide; your final quote confirms them.
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