Guinness Storehouse

The Guinness Storehouse is huge! I starts at the basement and you slowly travel through the levels and end up at the bar with a 360 degree view of Dublin. The tour is about 15 Euros and took me about 2 hours to complete. Of course I am a bit of a dawdler, so I am sure that you could see all you want in much less time.

This is a photo of the gate to REAL brewery. We're not allowed in there of course. 

As you go on to the first level off to the left is the souvenir shop. Here's a tip: I noticed that the merchandise was going for about 20% more at the official shop compared to the souvenir shops around the city. You might want to step in to one of those before you head here. Of course, there was a greater variety at the shop but I stocked up on Guinness fudge at the other store for quite a bit less. MMmmmm! That stuff was good! 

Heading straight ahead the tour started at the bottom of the "glass" formed by the construction of the building. Imbedded into the floor is a copy of the original lease for the property. The lease was set for 9000 years and for only 45 euros a year! I had to take one quickly because people kept standing on it while I was trying to take the photo. It was somewhat frustrating/hilarious.

I love the handwriting of the 18th century.

The first 2 floors covered the the process of making the Guinness. As travel up the "glass" there were some interesting facts about the history of Arthur Guinness, evolution of shipping, and lots of Guinness memorabilia. At the top there are several bars and anyone that takes the tour gets a free pint of beer. I would suggest stopping here a little later in the day; I wish that I had known that before I decided to take the tour at 11AM. Of course I got my free pint anyway. It threw off the rest of my day, but at least I was able to try it at the source! 

National Treasure Yeast

Guinness yeast is a national treasure! It was bred from Arthur Guinness' original stock and has made its way through the generations. Of course this was prop yeast. Although, I guess all you have to do to find some of the original is to buy some of the beer, lol.

There was a whole section with some weird fountains.

Does anyone else get the urge to climb up on this?

I think these are hops. Are these hops? Does anyone know?

Beautiful! Sometimes I think that I am a graphophile.

Look at the clouds; its almost like they are waves floating on the blue sky.

I also took several photos while I was at the bar. Of course, it was overcast and gray that day, but it was nice to have an arial view while I sipped my pint.

Next stop on the tour: Dublina and the Viking World.