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Drinking at the Guinness Factory … Twice!

02/16/17 | Dublin, Europe, Ireland, Travel

A Miniature Pint in the Guinness Tasting Room

If we are friends in real life you will know beer is not usually my first choice but I made an exception while in Ireland last Fall – not only did I drink beer but I visited the Guinness Storehouse, often called the Guinness Factory, not once but twice!   The first time I went after my morning at Kilmainham Gaol and feeding the deer in Phoenix Park, hence the same oxblood pants, and I visited Guinness at dusk as a coworker told me the sunset from the rooftop sky bar was not to be missed.  

Now I have been to a ton of museums in my life and this was one of the best interactive, well laid out museums I have ever been to where you enter on the first floor and slowly work your way up half a dozen floors learning how they make Guinness, the history of the brand, explore their decades of advertising, learn about the different aspects that go into tasting, enroll the academy where you learn how to pour a Guinness properly, and end up at the roof bar to drink the pint of Guinness included in your ticket. If you are going to visit a factory while in Dublin I would choose the Guinness factory over the Teeling Whiskey Distillery Tour if you can only do one, but the second is worth the time too. Take a look at my first trip to the Guinness Storehouse at St. James Gate: 

Entrance of the Guinness FactoryWith the Guinness Factory SignTouching the Ingredients at the Guinness FactoryYeast Description at the Guinness FactoryGuinness Factory SmokestacksThe Guinness Tasting Room at the Guinness FactoryA Miniature Pint in the Guinness Tasting RoomClocks at the Guinness FactoryWindows at the Guinness FactoryThe Famous Guinness Harp at the Guinness StorehouseLearning How to Pour Beer at the Guinness FactoryPouring Beer at the Guinness AcademyBarrels at the Guinness Factory Drinking at the Guinness Storehouse Rooftop

Then five days later I was back again with my childhood best friend.  Esmé and I have traded visiting each other for the last 15 years with me going to visit her in London and Cambridge, England and her coming to New York for New Year’s or Smorgasburg in Brooklyn.  However, this was the first time we have met in a country where neither of us lived – she flew from London to Dublin and joined me for the last two days of my solo Ireland trip. She had never been to the city for fun so we decided to include a trip to the Guinness Factory on short weekend trip! 

Kelly and Esme at the Guinness FactoryPints at the Guinness Storehouse Rooftop BarDrinking with Esme at the Guinness Storehouse RooftopA Pint at the Guinness Factory

 

Have you ever tried a pint of Guinness? 

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Comments

  1. Lucy says

    February 17, 2017 at 9:37 am

    This looks like such a fun day even though I don’t like beer!

  2. head to toe chic says

    February 16, 2017 at 5:18 pm

    I’m so excited to visit the Guinness Factory! It looks like so much fun!

    xo,
    Angela

Hi, I am Kelly and welcome to Sparkles and Shoes, a fashion, travel, and lifestyle blog.  I am a New York City girl at heart but I moved to London in the Spring of 2018!

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