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The Brewing of Guinness
Guinness is a black beer, known as “stout”, renowned
for its distinctive malty flavour and smooth creamy
head. From its humble beginnings over 200 years ago,
the Guinness brewery site at St James’s Gate now
sprawls across 26 ha (65 acres). It is the largest
brewery in Europe and exports beers to more than
120 countries through out the world. Other famous
brands owned by Guinness include Harp Lager and
Smithwick’s Ale.
Guinness Storehouse's rooftop Gravity Bar
4 Guinness Barley How Guinness is Made
Storehouse® The four main ingredients used to brew Guinness
are barley, hops, yeast and water which,
St James’s Gate, Dublin 8.
Tel 408 4800. @ 78A, 51B, 123. contrary to popular belief, comes from the
Open 9:30am–5pm (to 7pm Jul Wicklow Mountains rather than the River Liffey.
& Aug) daily. Closed Good Fri, Flaked
24–26 Dec. & 7 = - 0 barley
∑ guinness-storehouse.com
Malted barley
The Guinness Storehouse®
is a development based in Water
St James’s Gate Brewery, the Roasted
original house of Guinness, barley Masher
now completely remodelled.
This 1904 listed building covers Grist
nearly four acres of floor space Kieve
over seven floors built around Grist
a huge glass atrium. The first mill
impression the visitor has is of
walking into a large glass pint,
with light spilling down from Irish barley is prepared in
above; there's a copy of the 1three ways – malted, flaked
and roasted (to give the
original lease signed by Arthur distinctive tint). These are
Guinness enshrined on the all ground together in a
floor. The Ingredients section is grist mill to form a grist.
next, where visitors can touch,
smell and feel the ingredients
through interactive displays. The grist is mixed together with
The tour continues into an 2hot water and mashed into a Sweet
porridgelike consistency. The
authentic Georgian anteroom mixture is strained into a kieve, wort
to “meet” Arthur Guinness and or mash tun, and left to stand Residual husks
are removed
see him at work. The Brewing for an hour. Here starches are
Exhibition is a noisy, steamy turned into sugars, producing
and “hoppy” area, which creates a dark, sweet wort.
the impression of brewing all
around and provides a full
explanation of the process.
The historical development of Guinness
Guinness cooperage is accom advertising has
panied by video footage of the become almost as
craft. Models and displays tell famous as the
product itself.
the story of Guinness Since 1929,
transportation, the appeal of when the first
Guinness worldwide, and the advertisement
company's popular advertising announced that “Guinness is Good
campaigns. The tour ends with for You”, poster and tele vision
a free pint of draught Guinness advertising campaigns have
in the traditional Brewery Bar employed many amusing images
and the rooftop Gravity Bar. of both animals and people.
For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp296–7 and pp308–11
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