I caught a bus downtown, and checked in at my hostel, before heading over to the Guiness brewery for a tour of their storehouse.
The ticket is expensive (I paid €17.50, and that was apparently discounted from €25), but they sure give you an incredible experience! There are three floors of exhibits on the history of Guiness and how it is brewed (including a lot of reminders on how special their yeast is--emphasized by this exhibit with the yeast in a safe!).
There is a whole floor on Guiness advertising campaigns!
This gallery includes the beautiful old harp that inspired the Guiness logo.
There is a very strange clam, which I guess was used in ads for awhile.
But my favourite Guiness animal is for sure the toucan!
On the fourth floor there is a tasting room, where they teach you what flavours are tasted for in the daily Guiness taste tests.
Then there is a bar where they teach you how to pour the perfect pint of Guiness.
And finally you can enjoy a(nother) pint in the bar at the top, with a panoramic view of Dublin and the brewery down below.
Somehow I was in the Guiness storehouse for over two hours, which quite surprised me, because usually I tend to go through these types of things really quickly. Even then there were videos and write-ups I skipped.
It was dark by the time I left and so I returned to the hostel before having a dinner of fish and chips in an (Irish) pub nearby. I had assumed I would enjoy a Guiness with my dinner, but I had had enough this afternoon, so I opted for a Smithwick's.
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