Guinness Storehouse

As many people know, Ireland is the home of Guinness beer. Guinness makes it possible for you to visit the Guinness Storehouse to learn about the beer, how it is made, and the history behind it. I did not visit the Storehouse, but my brother and some of the other people on the tour did. Personally, I have no desire to learn about it. I am including this article as the Storehouse was part of the tour and most people who visit Ireland include it in their itinerary.

The founder of the company was Arthur Guinness who was born in either late 1724 or early 1725 and quite likely in County Down. There has yet to be found documentation on the exact date of his birth. His parents were Protestant and part of the Anglo-Irish aristocracy. His parents lived in Celbridge in 1725, with his father later becoming land steward for the Archbishop of Cashel, Dr Arthur Price. When Dr Price passed on, he left £100 to Arthur Guinness in 1752. Mr Guinness invested it and started a brewery in 1755. In 1756, he purchased a long lease (9,000 years) for four acres at St James Gate. He married, had a family, and passed on in 1803. He provided very well for his descendants.

Apparently, there is a replica glass seven stories high that you go through that gives you the story of the company, how it makes the beer, the way the advertising is done, and finishes at the Gravity Pub at the top of the glass. I may be wrong on this information but this is what I got from the website.

My suggestion is that when you go to Dublin, if you are interested, go to the Guinness Storehouse and see what they have. I don’t know of any other beer company doing any thing like this.