guinness Storehouse
On Friday the 29th of September a group of my friends and I decided to visit the Guinness storehouse to experience how Guinness was invented and produced. Also why the Guinness storehouse is a huge Irish attraction.
For me the day started by getting the bus from Wicklow town into Bray and then off to Dublin. None of us had ever been to the storehouse, but we knew we had made it when we got of the bus to open our eyes and see the famous St. James's gate. We immediately became filled with excitement. As we approached the entrance we all received an information card and a ticket. Once we walked through the entrance point we were given a short talk about what we will be experiencing on the tour.
The first floor showed us two essential ingredients that were of course barley and water. They had an amazing display of a perfectly clean waterfall with coins in a pond beneath it and a large display of barley beside it.
The second floor contained information about grains. It described the processes milling the grains in mills and silos until grist is formed, after that the grist is mixed with water creating mash which is rotated in paddles to create Wort. Bitter hops are then added and boiled.
There is also a display of how Guinness was transported in the past on the second floor alongside a café.
The next floor has a bar on it and also shows many Guinness adverts such as the fish on the bicycle, the Guinness harp and the toucan. There was also a tasting room where you could pour your own pint and taste it, but you had to be 18.
The top floor was just a bar with a fantastic view of Dublin.
The day ended back on the bottom floor where we saw how many Guinness products there really was. There was Guinness chocolate, fudges, pens, sauces, mustard, crisps, glasses, mugs and of course beer and many more.
From this experience I learned how Guinness was produced, the history of Guinness and why it is one of the most prestigious beer in the world.
For me the day started by getting the bus from Wicklow town into Bray and then off to Dublin. None of us had ever been to the storehouse, but we knew we had made it when we got of the bus to open our eyes and see the famous St. James's gate. We immediately became filled with excitement. As we approached the entrance we all received an information card and a ticket. Once we walked through the entrance point we were given a short talk about what we will be experiencing on the tour.
The first floor showed us two essential ingredients that were of course barley and water. They had an amazing display of a perfectly clean waterfall with coins in a pond beneath it and a large display of barley beside it.
The second floor contained information about grains. It described the processes milling the grains in mills and silos until grist is formed, after that the grist is mixed with water creating mash which is rotated in paddles to create Wort. Bitter hops are then added and boiled.
There is also a display of how Guinness was transported in the past on the second floor alongside a café.
The next floor has a bar on it and also shows many Guinness adverts such as the fish on the bicycle, the Guinness harp and the toucan. There was also a tasting room where you could pour your own pint and taste it, but you had to be 18.
The top floor was just a bar with a fantastic view of Dublin.
The day ended back on the bottom floor where we saw how many Guinness products there really was. There was Guinness chocolate, fudges, pens, sauces, mustard, crisps, glasses, mugs and of course beer and many more.
From this experience I learned how Guinness was produced, the history of Guinness and why it is one of the most prestigious beer in the world.