Beer in Dublin
Beer history, breweries and beer culture in Dublin (Ireland).
The lease for the brewery at St. James’s Gate runs for 9,000 years. From the rooftop bar of the Guinness Storehouse you can see across the whole city.
Breweries in Dublin
Guinness
Arthur Guinness leased the brewery at St. James’s Gate for 9,000 years. His dark stout became Ireland’s national drink. Since 1959 Guinness Draught has been dispensed with nitrogen, which creates its creamy head.
Known for: Guinness Draught, Foreign Extra Stout
Porterhouse
Pioneer of the Irish craft beer scene with its own stouts and porters.
Known for: Oyster Stout
Beer history of Dublin
- 1759
Arthur Guinness leases the brewery at St. James’s Gate – for 9,000 years at 45 pounds a year.
- 1876
Guinness registers its harp as a trademark. It faces right; the harp of the Irish state faces left.
- 1959
Guinness Draught is poured with nitrogen for the first time – hence the creamy head.
- 1996
The Porterhouse opens in Dublin, a pioneer of the Irish craft beer scene.
- 2000
The Guinness Storehouse opens. From the rooftop bar you can see across the whole city.