Sunday, November 13, 2011

Guinness Storehouse

Since we visited the Famous Grouse Experience while in Scotland, we figured checking out the Guinness Storehouse while in Ireland would be a good idea.
This brewery turned museum is spread out over 7 floors filled with large video displays and tons of information culminating in a free pint of Guinness or soda at the very top of the building in the Gravity Bar.
The first floor covers the four main ingredients of Giunness - barley, hops, yeast and water. The next few floors cover the history of brewing and the brewery with large displays and lots of information. Floors five, six and seven have various corporate offices, meeting rooms and a number of bars. From floor seven, you can take an elevator or two flights of stairs up to the Gravity Bar that has a 360 degree panoramic view of Dublin which is spectacular.
Is The Guiness Storehouse worth the visit? Well, it was interesting and I am glad we did it, but really it is a much hyped museum with very little interaction due to an assumed high visitor preference. It is very impersonal and I think much of the attraction to this museum is the free pint of Guinness at the end. The way I look at it is we have been so blessed in the exciting things we have seen and done on our trips that there was bound to be a dud eventually.



1 comment:

Tamara said...

look at that sexy lady!