The Guinness Brewery

In Real Life:

In the heart of dublin, not far from the River Liffey, there is a stone gate named after St. James, traditionally one of the old Dublin city gates. Beyond it is a sixty-four acre citadel known as the Guinness Brewery, birthplace of the original Guinness beer. The original site was acquired by Arthur Guinness, who signed a 9,000 year lease in December 1759. There has been a brewery at St. James's Gate since one Giles Mee brewed his first in 1670. The brewery site has since grown ten-fold.

Inside the Roasthouse are two 3.5 tonne roasting drums, both used since 1991, for roasting the barley which gives Guinness its colour and flavour. The Brewhouse was opened in 1994 and houses a process that takes 11 hours, from Barley being milled and mashed with water to make "wort", through filtering and transference to a brewing kettle, where hops are added and the mixture is boiled. The Fermentation and Beer Processing Plant (FBP) was built in the 1980's to replace the old storehouse vathouse processes. In the FBP, wort and yeast combine, and fermentation begins. The beer is then matured in storage vessels. The Guinness Storehouse is a seven-floor temple to the past and present. Originally constructed from 1902-1904 and known as the Market Street Storehouse, the building has been spectacularly preserved and redeveloped. It now houses the official Guinness Vistor Centre, Guinness Shop, three bars, two restaurants, a training centre and more.

Guinness from St. James's Gate is shipped all around the world including the UK and the USA.