Special Tours

It takes six steps to pour a perfect pint of GUINNESS®. Your groups can book a tutored session where participants can learn the art of pouring the perfect pint. Each participant will be able to savour the pint they just pulled and will also be presented with a personalised certificate of merit as a souvenir!

Terms and Conditions:

• - Price per person: Please enquire.
• - Maximum of 30 visitors per group. If your group consists of more than 30 people, please be aware that the group might need to be split or extra charges will apply.
• - Only one group can be accommodated at any time.
• - Duration: 1 hour for a group of 30 guests.
• - This package must be booked in advance by calling +353 1 408 4800, or by emailing storehouseeventadmin@diageo.com
• - This activity is available to Tour Operators throughout the year, seven days a week from 9.30-11.30am and 2.30-5.30pm and is subject to availability.
• - GUINNESS STOREHOUSE® reserves the right to change the location of Perfect Pint Tuition.

"The History of Guinness Stout Tour" is an absorbing experience that truly highlights the depth of flavour that has made Guinness so beloved around the world. A Guinness Storehouse ‘Stout Expert’ takes participants on a unique and compelling tour of the Ingredients, Brewing, Cooperage and fourth floor exhibition within Guinness Storehouse.

This is followed by a private tasting session to sample the characteristic flavours of the three main Guinness variants – of Guinness Draft, Guinness Foreign Extra Stout and Guinness Extra Stout (samples are approx 60-70ml of each).

Participants then receive a tutored session where they learn the art of pouring the Perfect Pint. Whilst savouring the pint they just pulled, they will be presented with a personalised certificate of merit.
Participants are then free to enjoy the rest of the building and relax with a further complimentary pint and the panoramic views from the Gravity Bar.

Terms and Conditions:

• - Price per person: please enquire.
• - Price includes three variant tasting samples and two complimentary pints of Guinness.
• - Maximum of 30 visitors per group. If your group consists of more than 30 people, please be aware that the group might need to be split or extra charges will apply.
• - Only one group can be accommodated at any time.
• - Duration: Tour takes approximately 2 hrs (for group of 30 guests) and please allow a further 30-45 minutes for visitors to browse through remainder of Visitor Experience, Retail Store and to enjoy complimentary pint in the Gravity Bar.

The Guinness Tasting Team test each batch of GUINNESS® daily at 10am in St. James’s Gate. Now your groups will have the opportunity to experience this highly skilled process with a professional taster. He will teach the participants about GUINNESS® and its evolution, the variants, the different tastes and the passion behind every brew. In this highly interactive experience, our professional taster will teach the group how to sample the different GUINNESS® variants like a real connoisseur.

Terms and Conditions:

• - Price per person: Please enquire
• - Price includes three tastings and the standard complimentary pint of GUINNESS®.
• - Maximum of 30 visitors per group. If your group consists of more than 30 people, please be aware that the group might need to be split or extra charges will apply.
• - Only one group can be accommodated at any time.
• - Please allow at least 1 hour for group of 30 visitors.
• - This package must be booked in advance by calling +353 1 408 4800, or by emailing storehouseeventadmin@diageo.com
• - This activity is available to Tour Operators throughout the year, seven days a week from 9.30-11.30am and 2.30-5.30pm and is subject to availability.
• - GUINNESS STOREHOUSE® reserves the right to change the location of Variant Tasting Experience.

Where better to learn a bit of Dublin and GUINNESS® history than where it all began, at the Home of GUINNESS®? Your group will meet our Archivist in the company archives. Participants will be led through ancient documents unavailable to the public and learn how one of the most famous world brands helped to shape the city of Dublin.

Terms and Conditions:

• - Price per person: Please enquire
• - Only one group at a time with a limit of 10 pax. Please allow at least one hour for meeting.
• - This package must be booked in advance by calling +353 1 408 4800, or by e-mailing storehouseeventadmin@diageo.com, subject to availability of Archive Team.
• - Available throughout the year, Monday to Friday, 9.30am -11.30am.
• - We would recommend that the tour group begins their visit to GUINNESS STOREHOUSE® with the visit to the GUINNESS® Archives, followed by Storehouse tour.