Visit to the Guinness Brewery

The famous Guinness stout began 1769 at Leixlip, Ireland. I visited the famous Guinness St. James Gate Dublin. It is actually part of the attraction in the Dublin city tour. Take the yellow city tour bus, you will get to go to Guinness brewery.


At the main entrance of Guinness Brewery.

Guinness stout or famously known as black dog("orr kao" in hokkien) is made of water, barley, hops and last but not least yeast. The barley is roasted and this gave the distinctive black (aka Kopi-O) colour. The yeast is so secret that it is kept in the directors safe box.

The ingredients of Guinness stout.

Guinness stout is served extra chilled and mixed with nitrogen and carbon dyoxide to make the frothy top. There is a special technique to pour or known as the "double pour" to perfectly pour the one pint of Guinness stout in a glass.


The Guiness stout in one pint glass with the distinctive frothy top.

So up I went to the brewery being shown the process of making the stout, but not before I shopped at the souvenir shop at the first floor, known as the store.


The Guinness store sells souvenirs like t-shirts, mugs, magnets and etc.

Arthur Guinness is the founder of the company and he managed to obtain a 9000 year lease. 9000 year lease ? That must be crazy and the lease is only 40 dollars a month. But anyway,
here is the picture of the founder, Arthur Guinness himself.


Arthur Guinness himself and the fifth ingredient.

After the Guinness stout is brewed, it is kept in these casks before transported out.


And I found out that Guinness stout in Malaysia and other exported countries are not the same. Guinness exported the secret blend of roasted barley and hops to other countries to be mixed with local beer to make Guinness stout. So definitely, the taste is not the same with the smooth, frothy and sweet Guinness Stout of St. James Gate, Dublin.