Guinness Storehouse
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| established = {{Start date and age|2000|11|df=yes}}
| location = Guinness Brewery, Dublin, Ireland
| type = History of brewing
| visitors = 23.9 million (2000 - 2022) {{cite news | url=https://www.irishtimes.com/business/economy/2023/01/02/guinness-storehouse-visitor-numbers-rebound-post-pandemic/ | title=Guinness Storehouse visitor numbers rebound post-pandemic | newspaper=The Irish Times }}
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Guinness Storehouse is a tourist attraction at St. James's Gate Brewery in Dublin, Ireland.[http://www.dublintourist.com/details/guinness_storehouse.shtml Guinness Storehouse] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101223175342/http://www.dublintourist.com/details/guinness_storehouse.shtml |date=23 December 2010 }}, [http://www.dublintourist.com/ DublinTourist.com].{{citation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vK0aS5H-xVMC&pg=PT115 |title=Dublin Sights: a travel guide to the top 25 attractions in Dublin, Ireland|page=115| publisher=MobileReference| year=2010| isbn=9781607789635}}{{dead link|date=April 2017|fix-attempted=yes}} Since opening in 2000, it has received over twenty million visitors.{{Cite web|url=https://www.irishcentral.com/culture/food-drink/guinness-storehouse-20-millionth-visitor|title=Guinness Storehouse celebrates its 20 millionth visitor|date=2019-04-26|website=IrishCentral.com|language=en|access-date=2019-08-16}}{{Cite journal|date=2019-01-02|title=Guinness Storehouse set to welcome 20 millionth visitor|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2019/0102/1019918-guinness-storehouse-set-to-welcome-20-millionth-visitor/|language=en}}
The Storehouse covers seven floors surrounding a glass atrium shaped in the form of a pint of Guinness. The ground floor introduces the beer's four ingredients (water, barley, hops and yeast), and the brewery's founder, Arthur Guinness. Other floors feature the history of Guinness advertising and include an interactive exhibit on responsible drinking. The seventh floor houses the Gravity Bar with views of Dublin and where visitors may drink a pint of Guinness included in the price of admission.{{Cite web|url=https://www.guinness-storehouse.com/en|title=Guinness Storehouse|website=www.guinness-storehouse.com|access-date=2019-09-13}}
History
The building in which the Storehouse is located was constructed in 1902 as a fermentation plant for the St. James's Gate Brewery (yeast is added to the brew). It was designed in the style of the Chicago School of Architecture and was the first multi-storey steel-framed building to be constructed in Ireland.{{citation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CalHMBYjdpoC&pg=PA38 |title=Exhibition design|author=David Dernie| publisher=Laurence King Publishing| year=2006| isbn=9781856694308}}{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/unsorted/property/dublin-can-be-heaven-and-heres-the-cream-467808.html|title=Dublin can be heaven - and here's the cream|access-date=17 December 2011|newspaper=Irish Independent|date=15 May 2005}} The building was used continuously as the fermentation plant of the Brewery until its closure in 1988, when a new fermentation plant was completed near the River Liffey.
In 1997, it was decided to convert the building into the Guinness Storehouse, replacing the Guinness Hop Store as the Brewery's visitor centre. The redesign of the building was undertaken by the UK-based design firm Imagination in conjunction with the Dublin-based architects firm RKD, and the Storehouse opened to the public on 2 December 2000. In 2006-08 a new wing was developed, and Euro 2.5 million was invested in a live technology-driven multi-media installation demonstrating the modern brewing process for Guinness, which was designed by London-based museum design specialist, Event Communications.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.designweek.co.uk/issues/6-july-2006/event-drafted-in-to-lead-guinness-storehouse-design/|magazine=Design Week|author=Editorial|date=6 July 2006|access-date=10 October 2019|title=Event drafted in to lead Guinness Storehouse design|quote=Event Communications’s appointment, replacing Imagination as lead design group, follows its completion of a €2.5m (£1.73m) project to re-envisage the Storehouse’s ground and first floor with a more interactive exhibition design that explains the brewing process. It has reinterpreted the space, installing additional video elements and introducing the concept of a brewer guide and a tasting laboratory where visitors can sample Guinness from the keg line. Event Communications was appointed to this project in April last year, following a four-way pitch.}}{{cite web|url=https://www.eventcomm.com/work/guinness-storehouse-dublin|title=The Family and the Product|website=Event Communications|date=2007|access-date=10 October 2019|archive-date=10 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191010203516/https://www.eventcomm.com/work/guinness-storehouse-dublin|url-status=dead}}
In May 2011, Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip visited the Storehouse as part of a state visit to Ireland.{{cite news|url=http://www.metro.co.uk/news/863694-queen-refuses-pint-of-guinness-in-dublin-but-prince-phillip-looks-keen|title=Queen refuses pint of Guinness in Dublin, but Prince Phillip[sic] looks keen|access-date=17 December 2011|publisher=Metro|date=18 May 2011}}{{cite news|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2011/0518/breaking54.html|title=Visit grips imagination of world press|access-date=17 December 2011|newspaper=Irish Times|date=18 May 2011}}
Visitor attractions
The Guinness Storehouse explains the history of beer. The story is told through various interactive exhibition areas including ingredients, brewing, transport, cooperage, advertising, and sponsorship.
The Storehouse covers seven floors surrounding a glass atrium shaped in the form of a pint of Guinness. The ground floor introduces the beer's four ingredients (water, barley, hops, and yeast), and the brewery's founder, Arthur Guinness. Other floors feature the history of Guinness advertising and include an interactive exhibit on responsible drinking.
At the base of the atrium lies a copy of the 9,000-year lease signed by Arthur Guinness on the brewery site. In the Perfect Pint bar, visitors may pour their own pint of Guinness and even get their selfie printed on top of a pint.{{citation |url= https://www.drinkripples.com/blog/ripples-guinness-stoutie |title=Stoutie - A Selfie on a Pint of Guinness|date=21 November 2018}} The Brewery Bar on the fifth floor offers Irish cuisine, using Guinness both in the cooking and as an accompaniment to food.{{Cite web|url=https://www.guinness-storehouse.com/en/ground-floor|title=Guinness Storehouse|website=www.guinness-storehouse.com}} The seventh-floor houses the Gravity Bar with views of Dublin and where visitors may drink a pint of Guinness included in the price of admission.
The Guinness Open Gate Brewery is an experimental taproom nearby, showcasing small-batch beer creations from the Guinness brewery.
The Storehouse also contains the Guinness Archives, containing records and artifacts dating back to 1759.{{Cite news |last=Ó Conghaile |first=Pól |title=Inside the Guinness Archives: From Arthur's signature to Obama's keg |url=https://www.independent.ie/life/travel/ireland/inside-the-guinness-archives-from-arthurs-signature-to-obamas-keg-37473493.html |newspaper=Irish Independent |date=2018-11-01 |access-date=2021-01-28}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.guinness-storehouse.com/ Guinness Storehouse website]
- [http://www.guinness.com/ Guinness website]
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Category:2000 establishments in Ireland
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