Where Dublin drinks local: brewpubs, taprooms and the new wave.
Taprooms, brewpubs and the local beer scene in Dublin worth taking a tram to.
Guinness Storehouse at St James's Gate in Dublin 8, the seven-floor brewery museum and the Gravity Bar's panoramic stout pour, the city's most-visited paid attraction.
Tip: Pre-book online for cheaper tickets; the connoisseur experience runs EUR 65 with two pours and a tour of the experimental brewery.
Five Lamps Brewery on Camden Street Lower in Dublin 2, the city-centre craft brewery and visitor centre making the eponymous Five Lamps Dublin Lager.
Tip: Pre-book tours through the brewery site; the taproom and visitor centre sit on Camden Street.
Rascals Brewing on the Goldenbridge Estate in Dublin 8, the brewpub and taproom of the husband-and-wife Inkwell brewery, the city's reference for craft pizza nights.
Tip: Taproom is a working pizza kitchen; the wood-fired Rascals margherita pairs with the in-house lager. Saturday brewery tours at 14:30.
Hopfully Brewing, the Dublin craft beer label distributing modern hazy IPA and barrel-aged sours to specialty bars city-wide, no public taproom but ubiquitous draft.
Tip: Find Hopfully draft at The Big Romance, P. Mac's and Underdog Bar; the four-pack retail at L. Mulligan's Wine Shop.
Whiplash Beer, the Dublin-based craft label by Alex Lawes brewing hazy IPA and a clean lager, the city's most ubiquitous craft draft across the south side.
Tip: Find Whiplash at P. Mac's, Underdog, Drink Store on Manor Street. The Body Riddle IPA is the year-round flagship.
Third Barrel Brewing in Dublin 8, a Liberties craft brewery doing modern IPA and stouts, with a small Friday-Saturday taproom and a serious wholesale draft footprint.
Tip: Friday and Saturday taproom only; the rotating IPA flight runs EUR 12. Six-packs to take home.
Jameson Distillery on Bow Street in Smithfield Dublin 7, the original 1780 Jameson distillery turned visitor experience, three Irish whiskeys tasted and one cocktail.
Tip: Bow Street experience runs EUR 25 with a comparative tasting; the Cask Workshop is the premium upgrade at EUR 65.
Teeling Whiskey on Newmarket in Dublin 8, the Liberties' first new distillery in 125 years, the working three-pot still and the city's modern Irish whiskey reference.
Tip: Distillery tour with three-whiskey tasting runs EUR 25; the small-batch finish flights run EUR 45.
Peak food season in Dublin is year-round.
Local dining hours: lunch around 12:30, dinner from 19:30.
service is typically included; small extra is welcome but not expected.
Ask the next local you meet what they would order. Dublin rewards trust.