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.
TipPre-book online for cheaper tickets; the connoisseur experience runs €65 with two pours and a tour of the experimental brewery.
Hope Beer Brewery in Kilbarrack near Howth Junction in Dublin 5, an independent micro-brewery with a German-spec brewhouse and a taproom inside.
TipTour runs around 90 minutes and includes a tasting of the core range; €20 per person. Take the DART to Howth Junction, the brewery is a five-minute walk.
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.
TipTaproom is a working pizza kitchen; the wood-fired Rascals margherita pairs with the in-house lager. Saturday brewery tours at 14:30.
Private tour · 2 - 4.5 hours
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Private tour · 2 - 4 hours
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Guided tour · 3 hours
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Hopfully Brewing, the Dublin craft beer label distributing modern hazy IPA and barrel-aged sours to specialty bars city-wide, no public taproom.
TipFind Hopfully draft at The Big Romance, P. Mac's and Underdog Bar; the four-pack retail at L. Mulligan's Wine Shop.
Whiplash Beer in Ballyfermot Dublin 10, the craft label by Alex Lawes brewing hazy IPA and a clean lager, the city's most ubiquitous craft draft.
TipFind Whiplash at P. Mac's, Underdog and Fidelity on Queen 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.
TipFriday and Saturday taproom only; the rotating IPA flight runs €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.
TipBow Street experience runs €25 with a comparative tasting; the Cask Workshop is the premium upgrade at €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.
TipDistillery tour with three-whiskey tasting runs €25; the small-batch finish flights run €45.