Guinness at the Source

Today was our second to last full day here in Ireland.  We leave Tuesday morning.  So the question was pressing- how should we spend our time?  View the famed Book of Kells?  Go to the Irish Heritage Museum?  There were endless choices, but the right one was obvious:

Could we really leave Dublin with our heads held high if we didn't have a pint at the source?

The Brewery is set up for tourists- lots and lots of them.  We walked through a series of displays that explained the brewing process.  There were bins of barley...

...a waterfall, with a plaque explaining that, contrary to popular belief, all the water used in Guinness comes from the Wicklow Mountains, and not the River Liffey, which I can assure you is a very good thing...

a huge shop and replicas of previous ad campaigns (he's playing Hurley, by the way, if you don't recognize the sport.  It's a Gaelic game)....

...and of course, numerous bars, all of which will pour you a perfect pint if you want one.

Which we did.