Some interesting talking points for your next trip to the pub:
- Guinness Storehouse was built in 1904 and the largest working Tun for fermentation in the world was once located here standing at approximately 26 meters high.
- It would take 14.3 million pints to fill the giant glass atrium in the centre of the Guinness Storehouse building.
- Gravity Bar is the highest bar in Dublin located 46 metres off the ground.
- St. James’s Gate at the entrance to the Guinness brewery in Dublin was once the start of a pilgrimage to Compostella in Spain and pilgrims from all over Ireland used to gather in this site to start the journey to Spain.
- 3 million pints of Guinness are brewed every day at the St James’s Gate brewery.
- St. James’s Gate Brewery is the biggest stout export brewery in the world.
- The St. James’s Gate Brewery is one of the most technologically advanced breweries in the world.
- There are approximately 198 calories in a pint of Guinness – less than a pint of orange juice!
- Guinness is the biggest selling stout in the world with 10 million glasses being sold everyday in 150 countries.
- The ancient Irish Harp symbol was firstly used as a symbol for Guinness and only later adopted by the Irish Government as the official Government symbol.