Guinness Brewery - Dublin.

Had ourselves a trip to the Guinness Brewery on Saturday, as did Sir Chris and Miss Talk a Lot yesterday, it is amazing , well worth the trip and a virtual gold mine doe the Company. An old brewery, built by the same man who built the Forth rail Bridge, and Tower Bridge, London, with the biggest glass of Guinness in the world. place has been superbly adapted with seven floors of things to see, from the brewing process, tastings, shops, cafe' , pour your own pints, and on the roof, The Gravity bar with a 360 degree vista of Dublin.
In the museum area where there were models of the old ships, etc we found this ships wheel, made by McTaggart & Scott Ltd., of Loanhead, Midlothian which was within my first "beat" - and who are still world renowned marine engineers.

The main gates have the date the brewery was purchased, 250 years ago, so there are now lots of special items, and brews, available to commemorate the occasion ( good marketing) .

Lease for 9000 yes - 9000 years at an annual fee of £45 - a bit of a bargain. But the Company has been good for the City over the years, and also for the employees, with its own housing, school, public baths, etc. Very similar to the Community and town which was built up around the mills at New Lanark, here in Scotland.

It was a bit dark inside so with the wee camera, photos were not too clever.