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"Beer Loves Company":3hbzvj4h wrote: One last query, are any breweries (other than Guinness and J.W. Sweetman) accessible easily from Dublin? [/quote:3hbzvj4h]The Porterhouse[/url:3hbzvj4h] is in the suburbs: a short train and taxi ride to get to, and quite hidden away. You won't get to see any brewing happening at Guinness, btw: it's just a museum.

"Beer Loves Company":3hbzvj4h wrote: Do breweries in Ireland have tasting rooms and tours?[/quote:3hbzvj4h]Not usually. Licensing restrictions make that difficult to set up. It's a case of phoning ahead and hoping someone is there to show you around.

"Beer Loves Company":2b4mxo0u wrote: One last query, are any breweries (other than Guinness and J.W. Sweetman) accessible easily from Dublin? Do breweries in Ireland have tasting rooms and tours? We will not have a car but will travel a bit to get to a brewery if it is open to the public and we can work it into our schedule. Thank you all again for the help. We have really found this site to be very interesting and informative. We especially found the forum listing on cask beer to be quite entertaining with tons of useful information. Thanks![/quote:2b4mxo0u]

Carlow Brewing (in Bagnelstown now) is about a 45 minute drive from Dublin. You can ring ahead and book a tour. Kilkenny is 30 minutes further down the road and you can do a tour of the old Smithwicks brewery there.