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Dublin: Howth Coastal Craft Beer and Seafood Tour
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Howth is a fishing village on a peninsula at the northern edge of Dublin Bay, and this three-hour tour makes the most of everything it has to offer - fresh-off-the-boat seafood, a growing craft beer scene, and the kind of coastal atmosphere that makes you forget the city is only 30 minutes away by DART.
Your guide takes you through the village’s narrow streets and along the harbour, stopping at hidden pubs and seaside restaurants that most visitors walk straight past. At each stop, you taste locally brewed craft beers - at least five across the afternoon - while your guide explains the brewing process and the stories behind each brewery. Ireland’s craft beer scene has been building for years, and Howth has become one of its more interesting outposts, with small producers experimenting with everything from session IPAs to barrel-aged stouts.
The seafood is the other star. Howth’s fishing boats come in daily, and what ends up on your plate was in the Irish Sea that morning. You’ll taste Dublin Bay shrimp, steamed mussels, and whatever else the catch of the day brings. Fresh seafood this close to the water it came from, paired with a craft beer chosen to complement it - it’s the kind of afternoon that stays with you. At EUR99 including all tastings and food, it’s a complete experience that ties together the best of Dublin’s coast and its craft beer culture.
Take the DART and make it part of the day. The line from Connolly or Tara Street follows the coast the entire way to Howth, with Dublin Bay on your right for most of the 30-minute journey. It’s a genuinely scenic arrival and sets the tone for an afternoon by the water. The DART station in Howth is a few minutes’ walk from the harbour, so you won’t need to figure out parking or taxis.
Howth’s craft beer scene is younger than the seafood reputation but growing fast. A few years ago the village was known almost entirely for its fish - it’s still one of the best places in Ireland to eat fresh seafood - but small breweries have set up in and around the peninsula in recent years. The range your guide selects across the five tastings tends to reflect what’s current and local, which means the lineup changes with the season. If you’re someone who follows the Irish craft beer scene, ask your guide what’s new.
Dublin Bay shrimp are something specific. They’re not the small pink shrimp sold in supermarkets. Dublin Bay shrimp - sometimes called langoustines - are caught in the deeper water of the Irish Sea and the bay, and they’re best eaten as simply as possible: boiled, with butter. When they’re fresh, which here they always are, they taste quite different from anything that’s been refrigerated and transported. This is one of those cases where proximity to the source matters enormously.
The hidden pubs are genuinely off the main drag. Howth’s harbour front has a strip of restaurants that are well-known and well-visited. The stops on this tour tend to be the places that locals go - smaller, quieter, with better views and no tourist markup. Your guide’s knowledge of these spots is a significant part of what you’re paying for, and it’s the kind of local knowledge that you can’t reliably find on a review site.
Come with an appetite, not a plan. The combination of sea air, walking, and five craft beer tastings tends to generate hunger beyond what the seafood samples alone cover. There are good fish and chip shops near the harbour if you want to extend the afternoon after the tour wraps up, and the village has a good fishmonger where you can buy fresh catch to take back to wherever you’re staying if you have cooking facilities.