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Private Tasting of Irish Beer and Dublin Old Town Tour
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Dublin’s beer culture runs a lot deeper than Guinness. Your Local Beer Expert guide takes your group through the Old Town and Temple Bar, pulling back the curtain on the regional and craft beers that most visitors never come across. Irish Red Ales, Chocolate Stouts, small-batch craft from local breweries - each pour comes with its backstory: the brewery behind it, the ingredients that make it distinctly Irish, and why it tastes the way it does.
Because it’s private, the experience shapes itself around your group. Your guide speaks the language of your choice and knows the pubs and breweries of the city well enough to weave in stories about their history alongside the tastings. It works for a birthday, a stag or hen do, or genuinely just a good excuse to get properly acquainted with Irish beer.
Pick the option that fits your time:
2-hour option: 4 beers across 2 venues - 1 popular, 1 regional, 2 craft
3-hour option: 6 beers across 2 venues - 1 popular, 1 regional, 4 craft, paired with traditional starters
4-hour option: 8 beers across 3 venues - 1 popular, 2 regional, 5 craft, paired with traditional starters and hot dishes
Meeting point: Outside Dolphin House, Essex St E, Dublin 2, D02 RR76, Ireland
The 4-hour option is worth it if you’re serious about Irish beer. Two regional beers instead of one means you get a much better sense of the range outside Dublin. The hot dishes that come with it also give you a sensible base for the tastings.
Ask your guide about Irish Red Ale specifically. It’s one of the more distinctive native styles - malt-forward, lightly hopped, and very different from the pale ales that dominate most craft beer scenes. A lot of visitors come expecting everything to taste like Guinness and leave with a much broader picture.
Temple Bar is more interesting as a beer destination than its reputation suggests. The area gets dismissed as a tourist zone, but the older pubs on its back streets have been serving locals and writers and musicians for generations. Your guide knows which ones have the history worth talking about.
If you’re a group of mixed drinkers, the beer options are the main event but they’re not obligatory. The private format means your guide can work around anyone who’d rather sip slowly or skip a round. No pressure to keep pace.
Essex Street and the area around Dolphin House put you right at the edge of Temple Bar. It’s easy walking distance to Dublin Castle and Christ Church from your meeting point if you want to explore before or after.