HALF DAY TOUR
3.5 Hours
Start 2:30pm
Finish 6pm
Available daily, all year
DUBLIN'S DISTILLERY TRAIL
A private whiskey trail through Dublin City including visits to three fully operational distilleries in the famous Liberties neighbourhood of Dublin
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PACKAGE INCLUDES
- Private half day whiskey trail (2:30pm – 6pm) in Dublin City. Non-repetitive visits and tastings at each distillery included
- Travel in executive transport from whiskey stop to stop – just you and your party (BMW 520d/Mercedes Viano, Sprinter or similar)
- Hotel pick up and drop off included
- Whiskey Specialist Host to accompany you throughout and to provide a glimpse at the booming Irish whiskey industry
- City tour of Dublin – your guide will tell you about the many districts of Dublin we pass, such as; College Green, Temple Bar, Financial District, the River Liffey, High Courts, Medieval Dublin and the key whiskey districts, past and present!
- Bespoke visit to Teeling Whiskey Distillery with a special private sampling in the bar; Small Batch Blend, Single Grain and their very special Single Pot Still , the first whiskey to be made in Dublin since 1976!
- Bespoke visit to The Dublin Liberties Distillery with sampling of Dubliner Original, Liberties Oak Devil, and Dublin Honeycomb Liqueur
- Bespoke Pearse Lyon’s Distillery tour. Includes private tasting of 2 whiskeys in the Pearse Lyons range; Original & Founder’s Reserve and we finish with their delicious Rhubarb gin
- All taxes
- Transaction fee is added at check-out
RATES
285.00 € per person, based on private tour for 2 guests
Price per person decreases as group size increases
Max 15 guests per tour
LOCATIONS
Dublin Liberties Distillery
Teeling Whiskey Distillery
Pearse Lyons Distillery
Alternatives (depending on availability) Roe & Co or Stillgarden Distilleries
FULL DUBLIN'S DISTILLERY TRAIL PROGRAMME
DISTILLERY TRAIL BEGINS AT 2:30PM
We pick you up in style at your hotel in executive transportation. This is a private tour for you and your party only. This afternoon, we take you to the Liberties neighbourhood of Dublin, which once housed 32 working distilleries, all of which disappeared in the 20th century. But now, distilling is returning to the Liberties with a bang! And this afternoon, we take you to three new Dublin distilleries.
Our small team of guides live in Dublin. We take great pleasure in sharing our city with visitors. En route to the Liberties, we’ll point out all landmarks of importance , such as Trinity College , the River Liffey, our supreme court / high court, O’Connell St (the main thoroughfare). We’ll take you to the site of some of the original Dublin distilleries – the old Powers Distillery and the Roe complex.
THE LIBERTIES AND THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE
Our first visit is to Teeling Whiskey Distillery – the first new distillery to open in Dublin in over 125 years. The Teeling brothers have already heaps of awards for their whiskeys and are captains of innovation in their approach to making whiskey. Your Host will take you on a visit to the distillery floor , a proper quintessential Irish distillery. We arrive in the bar for a private tasting of Teeling Small Batch, Single Grain and Teeling Single Pot Still. Teeling Disitllery is an absolute must on any Dublin distillery trail.
Just around the block, we have our second distillery visit. The Dublin Liberties Distillery is very close to Teelings, but very different! The distillery is set in a 400 year old building, an old tannery. The distillery opened in 2019 and they are making a variety of blended and single malt whiskeys. We’ll take a quick walk through the distillery and we’ll get comfy in their wonderful tastings bar for a sampling of the ultra smooth Dubliner Original, Oak Devil and their Honeycomb Liqueur is the ultimate crowd-pleaser!
PEARSE LYONS DISTILLERY
Next we’re off to Pearse Lyons Distillery, set in St. James’ Church which dates back to the 12th century. The tour includes a saunter around the graveyard on the grounds of the church and then you’ll hear the fascinating stories of those buried there. Discover the distillery in all its glory, set in the restored church. We’ll have a private tasting of two Pearse Lyons whiskeys. We also taste the very tasty Rhubarb gin that the distillery is having great success with. It’s important that we showcase the craft gin boom in Ireland too!
We finish our whiskey trail back in the city centre, by dropping you at your hotel or wherever you request. We’re glad to give you some restaurant/pub recommendations or indeed some tips for the rest of your trip. Plenty of time for shopping at each distillery. IMPORTANT NOTE: There is a wide range of whiskey sampled on tour! But please be reassured, you are served samples only, not full measures, we ensure it’s not too much whiskey.
ALTERNATIVE DISTILLERY VISITS - ROE & CO OR STILLGARDEN
Depending on availability, we might substitute one of the distilleries mentioned above with the wonderful Roe & Co or Stillgarden Distilleries. Nearly a century after the original Roe Distillery closed its doors, the parent company of Guinness have resurrected the one-time most produced pure pot still Irish whiskey brand in the world. A visit to the new state-of-the-art Roe & Co Distillery, located in the former Guinness Power Station, is quite different to any other distillery in Dublin.
Stillgarden is Dublin’s newest distillery, opening March 2020 at the start of a global pandemic! But that hasn’t stopped them producing a range of delicious spirits including gin, vodka, and other fruity liqueurs. This is Dublin’s smallest distillery, it’s an up close and personal visit. If you’re a big spirits fan and you don’t want to have your tour overly focused on whiskey, feel free to request a visit to Stillgarden at check out and we will incorporate it into your tour!
If there’s one thing you do on a trip to Dublin, make it this....
A small group of us recently had a private whiskey tasting with John on a trip to Dublin. We had such an amazing evening (even though I’d have said I wasn’t the biggest whiskey fan before doing this….though was sold after the delicious introductory cocktail) and can’t thank John enough! So fun and yet informative, I’ve been recommending him to all my friends since getting home! Thanks a mil, we’ll defo be back!
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