Five is the magic number: Emmet Ryan road tests a new brewery tour experience

Eager to broaden its appeal, Five Lamps Dublin Brewery is branching out into guided tours of its premises – with a heavy nod to Dublin’s past. Emmet Ryan visited its city-centre base to sample its hospitality

Ross Bissett, general manager of the Five Lamps Dublin Brewery, and William Harvey, Five Lamps master brewer, at the company’s Brewery and Visitor Centre, upstairs in the recently renovated Palace on Camden Street, Dublin. Fergal Phillips

Five Lamps Dublin Brewery is taking it slowly in building up its brewery tour business, but the set-up is going to stand out in a crowded market.

First, there’s the building itself, with the brewery based in the upper floors of the recently renovated Palace on Dublin’s Camden Street. The main bar has been turned into an out-and-out sports bar, comparable to the Woolshed on the other side of the city. Sitting down with ...