No trip to Dublin would be complete without a visit to the Guinness Storehouse to see how the black stuff is made. You can tour the factory, watch videos on making Guinness, see a history of their advertising and indulge in some of the actual drinking in one of the bars.

However if you do visit the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin, be sure to take your iPod with you first, because it will become your own personal tour guide. As the factory storehouse is on several floors, you could easily get lost walking around all of that Guinness information and memorabilia, so by visiting the Guinness website you’re able to download a free podcast of the factory tour guide.

The guide can be played as a MP3 on your MP3 player or iPod, and will tell you all about Guinness, how it was made and the history of the brewery. With information such as the time the sheriff’s office tried to shut the brewery down because they thought the factory was drawing too much water, you’re sure to be interested in everything it has to say… if you like Guinness of course.