Pearse Lyons Whiskey Distillery: Legacy Experience Located in Dublin's historic Liberties
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87 Ratings
Pearse Lyons Whiskey Distillery
Experience the legacy of Pearse Lyons Whiskey Distillery in Dublin's historic Liberties. Discover the rich history, enjoy whiskey and gin tastings, and immerse yourself in the Irish tradition of storytelling.
Duration: 1 hour, 20 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Pearse Lyons Distillery - Our guided tours are hosted by our team of friendly storytellers, who will regale you with intriguing tales dating back to the 12th Century.
    Our distillery tours are small in size and in keeping with our boutique nature, so you can enjoy a more personal experience.

The Pearse Lyons Distillery offers a unique and intimate tour experience, led by our amiable raconteurs who delight in sharing captivating stories from as far back as the 12th Century. The tours at our distillery are intentionally kept small to align with our exclusive and intimate ambiance, ensuring a more personalized journey for our guests.

• The tour begins with a narrated exploration of St. James’ cemetery, including the rich history of the former St. James Church.
• Inside the distillery, our raconteur guides you through the entire distillation process, allowing guests to engage with the craft by feeling, tasting, and smelling each stage.
• In true whiskey tour fashion, the experience culminates with a premium tasting session featuring five distinct Pearse Irish Whiskeys and our artisanal Irish gin at the tasting bar.
• Following the tour, guests are invited to browse our gift shop and enjoy the ambiance of McCann’s bar, which is adjacent to the distillery.

What's Included
  • Gin tasting
  • Irish Whiskey tasting
  • Local storyteller
  • Alcoholic Beverages
What's Not Included
  • Souvenirs and gift shop items (available to purchase)
Additional Information

Located in Dublin’s historic Liberties, Pearse Lyons Distillery, Dublin’s only boutique distillery, is a five-minute walk from The Guinness Storehouse. Nestled in the former Church of St.James, this distillery has a colourful history dating back to the 12 Century.

On tour of the distillery and surrounding graveyard, guests are introduced to the compelling characters from Dublin’s famous distilling and brewing district. This district, rich in culture and tradition, was once a place of booming industry known as The Golden Triangle.

The Pearse Lyons Distillery produces some of Ireland’s finest small batch Irish whiskies and celebrates the Irish tradition of storytelling on each guided tour. Guests enjoy a sensory experience as they are brought through the distilling process, before enjoying whiskey and gin tastings at our tasting bar.

All of our booklets, interactives and welcome video are translated in seven languages.

  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • Minimum age is 18 years for tasting experience
Location
Pearse Lyons Whiskey Distillery
James Street
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Evakevak
Mar 6, 2024
Recommended! - Beautifully restored place and I can highly recommend the tour - very informative and interesting and a good tasting experience.
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Loretta
Feb 26, 2024
Possibly the most beautiful distillery in the world - Went on the legacy tour, and whilst I was interested in the whiskey, the building and storytelling blew me away. The history and labour of love to create the distillery are a true labour of love, and it gave a really unique element to the tour. The whiskey? It was fantastic with my favourite being Ha'penny 4 cask. It will take one hell of a distillery to provide a better experience than Pearse Lyons.
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Gino_vg
Feb 10, 2024
Visiting Pearce Lyons - Amazing tour, unique location in the old church. A lot of historical background to this distillery. We got a great experience and wonderfull guide Sheila. Great whiskey, value for money
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410roryg
Jan 19, 2024
Beautiful distillery - The distillery is built into a beautiful old church with so much character. The real highlight of the tour however was our guide Sheila was so lovely and had answers to just about every one of our questions. Also got to try 4 different samples of the whiskey which is good value in itself for price of tour.
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S2662mqlisab
Jan 14, 2024
Really fun experience - Great tour and whiskey tasting. The staff are was nice and welcoming. The tour guide Sebastian made the experience so much fun!
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Antoinebq432md
Jan 2, 2024
A memorable visit - We had an amazing visit at Pearse Lyons ! The tour guide, Hubert (a VIP one, he is the Operations Manager), was very kind and provided the visit in French since we were a very big group of French people, including children ! We had stunning anecdotes, historically and product-wise. Hubert was very patient and took the time to make a great tasting a give us very interesting insights about the distillery. I highly recommend the tour. The products are also superb!
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Tripsb25
Dec 29, 2023
A start of a legacy - A beautiful distillery set in Dublins whiskey heart. The tour was very well carried out, starting with a graveyard tour around the stunning old church. Then heading inside for an explanation of the whiskey making process and even better the chance to try a few tasting samples. The church inside has been delicately transformed and all aspects of the transformation and the whiskey were expertly explained by our guide John, thank you so much.
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Bradsv8641kv
Dec 7, 2023
An excellent experience - An excellent tour - Shelia was knowledgeable and personable. The site is amazing and the whiskey is really, really good (they also have gin and you can buy bottles of beer). Really worth it
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500alexandriav
Nov 30, 2023
GREAT EXPERIENCE!!!!! - We walked in for a tour coming from the Guinness Storehouse. We did a tour and tasting of 5 whiskeys (which were delicious.) I particularly enjoyed the history aspect of the tour. Kaitlyn was our tour guide - she was personable and happy to answer questions. Would recommend if you are interested in whiskey and/or history!
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545guss
Nov 17, 2023
great tour that combines history and whiskey - Went on an hour tour at the legacy option, which gave us five tastings. Led by our guide Sheila the tour was fantastic! She provided a great experience because it combined local Dublin history, whiskey info, the uniqueness of this location (the church and Dublin) history and the specifics about this distillery. It’s a lovely experience and even my buddy who isn’t a huge whiskey drinker enjoyed the tour and really being able to smell and taste the differences in the different types of whiskey
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