Pearse Lyons Whiskey Distillery: Legacy Experience Located in Dublin's historic Liberties
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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.

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Jaclyndubh2
Jul 22, 2024
Enjoyable history on our doorstep - We were fortunate enough to get tickets gifted to us via the liberties festival and have to say we thoroughly enjoyed it our tour guide was Liam he was informative spoke clearly he was knowledgeable and no questions went unanswered So much respect for the vision the founder of this distillery had and commitment to the area to refurbish this beautiful historic Irish church what a legacy The sympathetic design of the stained glass windows are outstanding big respect for quality and design to Deirdre Lyons her ability to bring alive the story with jewelled colour glass is outstanding The quality products available in their gift shop are not overinflated in price the way so many of the other tourist destinations are Big congrats to the HR in Pearse Lyons for picking informed staff who clearly enjoy their jobs and were all very courteous from the bee keeping gate man to travis on reception and Liam the tour guide well done I will be highly recommending this to others
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Adam
Jun 22, 2024
Memorable experience! - Lovely boutique distillery! I visited their sister distillery in Lexington, Kentucky as well and also had a good time there. Bernard at Pearse Lyons was the best!
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Cathyd899
Jun 12, 2024
Cool place. Old and new. - This is a cool new distillery in a very old location. Pearse Lyons refurbished this old church and out his distillery inside. The cemetery is still as well. The adjoining contemporary building houses the front desk and other rooms but all the stills and bar are in the old church building. I enjoyed the whiskey and was shocked that I also really really enjoyed the rhubarb flavored gin. Wow.
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Dreamer11037613470
May 29, 2024
Great experience - Great experience in a magnificent setting.. An old church. I would have liked to have had an audio guide in French. I recommend the experience.
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Erind761
May 28, 2024
Try this over Jameson - We wanted to try a whiskey other than Jameson and were NOT disappointed with Pearse Lyons. Excellent. Their gin was delicious as well. The tour was great!
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Whiskey777
May 13, 2024
Best distillery and best whiskey - Science doesn't change based on location. The Pearse Lyon distillery is the coolest place to learn about distillation. Their whiskeys are the best there are. I really miss the Cooper's Select. Yer man spent 27 MIL Euro fixing up the church so he could make whiskey in it. It's really cool. I've done this tour 3 times. My friend brought me here. Then I brought my wife. Then again with my sister. It is an easy tour to miss as it's not well know, but it is the best there is.
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T2131efmartinel
May 12, 2024
Very interesting visit and very beautiful stills for these good whiskeys in small local production - Very beautiful story for this place and very nice visit with our guide EMILIE from Celtictours. It goes without saying that the tasting was also perfect and that I was left with a beautiful bottle.
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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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Rosesmom
Jun 16, 2024
Interesting History Info - Looking for something to do in Dublin, we did this, only took about an hour. Tour guide was interesting, loved hearing about the history of the building and how it became a distillery more than the actual tasting. We were the only people on the tour.
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Ingow532
May 29, 2024
Interesting location - Since the tour is attended by many guests whose first language is not English, one might expect the pronunciation to be a little clearer. A tasting glass should have been included in the price, as at other distilleries. Overall, though, it was a nice tour at a special location.
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