This huge brewery was in operation from 1936 to 2005, to be finally delocalized to Dublin. Only the marketing department remains in London in an ultra-modern building nearby.
Built by the famous English architect Giles Gilbert Scott, author of -among others- the famous Battersea Power Station, this brewery is organized into massive buildings linked between each others by aerial bridges.
The succession of the buildings follow the production process.
Malt & hop store, brewery, fermentation house, then vathouse and kegging plant and finally bottling plant.
The site even had its own power station, incredibly beautiful site completely untouched.
But also we managed to explore: labs, silos, rooftops, demolition machines, offices, radio room, hair salon... A king-size urban exploration in an incredible place, protected from vandalism...
I joined Guinness in 1960 (aged 15) as a messenger and worked there until 1968. My father also worked there as foreman in the heavy gang from 1956 until he took early retirement in 1994. My wife worked at Guinness as a secretary for about 7 years and her father like the previous contributors father joined Guinness when they took over Thomas Allen in 1955. He had joined Thomas Allen when he was 14 and retired from Guinness in 1965 having enjoyed at least 18,250 free pints of the black stuff. Guinness was a fantastic company to work for and I remember well the sweets at christmas....especially the nougat! In the 60s and 70s Guinness was like a big family and I often wonder what became of my friends and colleagues.
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