Guinness St James Gate Brewery New 10-Story Tanks – Night Convoy Through Dublin (Video)
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From Guinness:
27 new fermentation and maturation vessels are being transported throughout February and March from Dun Laoghaire to St James’s Gate where they will be used as part of the €153 million expansion and redevelopment at famous brewery.
The new vessels will produce Guinness and other beers which will be shipped to the worldwide market on a daily basis. The Guinness vessels will be able to brew 300,000 pints every two hours using 26 tonnes of malt and barley.
The largest of these vessels, standing almost 10 stories high at almost 85.5 feet tall, is capable of holding just under 1,000,000 pints of Guinness. The largest vessel weighs 28 tonnes while empty and over 500 tonnes when filled with Guinness. At its full length, the convoy from Dun Laoghaire Harbour to St. James Gate measures about 300 metres long and moves at an average speed of 4 — 6km per hour.
Construction of the new project started in early summer 2012 and the new brew house will start producing beer in June 2013.
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