Smithwick's Experience

This experience is well worth the stop if you are in Kilkenny. Our tour guide was fantastic (i feel terrible i have forgotten her name) and did an amazing job leading us through the history and science that is Smithwick's. The tour is very interactive and has a great production value. It is super engaging and interacting which was great as it was our 3rd brewery tour on our vacation. I highly recommend checking out the cream ale at the end of your tour. Absolutely delicious!!!

Great tour of an iconic brewery. It’s on the more “experience” end of tours, so more history and well polished exhibits. Tour guide Niamh was excellent, and answered all of our difficult and ridiculous questions. If you’re in Kilkenny you have to do it, well worth it. And definitely upgrade for the flight of beer.

A solid tour of Smithwick's in Kilkenny - given by Daragh. He was both entertaining and informative! The history was very interesting, and the "picture room" was very cool. Literally moving pictures - and quite well done. The tasting experience, of the ingredients used in making beer, was a nice touch. And the beers afterwards, in the taproom, were well received and poured. Worth the visit, indeed!

We went on a tour with Maggie as our guide, and found her extremely warm and witty. She took time to answer questions and share a lot of information in a way that was fun and inviting. The physical tour was also well designed and we enjoyed the paddle of tasters we had at the end.

A pleasantly surprising, educational and interactive, entertaining experience. Our young guide was funny and knowledgeable, and the modern sensory elements were delightful. The best part was smelling all the components and then getting to taste the flight of all of Smithwicks' best beers at the end!

We easily booked online. The guide did a good job in presenting the history of the city, brewing and business. The conclusion of the story can be unexpected, if you did not document upfront. Just a museum, not a live brewery anymore. Nice videos and interactions during the tour , it is touchy feely smelly. The price was a bit high in the end for 40 minutes of tour and one beer. The Kilkenny beer might have been the first served on that day, it was mostly foam and quite flat. Also, too cold in the tasting room and with very cold beer , hard to drink.

Joined this beer brewing tour and guided by Colin which gave us a very detail walk through history of brewing business by Smethwick family in kilkenny highly recommended if you ever visit kilkenny tour will take about 45 minutes and it comes with a complimentary beer at the end of the tour

Your was pretty good, I learned a lot about the Smithwicks history. The brewing isn't actually done in Kilkenny anymore, so a lot of the tour is of models of brewing equipment instead of the running brewery. And of course, got to drink plenty of beer!