In 1997, it was decided to convert the building into the Guinness Storehouse, replacing the Guinness Hop Store as the Brewery's visitor centre. The building was used continuously as the fermentation plant of the Brewery until its closure in 1988, when a new fermentation plant was completed near the River Liffey. It was designed in the style of the Chicago School of Architecture and was the first multi-storey steel-framed building to be constructed in Ireland. James's Gate Brewery (yeast is added to the brew). The building in which the Storehouse is located was constructed in 1902 as a fermentation plant for the St. The seventh floor houses the Gravity Bar with views of Dublin and where visitors may drink a pint of Guinness included in the price of admission. Other floors feature the history of Guinness advertising and include an interactive exhibit on responsible drinking. The ground floor introduces the beer's four ingredients (water, barley, hops and yeast), and the brewery's founder, Arthur Guinness. The Storehouse covers seven floors surrounding a glass atrium shaped in the form of a pint of Guinness. Since opening in 2000, it has received over twenty million visitors. Guinness Storehouse is a tourist attraction at St.

James store house