Guinness Brewery Dublin Postcard Series | St. James’s Gate (Sold Choice)

A series of vintage Guinness brewery postcards featuring views of the famed St. James’s Gate Brewery in Dublin, Ireland—once promoted as the largest brewery in the world. Each card presents a different stage of the brewing process or an aerial view of the expansive industrial complex.

Published by Arthur Guinness, Son & Co., Ltd. and printed in Ireland by Hely’s Limited, Dublin, these postcards form part of a coordinated series (G.A. numbers) illustrating the scale and operations of early 20th-century brewing—from malting floors and mash tuns to cooperage yards and storage vats.

Produced in a photographic printing style typical of the period (c. 1925–1940), the cards have a warm sepia tone and documentary quality, appealing to collectors of industrial history, advertising ephemera, and Guinness memorabilia.

All postcards are sold individually. Condition is good overall, with light foxing, toning, and edge wear consistent with age. Ships in a protective sleeve.

Choose your postcard using the selector button — each option displays the exact card you will receive. 

Aerial View (G.A. 3)

• Aerial views of the complex — malt stores, breweries, vat houses, racking sheds and cooperage yard.
• Quays of the River Liffey in the background.

Malting Floor (G.A. 7)

• Features barley spread on floor, steeped in water to encouraged germination.

Mash Tuns (G.A. 8)

• View of vessels where constituents of malt soluble in water are extracted--creating the sweet liquor, called wort.

Coppers (G.A. 9)

• View of coppers where the wort is boiled with hops after the mashing process.

Storage Vats (G.A. 11)

• Features 179 storage vats used to store the beer before moved into casks for distribution. The largest vat holds 90,000 gallons. 

Cooperage Yard (G.A. 12)

• Large pyramids of stored casks ready to send into trade.