Diageo Ireland to build new world-class brewery

Source: Food and Drink Digital

Date :12/09/2008 13:44:24

Diageo Ireland said on September 11, that it is to acquire a 73-acre greenfield site in Leixlip, Co Kildare with the intention to build a new state-of-the art brewery.

This development represents the next stage of the €650million capital investment in Diageo’s brewing operations in Ireland, announced in May.

Once commissioned, the new brewery - in conjunction with the remodelled St James’s Gate brewery - will transform Diageo Ireland’s current brewing operations into a two-brewery centre, Diageo said.

“This will support the growth and development of its domestic and global beer business,” according to the brewer.

The proposed site has important historical links to Arthur Guinness who established his first brewery in Leixlip in 1755, before moving to St James’s Gate in 1759.

It is anticipated that the new brewery will be completed by 2013 and will be called the ‘Arthur Guinness Brewery’.