Whiskey in Dublin: Jameson, Teeling or Another Distillery?
Updated October 13, 2026 · 5 min read
For most visitors, book the Jameson Distillery tour on Bow Street: €31 per person, 45 minutes, 4.7 stars from 7,872 reviews, with a comparative tasting and a Jameson cocktail. For a working distillery at the lowest price: the Teeling Distillery tour is €22. For the best rating: the Roe & Co tour with a cocktail workshop has 4.9 stars from 734 reviews at €28.
The six side by side
| Experience | Duration | From | Rating | What you do | Age and access |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jameson Distillery tour with tastings | 45 minutes | €31 | 4.7 (7,872) | Guided tour, comparative tasting, cocktail | Wheelchair accessible, according to the operator |
| Teeling Whiskey Distillery tour & tasting | 1 hour | €22 | 4.6 (1,310) | Operating distillery, exhibition, tasting | Over 18 for the tasting |
| Irish Whiskey Museum guided tour & tasting | 1 hour | €25 | 4.6 (1,564) | Story of Irish whiskey, brands from all over Ireland | Not for under 18s |
| Roe & Co Distillery cocktail workshop experience | 1 hour | €28 | 4.9 (734) | Tour, blending or flavours workshop, cocktail | Not for under 18s |
| Pearse Lyons Distillery experience | 1 hour | €22 | 4.7 (512) | Tour in a former church, three to five whiskeys, small group | Group of up to 8 |
| Whiskey Blending & Personalised Miniature | 75 minutes | €37 | 4.7 (417) | Tasting of four whiskeys, own blend in a 70 ml bottle | Not for under 18s |
How they differ
All six are about an hour and three of them (Teeling, Roe & Co and Pearse Lyons) are in the Liberties, an area long associated with brewing and distilling; the Jameson tour is in Smithfield and the Irish Whiskey Museum is on Grafton Street. The real choice is between three kinds of visit.
A brand experience. The Jameson tour is the shortest at 45 minutes and the most booked by a wide margin. It runs through the original Bow Street buildings and the story of John Jameson, ends with a comparative tasting and a signature cocktail, and is offered in English and French. The booking page says it can be upgraded on site with a visit to a live maturation warehouse, where you taste Jameson straight from the barrel; the price of that add-on is not stated, so ask when you book. A bottle personalised on the spot is optional.
An independent view. The Irish Whiskey Museum, and the blending session on the same premises, are the two that are not tied to one brand. Its guide tells the rise, fall and revival of Irish whiskey through four rooms of memorabilia, then a guided tasting lets you compare competing brands from across Ireland. If you want to know which style you like before buying a bottle, this is the one that lets you find out. The €37 blending session on the same premises adds your own mixed bottle; the blending itself is in English, while the audio tour is available in other languages on your phone.
A working distillery. Teeling describes itself as an operational urban distillery, the first new one in Dublin in over 125 years, with three copper pot stills, and the tour ends with a tasting of its range. Tours leave every 20 minutes and the page advises booking ahead in peak season. Roe & Co, in the former Guinness Power Station, is built around a workshop: you choose between Blending (building a whiskey old fashioned) and Flavours (finding your taste profile), then have a cocktail in the Power House Bar. Pearse Lyons is the odd one out, in the former St James Church with its graveyard, with only eight people in a group.
See dates and prices for the Jameson Distillery tour
Which one
Take Jameson if you want the best-known name and the shortest commitment. Take Teeling if you want to see whiskey being made and pay as little as €22. Take the Irish Whiskey Museum tour if you want to compare brands without loyalty to one. Take Roe & Co if you would rather make something than listen, and Pearse Lyons if a small group matters.
Check the conditions first. Roe & Co and the Irish Whiskey Museum both list children under 18 as not suitable, Roe & Co also lists pregnant women, and Teeling requires you to be over 18 for the tasting; the Jameson booking page lists no minimum age. Roe & Co and Pearse Lyons ask you to bring ID, and the blending session needs a charged smartphone and headphones for the audio guide. On all six pages the operator lists the venue as wheelchair accessible; confirm it with the venue for your own needs before you book.
Combining it with something else
If you want whiskey and Guinness on the same afternoon, the guided combinations are covered in the Guinness Storehouse ticket guide: both Jameson and Roe & Co can be paired with a skip-the-line Storehouse visit. For an evening of pubs rather than distilleries, see Dublin pub crawl or an Irish music night. Every whiskey experience is listed on the page for whiskey tours in Dublin.
