Discover the secrets of the brewing process on a guided tour of the Dead Centre Brewing facility in Athlone. Find out about each step of the process from sourcing materials to bottling the brews. Savor craft flavors with a beer tasting experience. Meet your guide at Dead Centre Brewing and begin your beermaking adventure. Hear about the brewing process in clear, simple-to-understand language. Cover aspects of the process such as brewing, fermentation and packaging. Listen as your guide tells you about how they source local ingredients to brew with and return waste materials to the food chain. Be in-the-know as you find out about the array of beer styles brewed on site. Take in the stunning, uninterrupted views of Athlone Castle and St Peter and Paul's church. Complete your tour by tasting some of the beers that you have heard so much about.

As you depart Dublin for the west, your whiskey expert driver/guide will entertain you as you sit back and enjoy the rolling Irish countryside. Your first tour is Kilbeggan Distillery, which includes a master class in the tasting of Kilbeggan Irish Whiskey, Kilbeggan Single Grain, and Tyrconnell Single Malt. Next, you will visit one of Ireland’s most authentic towns, Athlone. Enjoy some free time here and grab lunch, then your host will take you for a visit to Sean’s Bar, Ireland’s oldest pub. The bar has its very own whiskey brand and you’ll enjoy a tasting of Sean’s Bar Single Malt and Specially Blended Irish Whiskey. Another quick transfer by road will have you at the home of Tullamore Dew, one of the biggest Irish whiskey brands in the world. Take a tour of the impressive state-of-the-art Tullamore Distillery and enjoy a premium tasting. Afterward, you'll return to Dublin and be back in the downtown area around 6:30 PM.