Guinness to expand St James Gate brewery

Diageo has announced plans to expand the Guinness brewing operations in Dublin.

The company said today that it was planning to close its Guinness brewery in west London and transfer the plant’s business to the brewery at St James’s Gate in Dublin.

Diageo said the decision was made after a review of operations found it would be more efficient to concentrate production facilities in Dublin.

The St James’s Gate brewery in Dublin already produces around eight million kegs of Guinness every year and this figure will rise to around 12 million once the London operations have been absorbed.