"If you're familiar with the prolific British writer's fondness for grimy historical dramas embellished with as much street brawling as possible, you may be able to envision the tone. The Netflix drama launches into its tale by cutting between preparations for the funeral of Sir Benjamin Lee Guinness, much-beloved patriarch of the famous Irish brewery, and a demonstration outside its gates against the dangers of inebriation."
"Will there be trouble when they confront the religious zealots who've set up an effigy of the late Guinness as part of their protest? "The family's name is Guinness," Rafferty sneers, "of course there'll be fucking trouble." Cue the title card: A shot of a beer bottle smashing into the House of Guinness logo, all set over an electric fiddle riff, naturally."
House of Guinness opens with kinetic, stylized sequences that mix funeral preparations, anti-drink protests, and cinematic brewing shots set to a throbbing electric bass. The series is set in 1868 and frames a family brewery at the center of social unrest and religious condemnation. Sean Rafferty, the Guinness family enforcer, organizes muscle to confront protestors and protect the estate. Sir Benjamin Lee Guinness's death creates a power vacuum as his children vie for control of an expanding hops-based empire. The tone blends grimy historical drama, street brawling, and business intrigue, evoking a Peaky Blinders–adjacent energy across Dublin.
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