James Norton in Netflix's new period drama House Of Guinness

Netflix has a new drama that you’re going to want to binge this weekend.

House Of Guinness landed on the streaming service on Thursday morning, and brewing stout has never looked cooler.

The eight-part series from Steven Knight (best known as the creator of Peaky Blinders) follows the Guinness family in the aftermath of the death of the brewing patriarch Benjamin Guinness. Based loosely on real life events of the stout makers, the show explores the family dynamic after they are forced to take over the brewery, all while managing their complicated personal lives amid civil unrest.

Featuring an impressive cast that includes Anthony Boyle, Louis Partridge and James Norton, critics have so far really enjoyed House Of Guinness. While a few felt the highly-stylised cinematography distracted from the writing and overall narrative, most have heaped praise on the performances and the sexier take on a family period drama.

Here’s a selection of what the critics are saying about House Of Guinness so far…

The Guardian 5/5

“House Of Guinness matures into a romp that you can hardly resist, especially when it makes such good use of its time and place. We are less than two decades on from the potato famine, and Ireland’s yearning for freedom is reaching breaking point: both are woven sensitively into the saga, making it an even richer study of the toxic rich – and making House Of Guinness,........

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