GLASS war!

What to expect from a period epic inspired by the real-life Guinness dynasty

- WORDS: SEAN MARLAND. PHOTOS: GETTY, NETFLIX

Sporting an impressive moustache, a fine top hat and a large black bow tie, Anthony Boyle looks every inch the 19th-century gentleman as he takes a seat in a disused tobacco factory in Liverpool's Stanley Dock.

The vast Victorian warehouse has been transformed into the Guinness Brewery of St James's Gate in Dublin - a business founded in 1759 and which by 1868 was at the centre of an empire that spanned the globe.

It's also the beating heart of Netflix's