Craft beer is constantly changing and evolving. Every week seems to bring a different angle on classic styles with new ingredients, new techniques and new approaches.  We spend a lot of time talking about, and drinking, new limited releases and seasonal beers and rightly so as there are some great beers being released, but what about those beers that you go back to again and a...

Looks like we are in for some pleasant weather this Easter weekend, perfect gin & tonic weather if you ask me! Good thing we have some fantastic new gins on our shelves this weekend. There are exciting new releases, just hitting the shelves this week, from two of our favourite English brands, Bombay Sapphire and Tanqueray. Of course, we also have some great new Iri...

From home grown heros to great international brands and from classically styled to new wave gins there is something for every gin lover to enjoy in our gin sale.

There is some outstanding value on offer in as well. Here is just a small selection from over 40 gins on offer.

Now €35.00/Was €44.00

A gin that should need no introducti...

Easter week is upon us once again and a busy week it is for wine here at O'Briens: the Bordeaux Parcel Sale continues, 15% Back On Loyalty card begins tomorrow and today marks World Malbec Day.

I know it's a busy time for our customers too, so whether you are planning a large family gathering this Easter, or a more modest, low-key affair, here are some handy recommenda...

Our Wine Director Lynne Coyle MW is over in Bordeaux this week hand-picking the claret that will grace our shelves this year.  Good timing, as we have just launched our Bordeaux Wine Parcel Sale. There is up to 31% Off a wide range of Château and Appellations to suit every taste and budget.

Bordeaux is the largest wine producing region in France with-<...

Disregarding the occasional snow flurry, it looks like spring is here and with it comes some great new beers. March saw some great new seasonals but also some great new core releases. Here is a small selection of new beers on the shelf now.

Galway Bay has brought us another big and bold double IPA  - Sans Juice, this one in collaboration with America...

Great news, the O’Brien's Great Gin Sale has begun! We have over 40 superb gins on offer so there is something for everyone. If you are looking to pick up a gift for someone this weekend then we have some great options here as well. Hint (in case you forgot) it’s Mother’s Day this Sunday 31st of March.

I have written about the ...

I am a huge fan of the Albariño grape variety and last year I was lucky enough to visit the grape's spiritual home in Spain's northwestern Galicia region with the O'Briens management team (read about our visits here & here). During the visit we met up with David Geary from Bodeaga Paco y Lola for a first look at the brand new Albariño that would be landing on ou...

With the great review for our Sicilian Nero Oro Appassimento by James Martin and Oz Clarke on ITV's Saturday Kitchen last week I have been spurned on to show some of the terrific reviews we received closer to home recently.

We are lucky to have a great set of wine critics in Ireland but we don't all get a chance to see every review, so here is a snapshot of the O'Brien...

Last Saturday our Wine Director and Master of Wine Lynne Coyle was a guest on Virgin Media's Weekend AM. She presented a trio of Mediterranean wines and the Torres de-alcoholised Muscat. We were pre-recording in their studios at 07.30am due to the live rugby coverage but that is no hardship when we got to taste such a delicious lineup of vino!