Many of Melbourne's craftiest venues took out trophies at the second Time Out Melbourne Pub Awards. Pub of the Year went to The Last Jar, who also collected Best Pub Food, while Publican of the Year went to the mates who turned the former Gertrude's Brown Couch into The Catfish. People's Choice, meanwhile, went to Beer DeLuxe Hawthorn while The Local Taphouse in St Kilda collected Best Beer List.
The awards were held last night at Beer DeLuxe in Federation Square, the Good Beer Week Festival Hub, with publicans, bartenders and industry folk joined by 260 partygoers.
Time Out Melbourne Pubs Editor, Fred Siggins, explains: “The pubs of Melbourne are as integral to our culture as good coffee, bad weather and AFL. The best among them support live music, good food, craft beer and a positive drinking culture. It's a real pleasure to have the opportunity to recognise such an important part of what makes Melbourne awesome.”
The full list of winners, which includes many of the pubs and bars that support The Crafty Pint, is:
PUB OF THE YEAR
The Last Jar
BEST PUB FOOD
The Last Jar
Highly Commended:
The Railway, Windsor
BEST BEER LIST
Highly Commended:
Beer DeLuxe, Hawthorn
BEST SPORTS PUB
The Palace Hotel, South Melbourne
Highly Commended:
College Lawn Hotel
BEST LIVE MUSIC PUB
The Reverence Hotel
Highly Commended:
The Curtin
PUB REVIVAL AWARD
Marquis of Lorne
Highly Commended:
Cherry Tree Hotel
PUBLICAN OF THE YEAR
Kieran Yewdall and Michael Shaughnessy, The Catfish (pictured at top)
Highly Commended:
Siobhan Dooley, The Drunken Poet
PEOPLE'S CHOICE
OLD SCHOOL PUB AWARD
Railway Hotel, South Melbourne
LEGEND AWARD
The Laird
The Time Out Melbourne Pub Guide 2015, the city's ultimate pub bible, was also launched at the event and will be available from leading retailers for $4.95 from May 21.
