Time Out Melbourne Pub Awards Winners

May 19, 2015, by Adrian Moran

Time Out Melbourne Pub Awards Winners

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

The Local Taphouse

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

Beer DeLuxe, Hawthorn

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.

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