The nominees for the 2nd annual Time Out Melbourne Pub Awards have been announced. The awards recognise Melbourne’s top watering holes and provide a platform for the launch of the second annual Time Out Melbourne Pub Guide.

The awards will be held at Beer DeLuxe in Federation Square, the official hub of Good Beer Week and all things craft beer in the city, on Monday 18 May 2015 from 6.30pm.

There will be 10 awards up for grabs including Pub of the Year, Publican of the Year and Best Pub Revival. A brand new category – the Old School Pub Award – will recognise a good old fashioned, classic pub that’s at the heart of its local community.

Time Out’s team of beer nuts will judge nine of the awards, while the People’s Choice Award, as ever, will be judged by Time Out readers. Voting is now open for readers to vote for their favourite from the top ten reader-nominated pubs for the People Choice Award via the website.

Time Out Melbourne Pubs Editor, Fred Siggins, explains: “Pubs are as integral to Melbourne as AFL and coffee. Whether new and shiny or old and daggy, these joints are the beating heart of every Melbourne neighbourhood and are a huge part of what makes this the best city in the world to live.”

And the nominees are…

BEST PUB FOOD
Builders Arms Hotel
The Last Jar
The Lincoln
Marquis of Lorne
The Railway, Windsor

BEST BEER LIST
Beer DeLuxe, Hawthorn
The Gertrude Hotel
Great Northern Hotel
The Local Taphouse
The Royston

PUB REVIVAL AWARD
Cherry Tree Hotel
The Empress Hotel
The Lincoln
Marquis of Lorne
St Hotel

BEST LIVE MUSIC PUB
The Curtin
The Prince
The Retreat
The Reverence Hotel
The Yarra Hotel

BEST SPORTS PUB
College Lawn Hotel
Maori Chief Hotel
The Palace Hotel
The Rose
Terminus Hotel, Abbotsford

PUBLICAN OF THE YEAR
Alex Summers, The Alehouse Project
Kieran Yewdall + Michael Shaughnessy, The Catfish
Chris + Penny Hodges, Cherry Tree Hotel
Siobhan Dooley, The Drunken Poet
Russell Griggs, Terminus Hotel, Fitzroy

PEOPLE’S CHOICE
The Alehouse Project
Beer DeLuxe, Hawthorn
The Duke
The Exchange Hotel
The Lincoln
The National Hotel
The Palace Hotel
The Railway, Windsor
Railway Hotel, South Melbourne
Temperance Hotel

OLD SCHOOL PUB AWARD
Announced on the night

LEGEND AWARD
Announced on the night

PUB OF THE YEAR
Announced on the night

Members of the public who love good classic pub grub, a cold drink and a proper knees-up thanks to pub band The Beans, are welcome to attend the awards. Tickets are $60 (plus booking fee) and attendees will be treated to beers from Little Creatures, cocktails from Canadian Club, live music, great pub snacks, all the excitement of the awards themselves and a copy of the Time Out Melbourne Pub Guide 2015.

This year’s winners will not only walk away with the glory and an honorary place in the Time Out Melbourne Pub Guide 2015, but will also be fully kitted out by hospitality apparel label, Cargo Crew.

Time Out Melbourne Pub Awards
Monday 18 May, 6.30-10.30pm
Beer DeLuxe, Federation Square, Between NGV Atrium and ACMI, Cnr Swanston and Flinders Streets, Melbourne
Tickets $60 (plus booking fee)

For further information and tickets, visit:
www.au.timeout.com/melbourne/bars/events/14221/time-out-pub-awards