Top Five Category Finalists Announced for Inaugural Edinburgh Bar Awards
The 2024 Edinburgh Bar Awards winners will be announced at the inaugural Edinburgh Bartender’s Ball on Monday 16th September, but ahead of that, the event organisers have announced the finalists for each category. Voted for by the community, the five venues or individuals named in the shortlists have a couple of weeks to wait on tenterhooks to find out who takes to the winners stage at what will be, if Glasgow Bartender’s Balls are any measure, a hell of a party.
David Smillie, co-founder and organiser of the Bar Awards and Bartender’s Ball said: “We are overwhelmed with the response from the Edinburgh Bar Awards and the thousands of votes which were cast by Edinburgh’s hospitality scene. Join us this September to raise a glass to Edinburgh’s finest in a post-Fringe celebration to remember! The first of its kind in Edinburgh, the Bartenders Ball will be supported by Halewood, Base Spirits Collective, X Muse Vodka, Born Irish Whiskey and Heverlee. These partners will provide samples during the event as part of the ticket price, and their support has made the whole thing possible!”
Tickets to the Edinburgh Bartender’s Ball and awards bash are still available, and can by booked for £30 a pop here.
The Categories and Finalists
Best Bar – sponsored by Cutty Sark
- Bramble
- Cocktail Geeks
- Hey Palu
- Raging Bull
- Star Bar
Best Pub – sponsored by Pintail – Purveyors of precious wines and spirits
- Diggers (The Athletic Arms)
- Malones – Haymarket
- Nauticus
- Polwarth Tavern
- The Mother Superior
Best Bar Team – sponsored by Royal Mile Whiskies
- Bramble
- Cocktail Geeks
- Nauticus
- Raging Bull
- Star Bar
Best Restuarant Bar
- Dine
- Eleanore
- Hawksmoor
- Old Pal
- Tipo
Best Drink – sponsored by Schweppes
- Coconut Daiquiri – Panda & Sons
- Cranachan Manhattan – Commons Club
- Gimlet – Hawksmoor
- Porridge Colada – Nauticus
- Yuzu Margarita – Hey Palu
Best Shake
- Fowwaz Ansari – Bittersweet
- Jake Harris – Hawksmoor
- Leon Wilkes Black – Commons Club
- Sam Milne – Panda & Sons
- Sian Buchan – Uno Mas
Unsung Heroes – sponsored by Holyrood Distillery
- Ben Leslie – Raging Bull
- Jane Ross – Mother Superior
- Max Swift – Wildcat
- Niall Mcmillan – Hawksmoor
- Rachael Carpenter – Cocktail Geeks
Rising Stars – sponsored by X Muse Scottish Barley Vodka
- Alessia Impedovo – Cocktail Geeks
- Alex Moore – Nauticus
- Alfie Chisholm – Dine
- Cassius Haresign – Paradise Palms
- Sofie Gonzales – Old Pal
Social Stars – sponsored by Atomic10
- Carrie Smith – Hoot the Redeemer
- Chloe Yeung – Panda & Sons
- Hazel Macleod – Woven / William Grant & Sons
- Iain McPherson – Panda & Sons
- Ryan Snedden – Indy
Far Side Of the Bar – sponsored by Heads Up Hospitality
- Ashton Williamson – Monin
- Daniela Liverani – Sazerac
- Ellie Raeside – Bacardi
- Jody Buchan – Speciality Brands
- Ross Lawrie – Schweppes
Legend – awarded on night and sponsored by BACKS! Hospitality