Following the success of the Food Awards Scotland & Scottish Takeaway Awards, Creative Oceanic is proud to announce the finalists for the 1st ever Drink Awards Scotland 2024.
These awards look to celebrate the very best pubs, bars, gastropubs and retailers from across Scotland. The people of Scotland are known to enjoy a drink and these awards will allow the public to give back by voting for their favourite pubs
The drinks industry has struggled over the years but these finalists represent the bars, pubs and retailers that have come out the other side stronger than ever through dedication and commitment to their customers.
The winners will be crowned in May at an elegant ceremony in Glasgow which will see industry professionals come together for a celebration and networking opportunity.
A spokesperson for the 1st Drink Awards Scotland 2024 said: “We would like to thank the public for their participation in our nomination process.
The large number of nominations reflects the passion and dedication displayed by this year’s finalists. It is truly inspiring and showcases the vibrant and ever-evolving pub and bar scene in Scotland.
We congratulate all the finalists for their remarkable achievements.”
The finalists of the 1st Drinks Awards Scotland 2024 are:
Pub of the Year
Laird & Dog Inn (Edinburgh)
Cum-Ye-Inn (Dalbeattie)
MacSorley’s (Glasgow)
Barony Bar (Edinburgh)
Crown Tavern (Burntisland)
The Scottish Engineer (Edinburgh)
The Ericht Alehouse (Blairgowrie)
The Pot Still (Glasgow)
Bar of the Year
The Dirty Duchess (Glasgow)
Barony Bar (Edinburgh)
Curly Coo Bar (Stirling)
The Piper Whisky Bar (Glasgow)
Abbotsford Lounge Bar (Perth)
Thistle Street Bar (Edinburgh)
The Square Bar & Kitchen (Crieff)
Whiski Rooms (Edinburgh)
The Guildford Arms (Edinburgh)
The Quaich ( Crieff)
Inn of the Year
The Steamboat Inn (Dumfries)
Laird & Dog Inn (Edinburgh)
Royal Mackintosh (Dunbar)
Sheep Heid Inn (Edinburgh)
The Melville Inn (Lasswade)
The Lock Inn (Fort Augustus)
The Drovers Inn (Inverarnan)
The Old Ship Inn (Perth)
The Portcullis (Stirling)
Gastro Pub of the Year
The Birds & Bees (Stirling)
The Scran and Scallie (Edinburgh)
The Queens Arms (Edinburgh)
The Boudingait (Cupar)
The King’s Wark (Edinburgh)
The Horseshoe Inn (Peebles0
Red Squirrel (Edinburgh)
Scarecrow Bar & Grill (Glasgow)
Nicky-Tams Bar & Bothy (Stirling)
The Allangrange (Munlochy)
Best Cocktail Bar
The Alchemist St James Quarter (Edinburgh)
Kelvingrove Café (Glasgow)
The Cocktail Geeks (Edinburgh)
Tiki Bar & Kitsch Inn (Glasgow)
The Raging Bull (Edinburgh)
Blue Dog (Glasgow)
The Rat Pack – Piano & Cocktail Bar (Edinburgh)
The Venue (Perth)
Bird & Bear (Dundee)
Dusk Cocktail Bar (Aberdeen)
Wine Bar of the Year
Billington’s of Lenzie (Glasgow)
The Wine Library (Falkirk)
The Wine Press (Dundee)
Grape & Grain (Aberdeen)
Vroni’s Wine Bar (Glasgow)
Ecco Vino (Edinburgh)
La Barca Spanish Tapas & Wine Bar (Helensburgh)
Gallery 48 (Dundee)
L’Escargot Bleu Restaurant and Wine Bar (Edinburgh)
Beer Garden of the Year
The Beagle Country Pub (Dalbeattie)
The Gardenhall Inn (Glasgow)
The BrewHaus (Glasgow)
The Maltings – Pub & Grill (Perth)
The Garden Bar (Inveraray)
The Pear Tree (Edinburgh)
Rose Street Garden (Edinburgh)
The Ark (Glasgow)
The Blackbird (Edinburgh)
Old Schoolhouse (Glasgow)
Pet Friendly Venue of the Year
Balmoral Arms (Ballater)
The Famous Star Hotel & Restaurant (Moffat)
Copper DOG (Aberlour)
The Famous Bein Inn Hotel (Perth)
The Red Deer (Glasgow)
The Grog & Gruel (Fort William)
Bothy Bar (Kinlochleven)
The Lade Inn (Callander)
The Ark (Glasgow)
The Garden Bar (Inveraray)
Country Pub of the Year
The Drovers Inn (Inverarnan)
The Beagle Country Pub (Dalbeattie)
The Melville Inn (Lasswade)
The Portcullis (Stirling)
The Clachan Inn (Castle Douglas)
The Steamboat Inn (Dumfries)
The Old Stables Inn (Beattock Moffat)
The Horseshoe Inn (Peebles)
The Snow Goose (Inverness)
The Lock Inn (Fort Augustus)
Family Friendly Venue of the Year
La Barca Spanish Tapas & Wine Bar (Helensburgh)
The Lade Inn (Callander)
The Crofter Bar and Restaurant (Fort William)
L’Escargot Bleu Restaurant and Wine Bar (Edinburgh)
Slanj Restaurant (Arrochar)
Junior’s Sports Bar and Lounge (Motherwell)
Uisge Bar & Restaurant (Perth)
Ardnamurchan Scottish Restaurant & Bar (Glasgow)
The Grog & Gruel (Fort William)
Mharsanta – Scottish Restaurant & Bar (Glasgow)
Sports Bar of the Year
Grace’s Irish Sports Bar (Glasgow)
Murrayfield Sports Bar (Edinburgh)
Footlights Bar and Grill (Edinburgh)
Greens Sports Bar (Dumfries)
Junior’s Sports Bar and Lounge (Motherwell)
Belushi’s Edinburgh (Edinburgh)
Bullseye Sports Bar Greenock (Greenock)
The Creamery Sports Bar (Falkirk)
The Chanter (Edinburgh)
Malones Irish Bar (Glasgow)
Irish Pub of the Year
Molly Malones (Stirling)
Kitty O’Shea’s (Glasgow)
Dropkick Murphys (Edinburgh)
Malones Irish Bar (Aberdeen)
Biddy Mulligans (Edinburgh)
Grace’s Irish Sports Bar (Glasgow)
Gellions Bar (Inverness)
Finnegan’s Wake Edinburgh (Edinburgh)
Karaoke Venue of the Year
Supercube (Edinburgh)
Half a Tanner (Perth)
Sing City (Edinburgh)
Katie’s Bar (Glasgow)
Hummingbird (Glasgow)
Marcos Pool, Karaoke and Pizzas (Edinburgh)
The Wellington Bar (Falkirk)
Crumbs & Cocktails (Ayr)
The Monarch Bar & Function Room (Dunfermline)
Kennedys (Paisley)
Team of the Year
Ancrum Cross Keys (Jedburgh)
Gin71 (Glasgow)
Half a Tanner (Perth)
Williams Bros. Brewing Co. (Alloa)
Slanj Restaurant (Arrochar)
Sing City (Edinburgh)
The Twa Dugs (Ayr)
The Wellington Bar (Falkirk)
The Ship Inn (Melrose)
Maggie May’s (Glasgow)
Live Music Venue of the Year
Nicky-Tams Bar & Bothy (Stirling)
Whistlebinkies (Edinburgh)
The Rat Pack – Piano & Cocktail Bar (Edinburgh)
Blue Dog (Glasgow)
Hootananny (Inverness)
The Twa Tams (Perth)
Finnegan’s Wake Edinburgh (Edinburgh)
Stampers Bar (Hawick)
Maggie May’s (Glasgow)
Bag o’ Nails (Glasgow)
Best of Glasgow
MacSorley’s (Glasgow)
The Old Mill (Glasgow)
Waxy O’Connor’s (Glasgow)
Kitty O’Shea’s (Glasgow)
The Dirty Duchess (Glasgow)
Vroni’s Wine Bar (Glasgow)
Gin71 Merchant City (Glasgow)
The Piper Whisky Bar (Glasgow)
Billington’s of Lenzie (Glasgow)
Best of Edinburgh
The Guildford Arms (Edinburgh)
Halfway House (Edinburgh)
Bramble Bar (Edinburgh)
Murrayfield Sports Bar (Edinburgh)
Heads & Tales Gin Bar (Edinburgh)
Footlights Bar and Grill (Edinburgh)
Panda & Sons (Edinburgh)
Red Squirrel (Edinburgh)
Whiski Rooms (Edinburgh)
Best of North
The Piano and Whisky Bar (Inverness)
The Lade Inn (Callander)
The Maltings – Pub & Grill (Perth)
The Old Smiddy Inn (Wick)
Markie Dans (Oban)
Copper DOG (Aberlour)
Glenelg Inn (Kyle)
Gellions Bar (Inverness)
Six°North (Stonehaven)
The Auld Smiddy Inn (Pitlorchy)
Best of South
The Ship Inn (Melrose)
The Lochar Inn (Dumfries)
Stampers Bar (Hawick)
The Twa Dugs (Ayr)
The Robert the Bruce (Dumfries)
Tempest Brew Co Galas (hiels)
The Riccarton Inn (Currie)
Colebrooke Arms (Biggar)
Cum-Ye-Inn (Dalbeattie)
Ancrum Cross Keys (Jedburgh)
Gin Bar of the Year
56 North (Edinburgh)
The Piano and Whisky Bar (Inverness)
Gin71 Merchant City (Glasgow)
The Riccarton Inn (Currie)
Heads & Tales Gin Bar (Edinburgh)
Bramble Bar (Edinburgh)
Gin71 *Glasgow)
The Wee Bar (Inverness)
Panda & Sons (Edinburgh)
Albert Bar (Montrose)
Student Bar of the Year
The Creamery Sports Bar (Falkirk)
Pilgrim Bar (Edinburgh)
The Three Sisters (Edinburgh)
Starbar (Edinburgh)
Kelvingrove Café (Glasgow)
Hillhead Bookclub (Glasgow)
The Hall (Glasgow)
Dusk Cocktail Bar (Aberdeen)
Bullseye Sports Bar Greenock (Greenock)
The Venue (Perth)
Restaurant Bar of the Year
The Famous Star Hotel & Restaurant (Moffat)
Whiski Bar & Restaurant (Edinburgh)
Ardnamurchan Scottish Restaurant & Bar (Glasgow)
The Colintraive Hotel (Colintraive)
Bothy Perth (Perth)
Cafe Royal (Edinburgh)
The Queens Arms (Edinburgh)
The Crofter Bar and Restaurant (Fort William)
Mharsanta – Scottish Restaurant & Bar (Glasgow)
Uisge Bar & Restaurant (Perth)
Outstanding Pub of the Year
The Scotland (Batley)
The Old Mill (Glasgow)
The Pot Still (Glasgow)
Halfway House (Edinburgh)
Bag o’ Nails (Glasgow)
The Glencairn Lounge (Dumbarton)
Molly Malones (Stirling)
The Tower (Crieff)
Crown Tavern (Burntisland)
Malones Irish Bar (Aberdeen)
Microbrewery of the Year
Loch Lomond Brewery (Dumbarton)
Black Isle Brewing Co (Munlochy)
Loch Lomond Brewery (Dumbarton)
Tempest Brew Co (Galashiels)
The Cairngorm Brewery (Aviemore)
Loch Leven Brewery (Kinross)
Allanwater Brewhouse (Bridge of Allan)
Cross Borders Brewing Company Ltd (Dalkeith)
Williams Bros. Brewing Co (Alloa)
Stewart Brewing (Loanhead)
Hotel Bar of the Year
Royal Mackintosh (Dunbar)
The Allangrange (Munlochy)
The Lock Inn (Fort Augustus)
Balmoral Arms (Ballater)
Cairn Hotel (Carrbridge)
The Boat Inn (Aboyne)
The Colintraive Hotel (Colintraive)
The Famous Star Hotel & Restaurant (Moffat)
The Famous Bein Inn Hotel (Perth)
Distillery of the Year
The Singleton Distillery (Muir of Ord)
Dalwhinnie Distillery (Dalwhinnie)
Tullibardine Distillery (Auchterarder)
Holyrood Distillery (Edinburgh)
The Clydeside Distillery (Glasgow)
Strathisla Distillery (Keith)
The Glenturret Distillery (Crieff)
Royal Lochnagar Distillery (Ballater)
Deanston (Doune)
The Borders Distillery (Hawick)
Best Speakeasy
Bramble Bar (Edinburgh)
The Permit Room (Edinburgh)
Speakeasy (Glasgow)
Draffens (Dundee)
Dragonfly (Edinburgh)
Chez Mar Bar (Edinburgh)
The Wee Bar (Inverness)
The Tippling House (Aberdeen)
Greyfriars Bar (Perth)
Ancrum Cross Keys (Jedburgh)
Off Sales of the Year
Top Glass Off-Sales Delivery Service (Glasgow)
Stravanan Off-sales (Glasgow)
Luvians Bottle Shop (St Andrews)
The Blackbird (Edinburgh)
One O One Off Sales Ltd (Glasgow)
Sardar’s Cellar (Falkirk)
The Maltings – Pub & Grill (Perth)
Wine & Whisky (Glasgow)
The BrewHaus (Glasgow)
The Pear Tree (Edinburgh)
Convenience Retailer of the Year
Drinkmonger (Edinburgh)
Robert Graham 1874 Whisky (Edinburgh)
T B Watson Ltd. (Dumfriesshire)
Loch Fyne (Argyll)
High Spirit Drinks (Glasgow)
The Spirits Embassy (Huntly)
Inverarity Morton (Glasgow)
WoodWinters (Inverness)
Jeffrey Street (Edinburgh)
The Scottish Gantry (Stirling)
Liquor Store of the Year
The Good Spirits Co. (Glasgow)
Cork & Cask (Edinburgh)
The Whisky Shop (Inverness)
Drinkmonger (Edinburgh)
Robertsons Of Pitlochry (Pitlochry)
The Scottish Gantry (Stirling)
Royal Mile Whiskies (Edinburgh)
The Whisky Castle & Highland Market (Ballindalloch)
The Misty Bottle (Isle of Skye)
Loch Fyne Whiskies (Inveraray)
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