Last week (Wednesday 19 October) saw the 27th Australian Liquor Industry Awards (ALIA) take place at Sydney Town Hall, with the people, brands and venues that make this industry so wonderful celebrated.
With a sell-out crowd, the night saw a total of 60 awards handed out, split between on- and off-premise categories.
Here are the on-premise winners:
- Best New Venue or concept
- Highly commended: Continental Hotel, Sorrento
- Winner: Odd Culture, Newtown
- Best New Bar
- HC: Caretaker’s Cottage, Melbourne
- Winner: Pearl Diver Cocktails & Oysters, Melbourne and Hickson House, Sydney
- Best Sports Venue
- HC: The Oaks Hotel, Neutral Bay
- Winner: Golden Sheaf Hotel, Double Bay
- Best Gaming Venue
- HC: Eatons Hill Hotel, Moreton Bay
- Winner: Eastwood Hotel, Eastwood
- Best Food Menu
- HC: Mimi’s, Coogee Pavillion
- Winner: Bopp & Tone, Sydney
- Best Live Music Venue
- HC: Memphis Slim’s House of Blues, Adelaide
- Winner: Frankie’s Pizza, Sydney
- Bar Manager of the Year
- HC: Sarah Mycock, Old Mate’s Place
- Winner: Tash Conte, Black Pearl
- Bar Team of the Year
- HC: Maybe Sammy, Sydney
- Winner: Black Pearl, Fitzroy
- Best No-Low Product
- HC: Lyre’s Dry London Spirit
- Winner: Heaps Normal Quiet XPA
- Best Mixer
- HC: Crawley’s Syrup
- Winner: Fever-Tree
- Best On-Premise Spirit
- HC: Never Never Triple Juniper Gin
- Winner: Four Pillars Rare Dry Gin
- Best Draught Product
- HC: Great Northern Super Crisp
- Winner: Stone & Wood Pacific Ale
- Best Beer List
- HC: The Lord Nelson Brewery Hotel, The Rocks
- Winner: Boilermaker House, Melbourne
- Best Wine List
- HC: Dear Sainte Éloise
- Winner: Bar Liberty, Fitzroy
- Best Cocktail List
- HC: The Everleigh, Fitzroy
- Winner: Maybe Sammy, Sydney
- Best Gin Bar
- HC: Hickson House, The Rocks
- Winner: Four Pillars Gin Laboratory, Surry Hills
- Best Rum Bar
- HC: Jacoby’s Tiki Bar, Enmore
- Winner: The Lobo, Sydney
- Best Tequila Bar
- HC: Tio’s Cerveceria, Surry Hills
- Winner: Cantina OK!, Sydney
- Best Whisky Bar
- HC: Whisky & Alement
- Winner: Baxter Inn, Sydney
- Best Brand Ambassador
- HC: James Irvine, Four Pillars Gin
- Winner: Trish Brew, Fever Tree
MAJOR AWARDS
- Bartender of the Year:
- HC: Millie Tang, The Gresham
- Winner: Sarah Proietti, Maybe Sammy
- Publican of the Year
- HC: Shaun Brown, Forrester’s Hotel
- Winner: Tara Bonser, The Fiddler
- Bar of the Year
- HC: Cantina OK!
- Winner: Maybe Sammy
- Hotel of the Year
- HC: Coogee Pavilion, Coogee
- Winner: Beach Hotel, Byron Bay
- Bar Group Operator of the Year
- HC: Maybe Group
- Winner: Swillhouse
- Hotel Group Operator of the Year
- HC: Solotel
- Winner: Merivale
- On-Premise Supplier of the Year
- HC: CUB & CUB Premium Beverages, and Pernod-Ricard
- Winner: Vanguard Luxury Brands
A huge congratulations to all the winners, highly commended and all the finalists and a massive thank you to everyone who came to the event last Wednesday night and made this year’s ALIA another fabulous event that celebrates the industry in style.
