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Britain’s best new pubs revealed for 2023 – did your favourite boozer make the cut?
BRITAIN’S best new pubs have been shortlisted ahead of an awards final.
The Publican Awards will pit the best pub companies in the UK against one another across a number of categories.
Brewdog Waterloo is one of six new sites nominated for the top prize[/caption]
These include the venues which serve the best drinks, plate up the most succulent meals and provide the cosiest accommodation.
Below are the shortlisted nominees for the 2023 Publican Awards:
Best New Site
To be in contention for this prize, the pub must have opened during the past two years and be either a new-build pub or a substantial re-development.
Entrants must demonstrate evidence of how effectively trade has been built at the site. Here’s the venues shortlisted:
- Cheshire Cat Pubs & Bars – Mainwaring Arms
- BrewDog – Waterloo
- Cheshire Pub Co. – The Churchill Tree
- Little Door – The Little Scarlet Door
- REKOM – Heidi’s Bier Bar, Cardiff
- Remarkable Pubs – The Boleyn Tavern
Best Brewing Pub Company
To qualify for this section, the pub company had to have between two and 150 sites that manage to juggle both a pub estate and a successful brewery.
To be in with a shot here, you’ll need to run a successful brewery and/or a managed or tenanted/leased pub estate. Those nominated will have between two and 150 pub sites.
- Brewhouse & Kitchen
- Salt Brewing
- Big Smoke Brew Co.
- Lincoln Green Brewing Co.
Best Community Pub Operator
This winner of this category will be the best local in the country, serving up the largest amount of pints in its area.
- Urban Village Pubs
- Greene King
- Admiral Taverns
- Stonegate – Craft Union
Best Accommodation Operator
After a bruising long walk or an aching drive with the kids in the back, this award will be presented to the company boasting excellent rooms.
- Daniel Thwaites
- Fuller, Smith & Turner
- Grosvenor Pubs & Inns
- Upham Group
Best Drinks Offer
Arguably the most important category of them all – which pub firm is serving up the best pints and glasses of vino.
With most punters entering a pub for a sharpener, this is arguably the most significant gong. Drinks retail excellence bragging rights on the table for the nominees.
- Albion & East
- Casa Hotels
- The Alchemist
Best Food Offer
Pub companies that average a two-course meal (Starter/Dessert and Main) from between £12.50 to £25 per head can enter the award, which is looking for the tastiest mainstream food on offer in the country.
- Brucan Pubs
- The Botanist
- Barons Pub Company
Best Late Night Operator
A category for the kind of pub which specialises in only ringing for last orders late into the night and can be a vibrant establishment into the early hours of the following morning.
- Nightcap
- REKOM
- Revolution
- Stonegate Group
Best Sustainable Pub Company
An award for the firm which best demonstrates a significant and concerted effort to reduce its waste and be environmentally efficient.
- Mitchells & Butlers
- Marston’s
- The Alchemist
The Boleyn Tavern in East London[/caption]
Mainwaring Arms public house in Staffordshire[/caption]
Christmas Eve revellers paint the town red as they hit pubs and clubs for a festive knees up
CHRISTMAS Eve revellers were painting the town red last night as they hit pubs and clubs for a festive knees up.
Merry partygoers were seen sporting Santa hats and costumes as they celebrated during a night out with friends and family.
One group of friends appeared to be in great spirits with one young lady wearing a Santa hat in Leeds[/caption]
Friends in Leeds were spotted having a good time on Christmas Eve[/caption]
One woman was seen wearing a snowman costume in Leeds[/caption]
Two women were seen trying to dodge the rain by putting jackets over their heads[/caption]
Young people were spotted out in Leeds, braving the weather and train strikes to see the beginning of Christmas Day.
One woman appeared to be in the festive spirit with a special outfit which featured a snowman.
Another was seen wearing a Santa hat and robe as friends lifted her into the air.
One excited group of pals were snapped posing with peace signs as they ventured about the town.
Two women were seen trying to dodge the rain by putting jackets over their heads as the weather turned bad.
Meanwhile, a man was spotted escorting a woman back to a vehicle as she tried to avoid the rain by covering her head.
One loved-up couple were spotted at a pub in Newcastle ahead of Santa making his rounds tonight.
Drinkers were seen making the most of the whole week with people spotted partying in Newcastle on Friday.
Someone with a strong enthusiasm for Christmas was seen sporting a Grinch costume.
Partygoers in Leeds didn’t let the cold bother them as they enjoyed their night out[/caption]
A man was seen escorting a woman back to a vehicle as she tried to avoid the rain[/caption]