Rob Wood celebrates Lucky 7's win (photo credit: Edwin Ladd)

The BAB (Birmingham Association of Bartenders) Awards took place this week at Eighteen, an X+why space on the 18th floor of 103 Colmore Row with much of Birmingham’s hospitality scene in attendance.


 BAB is now 19 years old with the Awards now in their second year. The results were as follows:

PUB OF THE YEAR 

Winner: 1000 Trades

The Craven Arms

The Church

Hop & Scotch

The Colmore

SPECIALIST BEER BAR 

Winnner: Post Office Vaults

Kilder

The Barrel Store

The Wolf

Sommar Brewing Company 

LOCAL BREWER | DISTILLER 

Winner: Birmingham Brewing Co.

West Midlands Distillery

Glasshouse

Leviathan Brewing

Attic Brew Co

LOCAL DRINKS | PRODUCT

Winner: WMD Black Spiced Rum

Roundhouse Gin

Attic Bew Forward Lager

Crazy Gin Punjabi

Birmingham Brewing Rotunda Pale Ale

SUSTAINABILITY CHAMPION 

Winner: Lucky7 

e18hteen

The Good Intent

Hampton Manor

Kilo Zero 

HOTEL BAR 

Winner: Madeleine Bar at The Grand 

Baloci

Saint Paul’s House

Malmaison

Hotel du Vin

RESTAURANT BAR

Winner: Harborne Kitchen

Orelle

Smoke & Ash

Tattu

Gaucho

Dishoom

WINE EXPERIENCE 

Winner: Loki

Arch13

Txikiteo

Vagabond

The Wine Events Company 

DRINKS MENU
Winner Fox & Chance 

Passing Fancies

Lucky7

Gas Street Social

Couch

SPECIALIST WINE | SPIRITS SELECTION

Winner: Grain & Glass

Loki

The Sake Events Company

The Mayan

Arch13

RISING STAR 

Winner: Zidan Azad

Kal McGrath

Edward Guthrie

Daniele Vignali

Chris Hales

Renata Ma

BAR MANAGER 

Winner: Jacob Clarke (Couch)

Charlie Baxter (Passing Fancies)

Nathan Farley (Subside)

Matt Lake (Madeleine Bar at The Grand)

Juan Gurdiel Diez (Tattu)

INDEPENDENT COCKTAIL BAR 

Winner: Passing Fancies

Couch

Lucky7

Fox & Chance

Ikigai

COCKTAIL OF THE YEAR 

White Grape Gimlet (Couch) *WINNER*

Adult Ribena (Passing Fancies)

Toast (Lucky7)

Peanut Alexander (40 St Paul’s)

Irish Coffee (Fox & Chance)

BIRMINGHAM DRINKS & HOSPITALITY PERSONALITY 

Winner: Matt Arnold (Passing Fancies)

Adin Memetovic (Albert Schloss)

Katie Rouse (Couch)

Aman Johal (40 St Paul’s)

Sam Boulton (The Sake Events Company)

PEOPLE’S CHOICE 

Winner: Hockley Social Club 

Alex Nicholson-Evans

Jessica Savva

Sophie Mackay

Andy Hyman