Birmingham’s pub of the year is the 1000 Trades.
The Jewellery Quarter watering hole scooped the accolade this week at the 2025 Birmingham Association of Bartenders (BAB) Awards, now in its 20th year.
Two-hundred pub and bar workers piled into Norton Digbeth for the event to honour the ‘heroes of hospitality.’
Stirchley’s Attic Brew Co was handed the ‘Best Local Brewer or Distiller’ award.
Attic also landed ‘local drinks product’ of the year for its Intuition pale ale.
This rounds off a good week for Attic, who also made headlines for having benefitted from government grants to cut their carbon emissions and energy bills.
The Birmingham Association of Bartenders was founded by Carl Hawkins and Julian Rose-Gibbs in March 2005.
Julian said: “Reaching 20 years is surreal. All that time ago Carl and I never dreamed of this.”
Full list of BAB 2025 awards:
Pub of the Year – 1000 Trades
Local Brewer or Distiller – Attic Brew Co
Drinks Specialist – Loki Wine
Local Drinks Product – Attic – Intuition Pale Ale
Experiential Venue – NQ64
Best Live Music Venue – Hare & Hounds
LGBTQ+ Venue – Missing
Hotel Bar – Madeleine at The Grand
Restaurant Bar – Harborne Kitchen
Wine Experience – Loki
Independent Cocktail Bar – Passing Fancies
Venue Design – La Bellezza
Brand Ambassador – Dan Upton
Events Company – Birmingham Cocktail Weekend
Drinks Menu – Couch
Cocktail of the Year – Golden Harmony – Harborne Kitchen
The Rising Star – Kimberly Knott – The Anchor
Bar Manager of the Year – Gina Underhill – Harborne Kitchen
Drinks & Hospitality Personality – Katie Rouse – Couch
BAB People’s Choice – Laura McEwan – Bite Your Brum
