The nominees for the 2nd annual Time Out Melbourne Pub Awards have been announced. The awards recognise Melbourne’s top watering holes and provide a platform for the launch of the second annual Time Out Melbourne Pub Guide.

The awards will be held at Beer DeLuxe in Federation Square, the official hub of Good Beer Week and all things craft beer in the city, on Monday 18 May 2015 from 6.30pm.

There will be 10 awards up for grabs including Pub of the Year, Publican of the Year and Best Pub Revival. A brand new category – the Old School Pub Award – will recognise a good old fashioned, classic pub that’s at the heart of its local community.

Time Out’s team of beer nuts will judge nine of the awards, while the People’s Choice Award, as ever, will be judged by Time Out readers. Voting is now open for readers to vote for their favourite from the top ten reader-nominated pubs for the People Choice Award via the website.

Time Out Melbourne Pubs Editor, Fred Siggins, explains: “Pubs are as integral to Melbourne as AFL and coffee. Whether new and shiny or old and daggy, these joints are the beating heart of every Melbourne neighbourhood and are a huge part of what makes this the best city in the world to live.”

And the nominees are…

BEST PUB FOOD Builders Arms Hotel The Last Jar The Lincoln Marquis of Lorne The Railway, Windsor

BEST BEER LIST Beer DeLuxe, Hawthorn The Gertrude Hotel Great Northern Hotel The Local Taphouse The Royston

PUB REVIVAL AWARD Cherry Tree Hotel The Empress Hotel The Lincoln Marquis of Lorne St Hotel

BEST LIVE MUSIC PUB The Curtin The Prince The Retreat The Reverence Hotel The Yarra Hotel

BEST SPORTS PUB College Lawn Hotel Maori Chief Hotel The Palace Hotel The Rose Terminus Hotel, Abbotsford

PUBLICAN OF THE YEAR Alex Summers, The Alehouse Project Kieran Yewdall + Michael Shaughnessy, The Catfish Chris + Penny Hodges, Cherry Tree Hotel Siobhan Dooley, The Drunken Poet Russell Griggs, Terminus Hotel, Fitzroy

PEOPLE’S CHOICE The Alehouse Project Beer DeLuxe, Hawthorn The Duke The Exchange Hotel The Lincoln The National Hotel The Palace Hotel The Railway, Windsor Railway Hotel, South Melbourne Temperance Hotel

OLD SCHOOL PUB AWARD Announced on the night

LEGEND AWARD Announced on the night

PUB OF THE YEAR Announced on the night

Members of the public who love good classic pub grub, a cold drink and a proper knees-up thanks to pub band The Beans, are welcome to attend the awards. Tickets are $60 (plus booking fee) and attendees will be treated to beers from Little Creatures, cocktails from Canadian Club, live music, great pub snacks, all the excitement of the awards themselves and a copy of the Time Out Melbourne Pub Guide 2015.

This year’s winners will not only walk away with the glory and an honorary place in the Time Out Melbourne Pub Guide 2015, but will also be fully kitted out by hospitality apparel label, Cargo Crew.

Time Out Melbourne Pub Awards Monday 18 May, 6.30-10.30pm Beer DeLuxe, Federation Square, Between NGV Atrium and ACMI, Cnr Swanston and Flinders Streets, Melbourne Tickets $60 (plus booking fee)

For further information and tickets, visit: www.au.timeout.com/melbourne/bars/events/14221/time-out-pub-awards