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This is the 2025 number one Drink of the Year

Get the full ranked list, and all the major award winners, including the 2025 Bartender of the Year.

A full house at El Vista for the Drink of the Year Awards., Photo: Christopher Pearce
A full house at El Vista for the Drink of the Year Awards., Photo: Christopher Pearce

What a night that was!

We are fresh off delivering the fourth annual Drink of the Year Awards at a big industry party at the brand new Acapulco El Vista in Circular Quay.

Some 140 bartenders, bar owners, and influential industry figures got together to celebrate the 50 Drinks of the Year. They were treated to some delicious drinks from the El Vista and Maybe Group team (and our sponsors Perrier, Bacardi, Club Suntory, Hendrick's, and Glenfiddich), and great tunes from Pasan Wijesena, the bar world’s favourite DJ.

It was a big night full of smiles, with some impressive award-winners, and more proof — if you needed it — that the Australian bar industry is one of the world’s best.

You can get the full list of winners and the ranked list of the Top 50 right here.

Sam Bygrave

Sam Bygrave

Sam Bygrave is the editor and founder of Boothby Media, where he writes, shoots, and talks about bars, bartenders and drinks online and in Boothby’s quarterly print magazine.

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