If there is one thing better than winning a CAMRA Pub of the Year award then it’s winning three at once! The Jolly Judge, located just off Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, is the 2023 winner of CAMRA Edinburgh Pub of the Year, Overall Branch Pub of the Year and Cider Pub of the Year.
The framed certificates will handed over to licensee Adam Neil on Wednesday 26th April at 1945 hrs at the pub. Many congratulations to Adam and all of his staff.
Runner-up in Edinburgh was the Stockbridge Tap and in third place (jointly) were the Roseburn and the Dreadnought.
MAKE IT A DOUBLE: TWO AWARDS FOR NORTH FORT STREET PUB
It will be a proud moment for licensee Toby Saltonstall on Monday 23rd May (7.30pm) when he will be presented with the CAMRA local branch (Edinburgh and SE Scotland) Edinburgh Pub of the Year2022 award.
Not only that, the Dreadnought has also been adjudged Overall Branch Pub of the Year 2022.
CAMRA Branch Chair Pat Hanson, who will be be handing over the two framed certificates, said: “In a few short years Toby and Roisin at the Dreadnought have won numerous CAMRA awards with their top quality real ale and banter and it’s now fitting that they should add the coveted Overall Branch Pub of the Year award to their collection.”
In a Facebook post, the popular North Fort Street pub announced: “The Dread is CAMRA Edinburgh Pub of the Year for the fourth consecutive time. There was no winner in 2021 but we can call it five years straight, right? Not too shabby for a single-room battlecruiser out in the sticks.
“This one is for the team, who have been nothing short of sensational over the past two years.”
The multi-award winning Dreadnought is branching out. They have just bought The Wee Leith Shop – the Dread Shed cometh!
CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale) has announcedTthat its Edinburgh Pub of the Year is The Dreadnought. The pub, which was only opened in its current guise in 2016, takes over from the Stockbridge Tap, which had won the award for the last four years.
