Young's

This article is about the pub chain and former brewery. For the producer and distributor of fish and seafood, see Young's Seafood.

Young and Co.'s Brewery P.L.C.
Company typePublic limited company
LSE: YNGA
IndustryHospitality industry and alcoholic beverages
Founded1831
FounderCharles Young and Anthony Bainbridge
Headquarters
Wandsworth
London, SW18
United Kingdom
Area served
London & Southeast
ProductsPublic houses and beer
Number of employees
5,600
Websitehttp://www.youngs.co.uk/

Young's (Young & Co.'s Brewery Plc) is a British pub chain operating nearly 220 pubs.[1]

The company was founded as a brewery in 1831 by Charles Young and Anthony Bainbridge when they purchased the Ram Brewery in Wandsworth. The company closed the Ram Brewery in 2006, and the brewing operation was transferred to a new company, Wells & Young's Brewing Company Ltd, which was a joint brewing venture with Charles Wells Brewery. Young's held 40% of the shares in the new company until the sale of its stake to Charles Wells in 2011.[2][3] There is a rolling contract for Young's to take beers produced by Wells & Young's and by Marston's after it took over the Eagle Brewery in Bedford, an operation now called Carlsberg Marston's Brewing Company.[4][5][6] Until its closure in 2006, the company's Ram Brewery in Wandsworth was claimed to be Britain's oldest brewing site in continuous operation, with a history dating back to the 1550s when a Humphrey Langridge, "beer-brewer at Wandsworth", leased the Ram pub.[7]

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  2. ^ "Disposal of 40% minority stake in Wells & Young's Brewing Company Limited" (PDF). youngs.co.uk. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
  3. ^ "Charles Wells Ltd purchases 40% stake in Wells & Young's Brewing Company Limited from Young & Co PLC". charleswells.co.uk. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
  4. ^ "About Wells & Young's – Wells & Young's Brewing Company Limited – www.wellsandyoungs.co.uk". wellsandyoungs.co.uk. Archived from the original on 5 July 2009. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
  5. ^ "Young's – history". youngs.co.uk. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
  6. ^ "Last orders for UK's oldest brewery". The Guardian. London. 23 May 2006. Retrieved 13 July 2009.
  7. ^ Milmo, Cahal (24 May 2006). "Takeover calls time on Britain's oldest brewery – This Britain, UK – The Independent". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2009.