Roger Protz
Alban's Well brings Young's to St Albans.
- Credit: Roger Protz
There’s a Young’s pub in St Albans – and about time, too, when you consider the long history between the London brewer and the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), which has its home base in the city.
When CAMRA was founded in 1971, Young’s in Wandsworth, South London, was one of a small handful of brewers who stood out against the tide of heavily promoted keg beers foist on the drinking public by newly formed giant national producers.
Regional and family brewers were closing or being taken over in droves by the national brewers. But Young’s, a family brewery dating from 1831, held out against the tide of fizzy beer due to the determination of the chairman, John Young, to stay true to traditional values with cask-conditioned ale.