Alban's Well brings Young's brewery to St Albans at last
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...