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Vol 28 No.5 October November 2006 Mr John Young CBE, 1921 October November Vol 28 2006 No.5 Mr John Young CBE, 1921 - 2006 London Drinker is published by Mike Obituary Hammersley on behalf of the London Branches of CAMRA, the Campaign JOHN YOUNG: BRITAIN’S OLDEST BREWERY CHAIRMAN for Real Ale Limited, and edited by Geoff Strawbridge. ohn Young died on Sunday 17 September 2006 after a long and Material for publication should Jcourageous battle against cancer. He was 85. The great-great-grandson preferably be sent by e-mail to of Charles Allen Young, one of two businessmen who, in 1831, took over [email protected]. the 16th-century Ram Brewery, ‘Mr John’ joined the company in 1954 after Press releases and letters by post distinguished war service as a fighter pilot with the Fleet Air Arm and a should be sent to Tony Hedger, spell in merchant shipping. As chairman of the brewery after his father’s Apartment 11, 3 Bewley Street, London retirement in 1962 he quickly became known for his innovative, if SW19 1XE sometimes eccentric, approach to business. The company’s annual meetings Changes to pubs or beers should be reported to Capital Pubcheck, became lavish and legendary events, though they were scaled down in 2 Sandtoft Road, London SE7 7LR recent years. or by e-mail to John Young put into effect his father’s idea of establishing one of the [email protected]. country’s first profit-sharing trusts. With great vision, he opened up some For publication in November 2006, please send electronic documents to the of the first children’s rooms in pubs, set up a Beer Squad to deliver Young’s Editor no later than Wednesday 15th ales to people’s houses and introduced the first four-pint cans in the November. industry. SUBSCRIPTIONS: £3.00 for mailing But his most successful brainwave, against all contemporary trends and of 6 editions should be sent to Stan Tompkins, 52 Rabbs Mill House, advice, was to promote traditional draught beer instead of the keg beers that Chiltern View Road, Uxbridge, most brewers were heavily supporting in the 1960s. The ploy paid off and Middlesex, UB8 2PD (cheques payable Young’s sales rocketed well before the foundation of the Campaign for Real to CAMRA London). Ale in 1971. ADVERTISING: Peter Tonge: Tel: 020-8300 7693. In 1975, he was created CBE in recognition of his work both in brewing Printed by Cliffe Enterprise, and in charity, which included being chairman of the National Hospital for Eastbourne, East Sussex BN22 8TR Nervous Diseases, now the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, in Bloomsbury. A champion of heavy horses, employing at one time 24 black Shires in the Victorian stables at the brewer, he lived to In This Issue see six of Young’s Shires pulling the Lord Mayor’s coach on its annual procession through the streets of the City of London every year from 1998. Real ale pricing 4 In recent years, the Ram Brewery site, the oldest in Britain, proved to be News round-up 6 inefficient and at the same time increased greatly in value after Wandsworth Real cider and perry 13 Council changed its status from industrial to commercial and residential use. In May, it was announced that the site was to be sold for 2007 Good Beer Guide 14 redevelopment and brewing would be switched to a new company owned Letters 21 jointly by Young’s and Charles Wells in Bedford. John Young had insisted throughout that when it came to the crunch, his head would rule his heart, Branch diaries 26 but his support for the closure of a brewery that had been in production on Capital Pubcheck 29 the same site since 1581 was tinged with great sadness. Poignantly, his death Membership form 33 came in the week when Young’s beers were being brewed at Wandsworth for the last time. Cask Marque 42 John Young’s wife, Yvonne, died in 2002. Their son, James, is deputy London for free 43 chairman of Young’s, and their daughter, Ilse, lives in the United States. The stand-up local 47 The London Branches of CAMRA are hugely indebted to John Young. We extend our deepest condolences to the family. East London tour 50 See www.londondrinker.org.uk for a fuller obituary. Idle Moments 52 Crossword 54 Views expressed in this publication are those of their individual authors and are not necessarily endorsed by the Editor or the Campaign for Real Ale Limited. 3 Opinion REAL ALE, REAL PRICING our editor visited my new pub and passed least the price of a pint of Strongbow! We all tell Ycomment on the pricing structure of my real ale. people how ‘naff’ lager is and how they should try a It sparked a lively debate between my MD and ‘real beer’, so surely we should expect to pay at least himself. I sell three rotating beers and keep the same if not more than for the aforesaid ‘gnats’ Deuchars IPA on regularly although I think that piss’. may also change soon. Although I am in a ‘tie in It should be said that I am having no problem situation’ I make use of Courage’s excellent turning my beer round, with most customers not Cellarman’s Reserve scheme and some of their other even passing comment on the pricing. A lot don’t regular beers. While they are not brewed a stone’s notice or don’t care; what they do care about is that throw from the pub the way some would wish, they it looks and tastes good. do provide a wide and varied selection from around If we can generate a bit more profit from real ale, the whole country. They all sell at £3 per pint. rather than it being a loss leader, you will see more Too expensive, said Geoff, too cheap says my boss! pubs with wide and varied ranges from smaller I agree with the latter, a lager, cider or Guinness costs brewers rather than plumping for the mass- £3.20 and no one ever complains at that. So why on produced cheap and bland options. If the trend earth should a pint brewed with such passion and remains to keep selling prices down, the result will genuine flavour be down valued to so much less? be fewer pubs selling real ale. CAMRA is always pleading the case quite rightly of Nick Stafford the poor brewer being forced out of business. Surely The Telegraph, Putney Heath if we all worked together to generate a bit more profit from premium pricing such an amazing Visit Westerham, Kent, with Bob Inman’s product, it would give the brewer a fighting chance, not to mention the pub selling it. The work we all latest ‘Beer and Buses’ article in the put into looking after real beer - producing, selling, Travel Pages at training staff, writing about it! Surely it is worth at www.londondrinker.org.uk 020 8560 1457 4 News Round-up E-mail: [email protected]. u Great British Beer Festival The deal includes the 5.5 acre brewery in Wandsworth High Street and a one-acre site nearby hat CAMRA described as ‘The largest pub in in Buckhold Road, which is currently used for the world’ attracted some 66,000 people, of W offices and Young’s wines and spirits warehouse. whom around 1,500 signed up as members. Festival But the sale does not include the Brewery Tap, on Organiser Marc Holmes said: “This year’s one corner of the brewery, which will continue as a attendance has been phenomenal. It is likely that the Young’s pub. Brewing began on the pub’s site, at the change of venue from our former home at Olympia Ramme Inn as it was called, in the 16th century. and the introduction of third of a pint measures roused people’s curiosity, and the numbers were way Minerva, which will take control of the Buckhold up this year. Interestingly, although the attendance Road site in July next year and the brewery site in figures shot up, the number of pints sold was around January 2008, has agreed to build and rent out 20,000 what we expected. This means people were drinking sq ft of offices for Young’s headquarters on one of responsibly and were more interested in quality the sites. It has paid a deposit of £14 million to rather than quantity.” Young’s and will make further payment of £8.5 million on completion of the Buckhold Road sale I know that may people have mixed feelings about and £46.5 million on completion of the brewery sale. the event and that this year was not without its problems, particularly as regards beer supplies and Stephen Goodyear, chief executive of Young’s, said: service (which might have helped towards the “This has been a long and complex process, but we consumption rate not increasing!) but I hope that are pleased to have reached the final step. We are readers will not forget that the event is put together very grateful to Wandsworth Council for the positive by volunteers. From my position behind the scenes, way they have responded to our plans to sell the sites. I have never been busier and I can only marvel at Brewing today requires scale and efficiency in order how the bar staff coped. It was the first time at a new to compete effectively and we believe we can achieve venue and so obviously there are lessons to be this through our brewing merger with Charles Wells.
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