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Young's (Young & Co.'s Brewery P.L.C.) is a British pub chain operating nearly 220 pubs.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】title=Young & Co.'s Brewery plc (YNGa): Stock Quote & Company Profile – BusinessWeek ) 〕 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 was announced in August 2011.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Disposal of 40% minority stake in Wells & Young’s Brewing Company Limited ) 〕〔 (【引用サイトリンク】title=Charles Wells Ltd purchases 40% stake in Wells & Young's Brewing Company Limited from Young & Co PLC ) 〕 There is a rolling contract for Young's to take beers produced by Wells & Young's.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】title=About Wells & Young's – Wells & Young's Brewing Company Limited – www.wellsandyoungs.co.uk ) 〕〔 (【引用サイトリンク】title=Young's – history ) 〕〔 〕 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.〔 〕 ==History== A Ram pub on Young's brewery site was recorded from a survey around 1550 which details the owner as Elizabeth Ridon, who leased out the premises. The first indication of brewing at the Ram are from 1576 when a Humphrey Langridge, "beer-brewer at Wandsworth" (then a village in Surrey), had his house broken into, and the thief was tried at the local assize court; this Humphrey Langridge is also recorded as being landlord of "the Rame" in 1581, and so it is surmised by Young's historian that Langridge would have been brewing at the Ram in 1576.〔Helen Osborn, ''Britain's oldest brewery: the story behind the success of Young's of Wandsworth'', page 33, Young & Co., 1999, ISBN 0-9518167-2-1〕 The site of this inn is today the Brewery Tap. Records from 1675 show that the brewery was run by the Draper family, and in the 18th century, the Trittons purchased the brewery. It was purchased by Charles Allen Young and Anthony Fothergill Bainbridge in 1831. Since then it has been associated with the Young family, and until 2006 the last chairman of Young & Co belonging to the Young's family was John Young, the great-great-grandson of the founder. The brewery supplied Young's public houses, in London and the area to the south-west, which still number over 200. It also sold to many other pubs and supermarkets. Beer was also exported to many European countries, Canada, the United States and Japan. The company produced three regular and a series of seasonal and occasional cask ales, keg lagers, and several filtered and pasteurised bottled beers. Young's also contract-brewed several beers for InBev, such as Courage Best and Mackeson Stout. On 23 May 2006, the company issued a press release announcing that the Ram Brewery was to close and brewing was to be moved to the Eagle Brewery in Bedford, then owned by Charles Wells.〔(Response to any questions on Project Duck prior to any announcement: )〕 Wells & Young's Brewing, with Charles Wells having a 60% stake, and Young & Co 40%, went into operation on 2 October 2006. Wells & Young's was then responsible for brewing, distributing and marketing Charles Wells's and Young & Co's brands at the jointly owned Eagle Brewery in Bedford. The company was operated at arms length from both Young's and Charles Wells. However a combination of directors from both companies sat on the Wells & Young's Board. Chairman John Young died on 17 September 2006, days before the closure of the brewery, whilst the final brew was being run at the Ram brewery Wandsworth. Beer from the last brew was served at his funeral on 29 September 2006. Young & Co is still based in Wandsworth. Until June 2007 it was based at offices at the Ram Brewery, but after that it moved into its new head office, around the corner from the former brewery site. On 9 August 2011, the company issued a press release announcing the sale of its stake in Wells & Young's Brewing Company Ltd to Charles Wells.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Disposal of 40% minority stake in Wells & Young’s Brewing Company Limited ) 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Young's」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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