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chris123 hove actually 02 Feb 21 11.10am
Originally posted by mr. apollo Used to be behind the jump in the Dog and Bull back in the 70's. I remember when after the budget the price went up to 52p a pint, no longer could you get 2 pints of "Spesh" for a £. Lovely stuff back in the day, did most of the Youngs pub tour. ... 148 Youngs pubs, get a signature from each of the landlords and they gave you a tie, a Firkin and a trip round the brewery. Broke my heart last time I was in Wandsworth and the lovely smell of the brewery was no longer wafting in the air... Edited by mr. apollo (02 Feb 2021 11.08am) A market licence too I seem to remember.
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hove actually 02 Feb 21 11.10am

Originally posted by mr. apollo

Used to be behind the jump in the Dog and Bull back in the 70's.
I remember when after the budget the price went up to 52p a pint, no longer could you get 2 pints of "Spesh" for a £.

Lovely stuff back in the day, did most of the Youngs pub tour. ... 148 Youngs pubs, get a signature from each of the landlords and they gave you a tie, a Firkin and a trip round the brewery.

Broke my heart last time I was in Wandsworth and the lovely smell of the brewery was no longer wafting in the air...

Edited by mr. apollo (02 Feb 2021 11.08am)

A market licence too I seem to remember.

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eagleman13 On The Road To Hell & Alicante 02 Feb 21 11.27am
All you lot reminising bout the 70/80's & Youngs beers, are totally missing the new(old) kid on the block WATNEYS PARTY 7. Yes, its back, soaked shirts/wallpaper/floors, trying to pour it into warm plastic glasses, ah the joys & memories This operation, will make the 'Charge Of The Light Brigade' seem like a simple military exercise.
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On The Road To Hell & Alicante 02 Feb 21 11.27am

All you lot reminising bout the 70/80's & Youngs beers, are totally missing the new(old) kid on the block

WATNEYS PARTY 7.

Yes, its back, soaked shirts/wallpaper/floors, trying to pour it into warm plastic glasses, ah the joys & memories

This operation, will make the 'Charge Of The Light Brigade' seem like a simple military exercise.

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orpingtoneagle Orpington 02 Feb 21 11.46am
Youngs exists now in name alone. The mergers and closure of the brewery saw the beers being shunted about the country and they are a shadow of their former glory. A pint of Special down the Railway, listening to Jazz at the Lord Napier or numerous other Youngs pubs around Thornton Heath was a major part of my youth. A pint of Winter Warmer after a cold match at Selhurst was heaven. Also glad we all remember Ordinary. I was in. Youngs pub up in town about 18 months ago and asked for a pint of ORDINARY,I was told by the yoof behind the bar they didn't sell it. Being the beer bore I can be I said but it's on the bar. No it isn't was the retort. Not even the manager knew what I was on about so I had a pint of Youngs bitter which tasted like brown p**s instead. Sam rooks, using the same water runs the old brews close and Wandle is not a bad pint.
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Youngs exists now in name alone. The mergers and closure of the brewery saw the beers being shunted about the country and they are a shadow of their former glory.

A pint of Special down the Railway, listening to Jazz at the Lord Napier or numerous other Youngs pubs around Thornton Heath was a major part of my youth. A pint of Winter Warmer after a cold match at Selhurst was heaven.

Also glad we all remember Ordinary. I was in. Youngs pub up in town about 18 months ago and asked for a pint of ORDINARY,I was told by the yoof behind the bar they didn't sell it. Being the beer bore I can be I said but it's on the bar. No it isn't was the retort. Not even the manager knew what I was on about so I had a pint of Youngs bitter which tasted like brown p**s instead.

Sam rooks, using the same water runs the old brews close and Wandle is not a bad pint.

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Jamesey Wandsworth 02 Feb 21 11.59am
As someone who lives in Wandsworth, a short walk fom the old brewery site, I still drink Special in a Youngs pub/hotel/restaurant. It is still quite an acceptable pint but no longer brewed by Youngs as the company appear to have totally lost interest in pubs anyway and have sold off most of the hostelries in the area to managed Ram Company outlets. Incidentally you could still get Winter Warmer last year but brewed by Marsdens now who don't seem to care whether they supply enough or not. Sad to see the great outfit run by John Young disappear but the traditional British pub has been completely screwed by high tax, drink driving restrictions and the taste (or lack of it!) of the younger drinkers for lagers. Nothing is fool-proof - fools are too ingenious
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Wandsworth 02 Feb 21 11.59am

As someone who lives in Wandsworth, a short walk fom the old brewery site, I still drink Special in a Youngs pub/hotel/restaurant. It is still quite an acceptable pint but no longer brewed by Youngs as the company appear to have totally lost interest in pubs anyway and have sold off most of the hostelries in the area to managed Ram Company outlets.

Incidentally you could still get Winter Warmer last year but brewed by Marsdens now who don't seem to care whether they supply enough or not.

Sad to see the great outfit run by John Young disappear but the traditional British pub has been completely screwed by high tax, drink driving restrictions and the taste (or lack of it!) of the younger drinkers for lagers.

Nothing is fool-proof - fools are too ingenious

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ta11berg birmingham 02 Feb 21 12.05pm
I am so sorry to hear aboutthe demise of what was my favorite beer,so many happy memories. I long ago moved away,and now tend to avoid beer altogether,I did have a brief very enjoyable encounter with Adnams in Southwold. But avoid most for fear of awful disppointment
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birmingham 02 Feb 21 12.05pm

I am so sorry to hear aboutthe demise of what was my favorite beer,so many happy memories. I long ago moved away,and now tend to avoid beer altogether,I did have a brief very enjoyable encounter with Adnams in Southwold. But avoid most for fear of awful disppointment

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NEILLO Shoreham-by-Sea 02 Feb 21 12.17pm
I was never a big fan of Youngs beers. Would only drink them at the Lamb in Leadenhall Market back in the day. Did a tour of the Wandsworth brewery the week before it closed for good , sad to see yet another brewery go. Old, Ungifted and White
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Shoreham-by-Sea 02 Feb 21 12.17pm

I was never a big fan of Youngs beers. Would only drink them at the Lamb in Leadenhall Market back in the day.

Did a tour of the Wandsworth brewery the week before it closed for good , sad to see yet another brewery go.

Old, Ungifted and White

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Teddy Eagle 02 Feb 21 1.02pm
Originally posted by kingdowieonthewall the cricketers on shirley rd , used to drink in there from around '77. youngs special was beer of choice as I was a bitter drinker then, wouldnt dream of drinking lager then (although its mainly lager now-peroni, hieneken, moretti, asahi) Late 70s was big for CAMRA and we were spoilt for choice throughout early 80s with variety and guest Ales appearing. the welsh bitter, Fellinfoel , was very nice as I remember. Shame about Youngs going that way. I remember Feeling Foul it was pretty good stuff. One night a mate came in and said he’d been drinking this lager called Holsten (this was in about 1977/7 he said it was good stuff but was 50p a pint. He got roundly mocked by people saying they’d never pay that for a pint of beer however good it was.
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02 Feb 21 1.02pm

Originally posted by kingdowieonthewall

the cricketers on shirley rd , used to drink in there from around '77.
youngs special was beer of choice as I was a bitter drinker then, wouldnt dream of drinking lager then
(although its mainly lager now-peroni, hieneken, moretti, asahi)
Late 70s was big for CAMRA and we were spoilt for choice throughout early 80s with variety and guest Ales appearing.
the welsh bitter, Fellinfoel , was very nice as I remember.
Shame about Youngs going that way.

I remember Feeling Foul it was pretty good stuff.
One night a mate came in and said he’d been drinking this lager called Holsten (this was in about 1977/7 he said it was good stuff but was 50p a pint. He got roundly mocked by people saying they’d never pay that for a pint of beer however good it was.

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Midlands Eagle 02 Feb 21 1.37pm
Originally posted by Mapletree The beer of my youth. Just pure nectar. Especially before they reduced the ABV back in the 80s or 90s. The Dog and Bull, Railway Telegraph, Fountain Head, Plough, Dukes Head, Greyhound. All hallowed ground. I used to work in Rothschild House in the Whitgift Centre in the mid to late seventies and a few pints of Youngs Special in the Dog & Bull was lunch almost every day
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Originally posted by Mapletree

The beer of my youth. Just pure nectar. Especially before they reduced the ABV back in the 80s or 90s.

The Dog and Bull, Railway Telegraph, Fountain Head, Plough, Dukes Head, Greyhound. All hallowed ground.

I used to work in Rothschild House in the Whitgift Centre in the mid to late seventies and a few pints of Youngs Special in the Dog & Bull was lunch almost every day

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Mapletree Croydon 02 Feb 21 1.48pm
Originally posted by Midlands Eagle I used to work in Rothschild House in the Whitgift Centre in the mid to late seventies and a few pints of Youngs Special in the Dog & Bull was lunch almost every day I am twice blessed My missus loves Palace and Bitter. I proposed, on one knee, in the back room of the Dog and Bull. Best after a couple of pints I thought...
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Croydon 02 Feb 21 1.48pm

Originally posted by Midlands Eagle

I used to work in Rothschild House in the Whitgift Centre in the mid to late seventies and a few pints of Youngs Special in the Dog & Bull was lunch almost every day

I am twice blessed

My missus loves Palace and Bitter.

I proposed, on one knee, in the back room of the Dog and Bull. Best after a couple of pints I thought...

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Mapletree Croydon 02 Feb 21 1.49pm
Originally posted by Teddy Eagle Will do. I used to like Brains SA. The Pontefract Castle in Wigmore St., now closed, used to keep it. Reverend James is a very nice pint, and a good fall back if you don't trust the other beers on offer.
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Croydon 02 Feb 21 1.49pm

Originally posted by Teddy Eagle

Will do.
I used to like Brains SA. The Pontefract Castle in Wigmore St., now closed, used to keep it.

Reverend James is a very nice pint, and a good fall back if you don't trust the other beers on offer.

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Teddy Eagle 02 Feb 21 1.59pm
Originally posted by Mapletree I am twice blessed My missus loves Palace and Bitter. I proposed, on one knee, in the back room of the Dog and Bull. Best after a couple of pints I thought... Palace and Bitter would make a good tattoo.
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Teddy Eagle

02 Feb 21 1.59pm

Originally posted by Mapletree

I am twice blessed

My missus loves Palace and Bitter.

I proposed, on one knee, in the back room of the Dog and Bull. Best after a couple of pints I thought...

Palace and Bitter would make a good tattoo.

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Teddy Eagle 02 Feb 21 2.01pm
Originally posted by Mapletree Reverend James is a very nice pint, and a good fall back if you don't trust the other beers on offer. Will remember that one. My local has Timothy Taylor Landlord which is very moreish.
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Teddy Eagle

02 Feb 21 2.01pm

Originally posted by Mapletree

Reverend James is a very nice pint, and a good fall back if you don't trust the other beers on offer.

Will remember that one. My local has Timothy Taylor Landlord which is very moreish.

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