Breakfast at Wandsworth's

This time of day is the best time for a drink as your palate is at its most discriminating

That's Ken Don, past brewmaster for Young's, as quoted by photographer Steve Lyne, in the current issue of the Campaign for Real Ale's What's Brewing.

The time Don is referring to is ... 9 in the morning!

Lyne has published an on-line site of photos of Young's, which he captured between 2005-2007, the final two years of the great Wandsworth brewery.

I was fortunate enough to meet Brewmaster Don—over here—in the summer of 2004. Even then, his retirement was a foregone conclusion. More here.