Young & Co's Brewery PLC
                  

                  Young & Co.'s Brewery, P.L.C. (the 'Company')

Notification relating to a major interest in shares pursuant to AIM Rule 17 and
5.8.12R (2) of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules in relation to A ordinary
shares of 12.5p each in the Company (ISIN: GB00B2NDK765)

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James Guillaume Allen Young notified the Company of the following today, 30
October 2008:

Pursuant to 5.1.2R of the Disclosure and Transparency Rules and following a
disposal of voting rights, I, James Guillaume Allen Young, hereby notify you
that:

A. I hold (as shareholder and as the direct or indirect holder of financial
instruments) 4,215,436 voting rights in the Company, being 14.5% of the voting
rights, whereas my last notification informed you that I held 4,412,732 voting
rights, being 15.18% of the voting rights;

B. I hold (as direct or indirect shareholder (disregarding for these purposes
holdings of financial instruments)) 4,215,436 voting rights in the Company,
being 14.5% of the voting rights, whereas my last notification informed you that
I held 4,412,732 voting rights, being 15.18% of the voting rights; and

C. I hold (as direct or indirect holder of financial instruments) 0 voting
rights in the Company, being 0% of the voting rights, which is the same number
and percentage of voting rights as is referred to in my last notification.

Of those, they are all held by me directly as a result of 998,704 A Shares being
registered in my name and 3,216,732 A Shares being registered in the joint names
of Thomas fflorance Barrow Young, me and Torquil Charles fflorance Barrow
Sligo-Young.

Words or expressions used in the Disclosure and Transparency Rules have the same
meaning when used in this notification, and references to 'A Shares' are to A
shares of 12.5p each in the Company.

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Martin Richardson
Company Secretarial Assistant
30 October 2008
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