Bedroom brewers served up their finest efforts in the hunt for glory this weekend.

Amateurs put forward their best bitters, lagers and stouts at the London and South East Craft Brewing Competition in Wimbledon.

The event has been running for more than 10 years, but this weekend's competition was the first to be organised by brewing club the London Amateur Brewers.

Organiser Paul Henderson said: "There were some really, really cracking beers - and some that are more interesting than what you can buy commercially."

He said ever-rising taxes on beer had encouraged more drinkers to explore home brewing, which had moved on from the basic brewing kits popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

But he said Britain's scene was still much smaller than its counterpart in America - where competitions across the country regularly attract thousands of entries.

Prizes on offer this weekend included the chance for the winner of the 'best in show' category to create a new beer in collaboration with professionals at The Kernel Brewery in Bermondsey - which began life as an amateur brewing operation.

The competition took place at Holy Trinity Church of England school in Effra Road on Saturday. It featured 80 categories - ranging from top fruit beer to best Bohemian Pilsener, Imperial Stout and American Pale Ale.

Tom Greasley won the best in shpw award for his sacastro stout.