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

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 the competition was the first to be organised by brewing club the London Amateur Brewers.

Organiser Paul Henderson said: “There were some 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, and the drinks they created were a far cry from those made using the basic brewing kits made popular in the 1980s and 1990s.

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

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

The prize was snapped up by Tom Greasley, who impressed the judges with his Sacastro Stout.

The competition took place at Holy Trinity Church of England School, in Effra Road, last Saturday.

It featured 80 categories ranging from top fruit beer to best Bohemian pilsener, imperial stout and American pale ale.

A panel of judges tasted entries in the morning, before they were served up to the beer-loving public in the afternoon.

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