The 2011 Kent Beer Festival runs until Saturday, July 23, including beers from 20 Kent breweries.

Now in its 37th year, the event is the second oldest Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) beer festival in England and takes place at Merton Farm, near Canterbury.

As well as Kentish ales, there are beers from the rest of the Britain as well as real cider and foreign bottled beers. In all there will be more than 120 real ales to try.

There will also be a cooking demo and chat from the Beer Chef on Friday as well as world folk from Hot Rats and blues rock from Crossfire.

Saturday’s entertainment consists of string quartet Stringendo, magician Mr Fizz, jazz rock from Strait Eight, the Wantsum Morris Men and skiffle from Goosebumps. Festival-goers can also try their hand at archery with the Canterbury Archers.

Friday evening admission is £7 and Saturday admission is £5. Call 01227 463478.

A taste of Kent

The county’s breweries at the Kent Beer Festival

Abigale (Ashford)

Black Cat (Groombridge)

Canterbury Ales

Canterbury Brewers

Goachers

Hopdaemon (Newnham)

Kent Brewery (Birling)

Larkins

Millis (South Darenth)

Nelson

Old Dairy Brewery (Rolvenden)

Old Forge Brewery (Sandwich)

Ramsgate

Royal Tunbridge Wells

Shepherd Neame

Swan on the Green (West Peckham)

Tonbridge Brewery

Wantsum (Canterbury)

Westerham

Whitstable