Ten Kent beers are being toasted as among the best of British.

The ales have been selected beers from 10 Kent breweries for next week's Great British Beer Festival at Earls Court.

The festival, organised by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), is touted as the "showcase for British beer".

It boasts more than 500 real ales brewed by 320 British breweries on sale for the expected 65,000 visitors from August 2 to August 6.

Tony Jerome, CAMRA's head of marketing said: "With over 1,000 real ales, ciders, perries and foreign beers available at this year's Great British Beer Festival we hope there will plenty of choice for everyone who visits the show.

"Kent is well represented with a variety of different beer styles and strengths coming from 10 breweries in the county."

The Kent beers on the Great British Beer Festival list are:

Canterbury, The Wife of Bath's Ale, 3.9%

Old Dairy, Gold Top, 4.3%

Wantsum, Dynamo, 4.6%

Goacher's Real Mild Ale 3.4%

Hopdaemon, Golden Braid, 3.7%

Larkins, Platinum Blonde, 3.6%

Ramsgate, Gadd's Seasider, 4.3%

Shepherd Neame, Spitfire, 4.2%

Westerham, British Bulldog, 4.3%

Whitstable, Raspberry Wheat Beer, 5.2%

The event also boasts more than 120 ciders and perries and more than 530 beers from the rest of the world.