A COUNTY beer festival has attracted record numbers.

The Beer on the Wye festival, which finished yesterday, attracted 3,200 visitors.

Mark Haslam of CAMRA said: "This was 600 up on last year. It doubled the attendance of the first festival in 2005 and we sold 96% of our stock."

The festival offered 111 different beers and 53 ciders and perries served from a 112ft long bar.

Champion beer was Station Bitter, a 3.8% strength brew from Stonehouse Brewery in Oswestry, Shropshire.

Champion cider Black Pig Cider, which is pressed out on a farm at Breinton.