CURDRIGE Beer Festival returned for the fourth year running last weekend.

The festival in Curdridge Reading Room served a range of local ales and unusual regional beers on Saturday, September 20, to raise money for the adjacent recreation ground.

Popular brews included Wallops Wood, by Droxford-based Bowman Ales, and I Can’t Believe It’s Not Bitter, a crisp lager from Gosport’s Oakleaf Brewery.

Curdridge Reading Rooms charity has funded land maintenance and repairs for over 100 years.