The winning logo to be used at the 2012 Norwich beer festival has been unveiled – and it incorporates the Queen's Diamond Jubilee in its design.

Anthony Miles's very topical design of a dragon on a diamond will be used to promote the 35th Norwich & Norfolk Campaign For Real Ale beer festival on its usual range of merchandise of glasses and t-shirts.

Mr Miles, 44, from Aylsham, said: 'This was the first time I entered the competition so I was surprised to win. It had to be a design reflecting the Queen's Jubilee.'

The aviation engineer is a member of the festival's organising committee, but none of the judges were informed beforehand in case there was any cry of favouritism.

Festival organiser Martin Ward said: 'As usual we had many fine entries from all ages, including several newcomers who pitted their designs against our competition regulars.

'With a large number of entries, the judging process was again lengthy and difficult with many logo designs having significant merit. After due deliberation, a final short list of two designs was selected, with one particular design really standing out from the others.'

This year's beer festival runs from Monday, October 29 to Saturday, November 3 at its usual venue of St Andrews & Blackfriars Hall's, Norwich.

The Evening News has been urging people to support local pubs and breweries in our Love your Local campaign.

To see more stories from the campaign visit www.eveningnews24.co.uk/loveyourlocal.

For further information about the beer festival, visit www.norwichcamra.org.uk/festival/festival.htm