Ray's Raycommendations - 6th September 2023

RAY’S RAYCOMMENDATIONS – 6TH SEPTEMBER 2023

Welcome to the first edition of Ray’s Raycommendations! A weekly round up of my my most loved beers of the last seven days. Midway through a five and a half hour coach journey, returning to London from my beer pilgrimage to Manchester this past weekend, one of the day’s only meaningful thoughts crossed my very sore, hungover mind: “I sure am lucky to drink as much delicious craft beer as I do”. Staring off into …

Beers For The Weekend, Whiplash, Burning Sky, Duration

BEERS FOR THE WEEKEND 20TH MAY

It’s been an absolutely glorious week. The British summer is showing signs of arriving in force with plenty of warm sun reigning down punctuated by the occasional ferocious thunderstorm. The weather is reflected by the styles of beers that breweries are knocking out at the moment. We’re seeing a marked increase in super sessionable ‘table’ beers and light, fruited sours as is to be expected but also there’s several West Coast IPAs rearing their heads. …

Craft beers for the weekend. Omnipollo, three hills and dugges.

BEERS FOR THE WEEKEND 6TH MAY

It’s the start of May and the sun is teetering on the edge of full blown summer park beer warmth. I for one am looking forward to a bright weekend of lounging around outside with friends and a few cold tinnies. Despite ordering all of the beer for Ghost Whale and seeing and then selling it all, I often find myself struggling to pick out something for myself, which often means defaulting to suggestions from …

Ghost Whale's beer for the weekend.

BEERS FOR THE WEEKEND

Welcome to the first of what we hope to be Ghost Whale’s weekly low down on a selection of outstanding, fresh craft beers that you really should try this weekend. We have more than 60 lines of beer and plenty of fresh kegs through the doors of our Putney and Brixton stores every week so picking something out isn’t always straightforward. We’re here to help, so without further ado, here’s three outstanding beers we’ve really …

All Aboard The Hype Train

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how the UK, and by extension, Europe’s beer market and brewery behaviour differs to that of the USA.   You may (or may not) know that lots of American craft breweries are built upon the ‘direct to consumer’ model – whereby they sell most of their beer straight from the brewery itself to the customer via cans, bottles and draft pours. In contrast, the UK (and much of Europe …