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This week’s Raycommendations from Ray include a peanut butter and jam imperial stout, a choice oktoberfest beer and a stunning sour.

This week’s Raycommendations from Ray include Newbarns, Holy Goat and Augustiner. A kaleidoscope of taste!

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 …

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. …

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 …

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 …