Ghost Whale, Putney, SW15

One of a small specialist chain of bottle shops that also offer craft keg beers on tap. With the main table being used for a Belgian beer tasting when I visited, there was little else in the way of seating available - just a few stools by the short counter and by one of the front windows plus a rustic bench along the side wall. I went for the Pressure Drop Parachute, that was very much in the 'London murky' style (which thankfully tasted much better than it looked, and so it should at £5.00 for a schooner...).

Lovely little bottle shop with 4 keg beers to drink in.Friendly barman/shop assistant.Hard to know what to call them.What I like about bottle shops is the staff have time to talk to you and seem happy to and are knowledgeable about the product.Ask a typical barperson where a beer comes from and they say the cellar.Doh! Gypsy Hill-hepcat,Deya -into the haze ipa (superb) and Wiper and True -hard milk shake were on but the £10.60 a pint milk shake didn't for some reason appeal to me.Great bottled selection.