Big Drop Brewing Co.

Client Brewer in Ipswich, Suffolk, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2016

Contact
Registered Office, 46 St Nicholas St, Ipswich, IP1 1TT, England
Description
Big Drop Brewing Co. is a new craft beer company dedicated to making great beer with an ABV of no more than 0.5%.

Big Drop was launched in October 2016 by the-then City lawyer Rob Fink, along with his school-friend/band-mate, designer and entrepreneur, James Kindred. Along with renowned experimental brewer, Johnny Clayton (formerly of Wild Beer Co), they’ve perfected techniques to make alcohol-free craft beer without the need for artificial removal of alcohol.

The 2018 contract with a leading supermarket chain will require Big Drop, which moved production from a small-batch brewer in Bermondsey to Sussex-based own-label specialist Hepworth, to scale up production from 10,000 litres per month to some 40,000 litres.

Production moved to Black Sheep Brewery after a deal was agreed with Keystone Brewing Group, announced December 2024.

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7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Can at home, golden beer, small to no head. Aroma is malt, citrus, pine, hops, Taste is the same, bitter, pine, resin, hops, citrus, wort. bitter dry aftertaste, quite nice for low abv.
Tried from Can on 08 Jul 2022 at 18:21

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Craft Theory 2022. Given to me by a mate. Aroma smoky and sour milk. Dark. Glossy. Foamy beige head. Cardboard and watery chocolate. Light-medium bodied. Milk. Flat-average prickly carbonation. Long dry finish. Wad given this as a test but could tell from the dampboard that it was AF.
Tried on 02 Jul 2022 at 17:16

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
Bottle: Poured a golden with a white head. Aroma is malty, piney, citrus, hoppy. Taste is citrus, grassy, malty, wet.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Jun 2022 at 18:18

4.1/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 2 Overall 4.5
Bottle: Poured a golden with a creamy lacing head. Aroma is grain, grassy, citrus. Taste is grain, malty, light grass.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Jun 2022 at 18:15

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Can at home, black beer, small head. Aroma is lactose sweetness, roasted coffee, roasted malt. Taste is the same, light watery, roasted, malty, coffee, chocolate, some lactose sweetness in the end. for low alcohol very nice.
Tried from Can on 19 Jun 2022 at 19:24

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
33cl can. Poured almost clear and golden with a fizzy head. Nice hoppy flavors, some wort notes. Refreshing, could well drink again.
Tried from Can on 08 Jun 2022 at 08:49

6.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
330ml can. Poured almost black with a mostly lasting frothy tan head. The aroma is roasty malt, light ashtray. The flavour is moderate to light liqourice bitter, with a smooth, light, watery, roasted malt, liqourice, dry ashtray palate. Light bodied with average carbonation. Not a beer you would normally choose to drink, but for the ABV, it’s not bad.
Tried from Can on 05 Jun 2022 at 22:42

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Tried from Can on 26 May 2022 at 13:49

7/10
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Tried from Can on 24 May 2022 at 14:20

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Keg at Heidrun HW, 29/04/22. Clear golden with a decent white cap that dissipates to a swirl. Nose is tangerine, grass, melon, pale malts. Taste comprises orange peel, grains, melon, straw, pale malts. Light body, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a dusty hop spattering. Not bad at all for an AF.
Tried on 18 May 2022 at 21:46