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.
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.
8/10
Creamy roasted beginning. Easy to drink, lots of roast and caramel. Great smooth mild body, tons of roast with vanilla and toasted grain. Fantastic balanced, creamy and full-bodied. Fantastic alcohol-free brew!
Tried
on 18 May 2022
at 21:12
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
# 2900; 4/2022. Aroma of coffee with milk. Opaque dark brown body; tany head. Milk chocolate, coffee with milk, honey. Excellent alcohol-free beer. 0,33 l, can, supermarket, Lincoln (Lincolshire, England).
Tried
from Can
on 26 Apr 2022
at 20:39
5/10
Unpleasantly bitter
Tried
from Can
on 03 Apr 2022
at 12:28
7/10
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Apr 2022
at 16:03
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
330ml can - Pours black with a small thin tan head that settled. Aroma is coffee and dark roasted malts. A moderately sweet taste, black coffee, roasted grain and light chocolate flavours. Not not much bitterness and a bit watery but okay.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Mar 2022
at 18:24
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
330ml can - Pours a clear golden colour with a small frothy white head. The aroma is citrusy with some light malt notes. A moderately sweet citrusy taste, oranges and light citrus peel flavours with a moderate bitterness. Okay.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Mar 2022
at 18:10
7/10
Tried
from Can
on 21 Mar 2022
at 19:41
6/10
Hoppy and bitter, a bit malty. Citrus, some tropical fruit, dry and bitter. Decent body for a nonalc, nice.
Tried
from Can
on 18 Mar 2022
at 18:49
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can at home in Hackney - picked up from Clapton Craft. Pours clear gold with a fluffy, white head. Lightly sweet with some tea vibes, pale grains, lemon peel, pine needles. Light bodied with fine to average carbonation. A bit more rind to finish ish, damp hay, pale grains. So so.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Mar 2022
at 00:18
6.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6
Can (1/25/21) pour from Total Wine & More, Natick. It's an opaque black with light sparkle, finger-width light brown head with decent retention and light lacing. Aroma is strong roasted malt, baker's chocolate and mild coffee. Taste is strong roasted malt/burnt coffee with mild cola as noted in previous review. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with thick texture, soft carbonation and crisp finish as taste with lingering roasted bitterness. Overall, how did this avoid being completely atrocious? Non-alcoholic, old, AND it contains Milk (not mild SUGAR, actual MILK) AND sat on a shelf instead of in a refrigerator! Wasn't rancid but lacked sweet balance to the roasted bitterness. Still, aroma and flavor were strong.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Mar 2022
at 02:26