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.

     Show


6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
330ml can from Cat in the Glass, on the train from Peterborough back to Darlington. Gluten Free. Amber colour, bubbly white foam head and aroma of citrusy hop. Taste is malt, caramel, fruity with citrusy hop bitterness. Light bodied, soft carbonation, dry bitter finish. Quite drinkable
Tried from Can on 22 Jan 2022 at 20:04

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Can purchased from Væskebalancen - Valby and drunk at home - pours a clear golden amber with a tiny white head. Grassy bitter with notes of straw, grain, cereal, wort, thin malts, light subdued citrus note, thin body, bitter grassy close.
Tried from Can on 21 Jan 2022 at 15:47

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
440ml can as part of a delivery from the brewery and drunk at home. The colour is light gold, and it's crystal clear with a film of white head. Light floral aroma, some fruit gums. Delicious taste: sweet, with slight note of elderflower, and notable (but not overbearing) bitterness toward the finish. Light body buoyed up by heavy carbonation. Special stuff indeed by low alcohol standards.
Tried from Can on 20 Jan 2022 at 19:19

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
440ml can as part of a delivery from the brewery. Amber brown and clear with a thin off-white head. Floral and earthy aroma with a good hit of espresso beans. Sweet taste with more coffee, some milk chocolate and a touch of toffee. A little bit if bitterness in the finish with orange peel amongst the coffee in the aftertaste. Light to medium carbonation. Delicious.
Tried from Can on 18 Jan 2022 at 23:22

6.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 6
330ml can as part of a delivery from the brewery. Man, this gushed everywhere. But I was able to save about two thirds of it. Light gold and clear. Caramel, overripe tangerines in the aroma. Bittersweet taste with a gritty astringent finish. Some nice hoppy flavours in there but they are overtaken by the astringency. Not terrible but not all that interesting either.
Tried from Can on 17 Jan 2022 at 22:08

6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 5
330ml can as part of a delivery from the brewery and drunk at home. Light to mid-gold and clear with a ring and small layer of white head. Metallic aroma, some floral notes, a little bit of soap. Bittersweet aroma, floral hoppy notes, still very soapy. Bitterness in the long finish. Weird.
Tried from Can on 17 Jan 2022 at 18:11

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
GAS 160122. Golden color with a white head. Aroma is malt, tropical fruits. Flavor is tropical fruit, pineapple, citrus, mango, herbs. OK low alcohol.
Tried on 17 Jan 2022 at 07:08

6.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 8 Overall 6
440ml can aspart of a delivery from the brewery and drunk at home. Can is a gusher, but I saved most of it. Middle-of-the-road gold with a film of white head. Light grassy and caramel aroma, some orange peel and bubblegum, not getting a lot of hop. Bitter taste with sturdy medicinal hop notes in the finish. A bit disappointing really.
Tried from Can on 16 Jan 2022 at 22:01

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Can at home in Hackney - picked up from Clapton Craft. Pours clear yellow with a foamy, white head. Lightly sweet with simple pale grains, bread, nips of lemon rind, straw, faint grass, dough. Light bodied with fine carbonation. Alright balance to finish, more pale grains, basic bread, subtly bitter hay. Quite simple overall but drinkable.
Tried from Can on 13 Jan 2022 at 21:55

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 3 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 5.5
330ml can bought as part of a delivery from the brewery and drunk at home. Light yellow, almost straw and clear with a ring of white head. Some garbage in the aroma, overripe fruit notes.taste is better, mildly sour with some light citrus. Gets strange and compost-y again in the finish. Light body and carbonation. Not so good.
Tried from Can on 13 Jan 2022 at 20:46