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.
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
330ml can from a delivery from the brewery. Drunk at home. Dark gold and clear with a little ring of white head. Caramel notes in the malt-led aroma, a little bit of hop. Bitter taste with an almost medicinal character in the finish. Light to medium carbonation. Not as thin a body as you usually find on low alcohol beers. It really isn't bad but there isn't a lit to it either. A little disappointing. I'm not missing the alcohol but it tastes like a supermarket beer rather than anything more imaginative.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Jan 2022
at 19:14
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Sample thanks to Grumbo: Poured a deep brown with a reddish edges, head is off white to beige. Aroma is malty, roasted, chocolate, nutty, caramel. Taste is roasted malts, nutty, caramel, chocolate.
Tried
on 30 Dec 2021
at 22:03
6/10
can at home... Light Golden... no head... soft sweet.. soft vanilla... Light fruit... Light fizz.. soft dry fruit.. Light soft sweet marshmallows vanilla
Tried
from Can
on 30 Dec 2021
at 17:20
5.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
GAS 121221. Dark mbrown color with abeige head. Aroma is roasted malt, bread, caramel. Flavor is roasted malt, bread, grass, fruit, caramel. OK low alcohol.
Tried
on 27 Dec 2021
at 11:01
6.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Gammel rating (3000-4000) som ikke kom med fra Ratebeer. Smaking på Trym, Sørumsand.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Dec 2021
at 11:07
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Can at home in Hackney - picked up from Clapton Craft. Pours clear, rich gold with a small, creamy white head. Lightly sweet with simple, grainy and lightly papery mats, sun-kissed hay. Light bodied with fine to average carbonation. Finishes with more light papery notes, pale grains, a little straw. Just about drinkable. --- Beer aliased from original tick of Uptown Craft Lager on 07 Feb 2021 at 00:44 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5. Original review text: Can at home in Hackney - picked up from Clapton Craft. Pours perfectly clear burnished gold with a creamy, white head. Lightly sweet with some bready malt character, nips of biscuits, hay, pale grains, hints of paper and pine needles. Light bodied with average carbonation. Finishes with more crispy malts, subtle papery notes, citrus rind accents. Drinkable.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Dec 2021
at 00:35
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 6
I have to admit that it is not to bad for an na beer Clear deep golden in the glass and a fine head Moderate intensity in the aroma. Pleasant citric feeling Not to sweet either Malty, caramel, mild citric, wort and herbal flavor Not to thin [Can from Spar in Skjærhalden, Norway]
Tried
from Can
on 27 Nov 2021
at 16:10
7/10
Tried
from Can
on 24 Nov 2021
at 19:07
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Frothy lightbrown good mostly lasting head. Black colour. Moderate malty and light hoppy aroma. Light bitter flavor. Average light bitter fnish. Oily palate. Nice.
Tried
on 24 Nov 2021
at 10:05
4.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Tried
on 30 Oct 2021
at 13:53