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.
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Creamy off-white good mostly lasting head. Amber colour. Moderate malty and light hoppy aroma. Light bitter flavior. Short light bitter finish. Watery palae. Nice L.A.
Tried
on 12 Sep 2021
at 09:57
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can at home. Pours clear golden, nose is toffee, pine, mango, taste is bitter, dry, light fruit. --- Beer merged from original tick of Wildtrack on 11 Sep 2021 at 15:42 - Score: 6
Tried
from Can
on 11 Sep 2021
at 14:42
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can at home. Pours clear amber, nose is grass, toffee, lemon, taste is similar, sweet, floral. --- Beer aliased from original tick of Uptown Craft Lager on 30 May 2019 at 09:27 - Score: 6
Tried
from Can
on 11 Sep 2021
at 14:41
7/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can at home in Hackney - picked up from Clapton Craft. Pours totally clear honey-gold with a frothy, white head - it looks great. Lightly sweet with pleasant sun-kissed pale malts, mild tangerine notes, soft piney bitterness. Light bodied with massaging carbonation. Decent balance in the finish, more bready pale malts, mellow pine and citrus notes. The character is mild but it drinks just fine.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Sep 2021
at 20:15
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
[33cl can from Waitrose, Bracknell.] A bright pale amber pour with a thin white head and lively carbonation; lemony aroma; sharp lemony taste with a biscuity malt base; and a grassy finish. A good example of an AF beer - shows how much progress has been made recently.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Sep 2021
at 13:10
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Large foamy tan head stayed on a still black body. Malt, liquorice & iron aroma. Medium bodied, smooth & creamy with a clean back. Malt, liquorice, berry & cocoa tastes with a nicely hopped tangy finish. Good one.
Tried
on 05 Sep 2021
at 15:49
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pours clear, lager like. pale blonde. Small white head. Scent is light, crisp. Again, more lager like -if anything . Bit unfresh, elderflower is hidden. Taste is refreshing, mild malts. Tad bitter. Elderflower is very hidden. Meh.
Tried
on 27 Aug 2021
at 09:51
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Big lemon aromas from the Citra hops, but now also mentions on the can: Chinook, Cascade, Simcoe and Colombus. Honey notes as well and some decent grassiness comes out of it later. Slightly unfiltered, yellow colour with a bubbly head, under-average retention, but a decent soapy ring on the brew. The mouthfeel is light, but some nice dryness builds in the finish. Still getting the mild honey I get in better brewed low-alcohol beers. The hops balance out the rest. A fine 0.4% IPA.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Aug 2021
at 22:24
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can from a friend. Pours clear golden with a thin white head. Aromas of sweet malt and grapefruit. Taste is bitter, pine, citrus. Thin finish.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Aug 2021
at 15:40
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 6
33 cl can @ home, BBE 18.02.2022 Aroma has plastic vibes, grapefruity hops and musty malty hayness. Flavour has plastic tones, some grapefruit. Finishes with odd menthol-like tones. Also some graininess. Okay-ish NA-IPA.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Aug 2021
at 14:00