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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Ruikt goed, smaakt slapjes, wel lekker fris maar hoppigheid ontbreekt. Niet echt een ipa smaak zonder alcohol.

Tried from Can on 05 Aug 2021 at 20:53


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

330ml can from Dry Drinker. Clear gold, small white head. Light hop citrus aroma. Taste presents a moderate citrussy hop character, gentle pine glimpses. Fine.

Tried from Can on 01 Aug 2021 at 20:55


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

440ml can from Low and No Drinks. Gluten Free. Reddish chestnut brown colour, beige foam head leaving lacing and aroma of malt, spice, chocolate hints. Taste is malt, chocolate, alittle coffee & spice, with lightly roasted earthy bitterness. Smooth mouthfeel, light bodied, soft carbonation, medium-dry roasty bitter finish. OK.

Tried from Can on 25 Jul 2021 at 17:15


5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Sample thanks to Grumbo: Poured a golden with a white head. Aroma is light fruity. Taste is grainy and wet.

Tried on 22 Jul 2021 at 20:17


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

330ml can. Aroma is citrusy hops, malt, tea. Taste is light sweet, watery, cardboard, citrus fruits. Light bitter finish. Not great.

Tried from Can on 17 Jul 2021 at 08:32


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Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

330 ml can, Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. ABV is 0.5%, IBU 42. Clear pale golden colour, large to moderate white head. Very moderate floral and fruity aroma. Soft mouthfeel. Moderately fruty flavour, with distinct and nearly medicinal bittering hops in the finish.

Tried from Can at Cardinal on 08 Jul 2021 at 19:19


6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

330 ml can, Cardinal Pub & Bar, Stavanger. Hops are Hallertau Hersbrücker and Magnum. Clear golden colour, moderate white head. Aroma of malts, unexpected notes of mango and passionfruit. Soft mouthfeel. Flavour of malts with a hint of caramel, not very sweet though, no off-flavours, minimal hops. Quite drinkable. --- Beer aliased from original tick of Uptown Craft Lager on 02 Feb 2021 at 06:51 - Score: Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 2 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 3. Original review text: 330 ml can, from leske.no . ABV is 0.5%, IBU 16. Gluten free. Clear deep golden to amber colour, moderate white head. Grainy and rather unpleasant aroma, hints of caramel and stale jam. The flavour is grainy and bland, but without unpleasant off-flavours. Hints of citrus, but the bitterness is low.

Tried from Can on 08 Jul 2021 at 16:48


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Tried from Can on 01 Jul 2021 at 21:47


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

330ml bottle. Amber gold colour, white foam head and aroma of floral metallic hop. Taste is malt, grains, cardboard, with some metallic hop bitterness. Watery, thin bodied, soft carbonation, dry metallic finish. OK

Tried from Bottle on 30 Jun 2021 at 20:26


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can at a friends. Pours black, nose is chocolate, coconut, vanilla, roasted, taste is similar, sweet, creamy.

Tried from Can on 15 Jun 2021 at 16:45