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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330ml can courtesy of Grumbo, cheers Graham! Gluten Free. Amber gold colour, white foam head leaving lacing and aroma of malt, metallic, grassy. Taste is sweetish, malty, grainy, grassy, with dusty bitterness. Light bodied, soft carbonation, dry bitter finish. OK
Tried from Can on 30 May 2021 at 15:07

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355mL can, pours a hazy blonde with a small white head. Nose brings out mineral notes, crisp biscuity malt, and some dry piney hops. Flavour is surprisingly decent for a non-alc, with a piney hop character, biscuity malt, and some toasted grains. A nice non-alc—this has a nice expression from the hops. Solid.
Tried from Can on 30 May 2021 at 05:55

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330ml can from Cheese & Wine Shop, Darlington. Golden amber colour, white foam head leaving some lacing and aroma of malt, grain, floral hop. Taste is malty, some grain and caramel, with citrus and hoppy bitterness. Light bodied, soft carbonation, dry bitter finish. Quite drinkable. Good for non alcohol and gluten free.
Tried from Can on 29 May 2021 at 11:05

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25/5/2021. Can from WiseBartender.co.uk. Pours clear golden with a small frothy white head. Aroma of citrus, grapefruit, light tropical fruit, passion fruit, touch of pine. Moderate sweetness, medium bitterness, slightly earthy. Light body, oily texture, average carbonation. Pretty decent AF beer, one you could have a few of if you felt the need.
Tried from Can on 25 May 2021 at 17:35

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44 cl can @ Hirvihuhta. Rated on 15.05.2021 Aroma has menthol, rye and starch. Flavour has rye, menthol, toffee candy and cardboard. Also grapefruit. Good and crisp NA beer.
Tried from Can on 17 May 2021 at 11:02

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Pours clear blonde, no head at all. Scent is sweaty, metallic... Not good at all. Taste is tart, but sweaty, unfresh, raw herbal / fruity notes (but not the right kind) . Less metallic in the actual taste, perhaps it's just confusing by it's sharp stench ? Not good at all.
Tried on 15 May 2021 at 09:09

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0.33 l bottle from 'OnderNulPuntVijf', best before November 2021. Black with a medium large, frothy, slowly diminishing, beige head. Sweetish-malty, gently roasty aroma of dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee beans and some hazelnut. Quite sweet, malty, rather roasty taste of dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee beans, licorice and hazelnut, followed by a short, gently roasty-bitter, quite earthy finish. Medium body, smooth and gently effervescent mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Tasty Stout, no nasty flavours or anything NA-typical detectable.
Tried from Bottle on 12 May 2021 at 11:55

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Pours clear blond. medium small white head. Scent is weak, mild malt, and what seems like corn, though thats not on the ingredient list. Taste is sharp, bitter, thin bodied, medium high carbo. Very mild hoparoma. Very recognizable NA. At this day and age, there's so much better NA beers out there.
Tried on 11 May 2021 at 10:13

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0.44 l can from 'OnderNulPuntVijf', best before July 2021. Clear, very deep euny with a medium large, dense, stable, beige head. Sweetish-malty, a bit spicy aroma of caramel, cinnamon, nuts, coffee and a touch of chocolate. Gently sweet, malty, moderately roasty and a little spicy taste of caramel, coffee, chocolate, nuts and light cinnamon, followed by a short, gently roasty-bitter, quite earthy and a little spicy finish. Thin to medium body, gently effervescent mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Interesting, nicely roasty at least.
Tried from Can on 26 Apr 2021 at 10:30

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0.44 l can from 'OnderNulPuntVijf', best before February 2022. Clear, golden with a thin, frothy, almost stable, white head. Sweetish, quite fruity-floral aroma of lemon peel, lychee and elderflower. Gently sweet, moderately bitter, quite fruity-floral taste of elderflower, lychee, lemon peel and pineapple, followed by a short, slightly bitter, gently dry finish. Thin to medium body, slightly effervescent mouthfeel, average carbonation. Rather inoffensive but also quite pleasant and quaffable, at least nicely fresh.
Tried from Can on 21 Apr 2021 at 11:11