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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6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
0.33 l bottle from 'Ace Drinks', best before July 2021. Clear, golden with a thin, frothy, slowly diminishing, white head. Sweetish, gently fruity-floral and slightly grassy aroma of lemon peel, pineapple and a touch of grass. Slightly sweet, moderately bitter, gently fruity-floral and slightly grassy taste of lemon peel, pineapple and some grass, followed by a short, slightly grassy finish. Thin to medium body, slightly effervescent mouthfeel, average carbonation. Pleasant, highly quaffable NA beer, nicely fruity and grassy.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Nov 2020 at 19:49

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle: Poured a black with a thin light brown head. Aroma was rich and roasted malts. Taste is roasty malt, chalky, some graham cracker.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Nov 2020 at 00:03

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle as Big Drop Hazelnut Porter, Dark brown beer, small head. Aroma is hazelnut, malt, chocolate, sweet, nutty. Taste is the same, bit watery but decent for a low alcohol.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Nov 2020 at 20:49

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle from Ludlow Food Centre. Appearance - very close to black and definitely opaque. Short lasting but attractive cream head. Nose - creamy dark chocolate. Taste - dark chocolate again, wafer and some lurking creaminess though the lack of alcohol doesn't give it much of a chance in that respect. Palate - light bodied, toasty rather than creamy middle. Lightly roasty finish. A touch thin as you would expect. Overall - not bad considering the style.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Oct 2020 at 20:39

6.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Bottle from Ludlow Food Centre. Appearance - amber with thin lacing. Nose - earthy and malt loaf. Taste - more sweet malt loaf but with just a touch of orange bitterness. Palate - light bodied as expected. Not sweet as the nose suggests which is good given the style. Overall - decent considering the style.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Oct 2020 at 20:15

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Tried on 17 Oct 2020 at 16:13

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Bottle from Systembolaget. Aroma was a mix of a bottle of stella and brown ale malts. Taste wise, it isn't bad...sweet coffee in the end. Of course it isn't a nice finish because it suffers from the unsatisfying alcoholfreeitis. Not bad though.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Oct 2020 at 16:15

4.4/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 4 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
33cl Fles. Bleekgele kleur. Aroma van nat karton, zweetsokken, Berliner Weisse granige geur en smaak, zurig, wat citroen, druiven, nee geen topper dit. Waterig.
Tried on 28 Sep 2020 at 13:09

5.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 2 Overall 6
(Bottle, from Systembolaget PK-huset, Stockholm) Dark reddish brown colour with frothy, beige head. Malty, roasted nose with notes of black rye bread, raisins, coffee, chocolate, nuts and roasted grain. Malty, roasted taste with dark bread, caramel, coffee, chocolate, raisins, dried apricots, nuts and a mild spicy bitterness in the finish. Medium body, quite dry. Tasty and well made. Quite enjoyable.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Sep 2020 at 16:28

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 6
5/9/2020. Draught at Hopmaster: The Reserve, Rushden Lakes. Pours clear bright gold with a small bubbly white head. Aroma of malt, caramel, citrus, grain, straw. Moderate sweetness and light bitterness. Light body, watery body, average carbonation. You can tell it’s a low alcohol beer but it’s much better than most in its class.
Tried from Can on 05 Sep 2020 at 17:39