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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6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Can. It pours a finger-thick white head over a clear golden colored body. Super-citrusy aroma, grapefruit, some orange, and with a touch of pine cones. Some pale malts and bread lurking in the back. It's thin to medium bodied and a bit too much on the dry side, with a nice carbonation level. Grapefruit, pine cones, orange zest, some lemon zest and a faint grassy flavor. Bready pale malts in the back. Long citrus-driven finish. A little bit more body and this would be a close to perfect alcohol free IPA. 200523
Tried from Can on 23 May 2020 at 13:27

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Can. Pours a golden color with a small white head. Has a fruity malty citrus hoppy aroma. Fruity malty citrus hoppy flavor. Has a fruity malty citrus hoppy finish with hints of tropical fruit.
Tried from Can on 22 May 2020 at 17:18

6/10
330ml bottle from Beer Hawk - Sniff of the freshly opened bottle is roasted coffee beans with the nose of dark chocolate. Taste is surprisingly robust with the flavours coming out of the roasted toasted bits to make it a good beer. That is a decent effort.
Tried from Bottle on 19 May 2020 at 16:27

5.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Gulbrun klar med hvitt skum. Noe floralsk lukt, karamell og noe sitrus. Lett. Noe bitter smak, sitrus grapefrukt og lett metallisk. Middels lang.
Tried on 19 May 2020 at 14:42

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Frothy white good mostly lasting head. Yellow colour. Moderate malty and hoppy aroma. Very week bready notes. Moderate bitter flavor. Average modedate bitter finish. Oily palate. Very nice LA.
Tried on 13 May 2020 at 06:25

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottle from Morrisons, Leeds. Slighty lighter golden with a head. Hoppy brew with a decent depth to it in terms of taste - it certainly hides its strength in this respect. Has a slight dryness and its aroma has some maltiness evident.
Tried from Bottle on 12 May 2020 at 20:47

6.5/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
As Paradiso Citra IPA (I'm assuming it's the same). Pours a clear yellow golden colour and a small white head. Aroma's: citrussy, grain, light resin. Retronasal it's grain, sweetish, light citrus, a bit lactose. Flavour is light bitter, light sweet, light fruity. Light bodied. Above moderate bitter finish. Not too bad.
Tried from Bottle on 12 May 2020 at 12:00

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottle from BeerRitz. It pours clear deep brown with a small, foamy beige head. The aroma is sweet, spicy, nutty, brown bread, caramel and malt loaf, The taste is fairly sweet upfront, bitter - sweet character throughout, caramel, toffee, toasted nuts, some fruit cake / malt loaf and some wet cardboard with a dryish finish. Light body and moderate, foamy carbonation. Decent for what it is, but perhaps a touch sweet for my personal tastes. Not too shabby for the style.
Tried from Bottle on 10 May 2020 at 17:04

6/10
Tried from Can on 09 May 2020 at 12:55

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Clear pale golden body with a decent white head. Aroma is fresh and citric fruity with just a hint of pale malt. Not sure if I really notice any pine aroma here or if it’s just a placebo effect from the name, anyway there is not much of it here. Taste is also on the citric fruity side, light bitterness and some pale malt as well, perhaps a few traces of pine as well, but think the zesty stuff seems to be more pronounced. Feels rather thin bodied but still a nice and refreshing NA beer. I think the the Paradiso Citra was a bit better.
Tried on 03 May 2020 at 10:07