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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5.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
0,33 boks fra Gulating Stavanger, hjemme 2.påskedag: klar kobbergylden med fint skum som varer. Frisk, slank (egentlig tynn) og lettdrikkelig med lys malt og et hint av søte appelsiner helt i avslutningen. På ingen måte i samme liga som deres Pine Trail, men igjen helt fri for den lett metalliske ettersmaken som skjemmer så mange alkoholfrie øl. Pleasant enough, but nothing much going on here. Their Pine Trail is in a quite different league.
Tried on 13 Apr 2020 at 15:55

4/10
Can from Beer Hawk - old gold body little scummy head. Nose all malt. Not much taste bit of hop at the end. Bland
Tried from Can on 11 Apr 2020 at 12:10

2/10
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Tried on 10 Apr 2020 at 22:02

5.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
330ml can bought at Eurospar Langnes. Bright warm golden body, dissipating white head leaving lacing rings down the glass. Moderate smell of ripe citrus. Similar taste of ripe citrus with orange up front. Pretty nice drying bitter ending. Well made considering the low abv. (Tromsø 09.04.2020).
Tried from Can on 10 Apr 2020 at 06:50

5.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
330ml can bought at Eurospar Langnes. Bubbly fawn-coloured head leaving spotty lacing on the glass, coal black body. Mild roasted grainy nose. Moderate flavour character of earth, grain, a caramel bite and lactose beneath. Short ending, dry, roasted and grainy. Pretty nice. (Tromsø 09.04.2020).
Tried from Can on 10 Apr 2020 at 06:45

4.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 4 Flavor 3 Texture 4 Overall 4
330ml can bought at Eurospar Langnes. Good looking in the glass with a bright golden-brown body, clingy lacing from an off-white head. Vague pale malty nose, mid-sweet. Restrained taste profile of pale malts backed by herbal hops. Hints of cardboard towards the ending. Drinkable. (Tromsø 09.04.2020).
Tried from Can on 10 Apr 2020 at 06:39

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Can shared at home (13/03/2020) sourced from Honest Brew, Crystal Palace - hazed light yellow pour with a thin white head. Fruity and malty with notes of citrus fruit, pine needles, grass, cereal, grain, light lactose undertones, watery to light body and mouthfeel, bitter hoppy finish. Alright AF beer.
Tried from Can on 09 Apr 2020 at 08:47

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottle at home (10/03/2020) sourced from Honest Brew, Crystal Palace - a light hazed golden pour with white head. Bit of a gusher on opening, very high carbonation, citrus fruity with some light grapefruit and lemony notes, pineapple, sweet pale malt, light watery body, bitter subdued hoppy close. Soso.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Apr 2020 at 08:45

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Big Drop er modige karer som satser utelukkende på alkoholfrie øl, men mitt førsteinntrykk er at dette gjør de med overbevisning. Klar gylden med fint skum som varer. Aroma og smak hlder det de lover - floralt, citrus/limefriskt og med en herlig, furunålspreget bitterhet i den slanke maltkroppen. Ingenting av de metalliske bismaker som så ofte skjemmer alkoholfrie øl. Jeg skal sannelig kjøpe flerre i denne serien neste gang jeg er innom Gulating. Most impressive for a no alcohol beer - delightful citrussy/limey freshness and lovely pine bitterness.
Tried on 02 Apr 2020 at 16:15

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6
How: Can.
Where: Systembolaget.
Appearance: Hazy yellow colour with a white head.
Aroma: Fruit, hops, caramel, malt, hops.
Body: Light body, medium carbonation.
Flavour: Malt, fruit, caramel.
Tried from Can on 31 Mar 2020 at 08:36