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.
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.
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
27th Jan 2020. Shrewsbury Beer Exchange in Chez Sophie, our first ever 'no alcohol' tasting. 39 different beers, we managed 26 before we bloated ourselves out, this was beer number 18. Can, 440ml BB; 7th Oct 2020. Light/pale golden body, weak white head. Not a lot going on aroma wise, mild lime/citrus hints maybe, taste also a bit non-descriptive, again with a citrus/lime twist. More hops than malts, but not too much of either.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Jan 2020
at 14:16
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
27th Jan 2020. Shrewsbury Beer Exchange in Chez Sophie, our first ever 'no alcohol' tasting. 39 different beers, we managed 26 before we bloated ourselves out, this was beer number 12. My nightmare sort of beer, a fruit flavoured Gose with no alcohol. 440ml can; BB 30th Sep 2020. Raspberry notes in a watery Gose, no thanks.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Jan 2020
at 13:52
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
440ml can @ DryJan Beer Tasting, Chez Sophie, Jan '20. Clear gold appearance, foamy white head. Good sweet jammy raspberry nose. Nice sugary raspberry presence to taste, light crisp.. strange prickly cucumber on the finish, but that could just be me. Decent.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Jan 2020
at 11:16
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
27th Jan 2020. Shrewsbury Beer Exchange in Chez Sophie, our first ever 'no alcohol' tasting. 39 different beers, we managed 26 before we bloated ourselves out, this was beer number 3. Big white head on the golden body, sour citrus notes in the nose and taste, not my thing at all.
Tried
on 28 Jan 2020
at 09:17
5.6/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle at home, wife picked it up by mistake, 26th January 2020. Pours clear. Aroma has light hops, citrus. Taste is actually OK, citrus, light bitter, Fine for no alcohol
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Jan 2020
at 20:54
4.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4
Flavor 4
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
330ml can from Booze Free UK during DryJan. Pours pale gold, small foamy white head that dissipates fast. Aroma is very thin lagery malt. Overall character is of a super thin, watery lager.. not a lot of body to this, very weak flavour, could do with a bit more sweetness in future.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Jan 2020
at 09:22
7/10
Tried
on 24 Jan 2020
at 11:17
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
KØLF 291119. Dark brown color with a beige head. Aroma is roasted malt, coffee, licorice. Flavor is burnt, roasted malt, licorice, lactose, coffee. Nice low alcohol.
Tried
on 23 Jan 2020
at 07:47
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle from Tesco. Clear deep golden body with a thin off-white head that fades. Steady carbonation. Aroma of copper and minerals. Flavour of rust and tonic water. Thin body with a watery texture. Light fizz. Metallic but fairly inoffensive.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jan 2020
at 23:22
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Bottle from Honest Brew. Dark brown body with a thin beige head. Faint lacing. Aroma of twigs and copper. Flavour of stainless steel, brown sugar and Marmite. Thin body with a watery texture. Soft fizz. Sugary and metallic.
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Jan 2020
at 00:13