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
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

330ml can. Gluten Free. Black colour, bubbly beige foam head and aroma of chocolate malt, roasty, ash. Taste is dark roasted malt, ash, smokey, chocolate, with some earthy bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, roast bitter finish. Quite drinkable.

Tried from Can on 09 Mar 2024 at 22:13


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Can on 3rd March 2024 from Gorillas. Pours slightly hazy pale gold with shallow white foam and minimal lacing. Citrus and tropical fruits aroma. Pithy citrus juice and savoury nuttiness in-mouth. Lemonade citrus finish. Light bodied with a zingy mouthfeel.

Tried from Can on 03 Mar 2024 at 23:16


6.3
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Can 33cl. @home poured into a shaker. Slightly hazy, pallid golden colour, fair frothy white head, light lacing. Aroma pale malt, grain, lemon, lychee, grassy hops, earthy notes. Taste medium sweet and light bitter, malty, grain, lemon. Light body, watery texture, average carbonation, dry sweetbitter aftertaste, resinous notes, thinnish impression, well-made, decent.

Tried from Can from Drankgigant.nl on 29 Feb 2024 at 18:55


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Can at home in Hackney - picked up from SPAR-EAT17. Pours totally clear yellow with a fizzy, white head. Lightly sweet with a lot of pale grains, simple bread, hints of grass and straw. Light bodied with spritzy carbonation. Semi-sweet finish, more crispy cereal flakes, doughy biscuit, hay. So so.

Tried from Can on 26 Feb 2024 at 21:25


5.6
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 7.5

Finish the months style du jour. light greenish yellow smaller head. Nose is citrus pop. Tatsss of lime, bread crust, some pine and herbs. Light bodied. Refreshing.

Tried on 28 Jan 2024 at 04:42


5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Judging by the matching description on the brewer’s website, this goes by the name “Galactic Extra Dark”, which is what I ordered at a local brewpub. It pours very dark brown with a small off white head. There’s a mild roast malt aroma. The flavor is of roast malt, coffee, and maybe a little hops. It’s not as creamy and lacks some of the body I’d expect in a stout, and the carbonation seems high. It puts me more in mind of a mediocre schwarzbier.

Tried on 26 Jan 2024 at 04:55


6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Can from the Dry Drinker. Pours clear golden with a thin white head. Aromas of light malt, cornflakes. Tate is malt forward, faint dried herbs. Thin finish.

Tried from Can on 24 Jan 2024 at 21:20


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Can, 0.5%. Ok roasted aroma of mild coffee. Black colour. Small off-white head. The flavour is roasted with a good coffee note. Thin mouthfeel, but the flavour is good. Great for a low alcohol.

Tried from Can on 13 Jan 2024 at 19:16


4.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

Can, 0.5%. Weak aroma of light caramel. Clear shiny golden colour. Very small white head. The flavour is watery and slightly bready. Low bitterness. Quite bland.

Tried from Can on 13 Jan 2024 at 18:36