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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7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle at the portobello tap. Pours black, nose is nutty, chocolate, caramel, taste is similar, sweet, thin.
Earlier Rating: 10/21/2019 Total Score: 3.9
Keg at brewdog Edinburgh. Pours black, nose is hazelnut, chocolate, roasted, caramel, taste is sweet, creamy, nutty, chocolate, thin. 8/4/8/3/16
Tried from Bottle on 21 Jan 2020 at 10:50

6.6/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Keg at the Rusty Bucket,Eltham. Clear golden pour with a white head. Marmaladey nose. Orange peel and marmalade taste. Does the job in a soft drink kind of way. Never mind Dryanuary does Keguary exist yet? 🤔
Tried on 18 Jan 2020 at 16:26

5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
500ml bottle from Booze Free UK during Dry January. Gushed half the bottle on opening. Pours clear gold, scant white bubbly lacing. Aroma is lightly sweet, diacytal. Light carbonation, thin gentle golden ale character, not a lot going on but not a lot expected. It's a nice easy drinker I suppose.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Jan 2020 at 19:45

5.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
330ml bottle during Dry January. Pours a deep chestnut brown, off white topping. Aroma has light nutty grain, moderately thin body, perhaps not as thin as expected, soft grain, rye bread, amber malt, nutty shades.. decent AF beer.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Jan 2020 at 11:28

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
330ml bottle during Dry January, watching The Irishman. Pours gold, small sheet of white atop. Lightly sweet fruity shades on the nose. Barely noticeable sour presence bringing a kiss of life to the soft fruity citrus.. not enough to be crisp or tart. It's light, but not off-puttingly thin. Just a breezy nondescript DryJan beer with just enough fruity moments to be fine.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Jan 2020 at 10:08

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle from Drinkmonger. Clear golden body with a thin white head. Steady carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of grapefruit and kiwi fruit. Flavour of chalky malt and lemon. Thin body with a watery texture. Soft fizz. This is really nice, I’d love to see more 0.5% single hop ‘IPAs’ from Big Drop.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Jan 2020 at 08:58

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Keg at Brewdog old Street. A clear mid gold coloured pour with a fine white head. Aroma is faint cereal malt sweetness, vague lemon, little grass. Flavour is composed of light cereal grains, lemon rind, grassy citrus, some mineral. Palate is semi sweet, some resin, moderate carbonation. Decent enough.
Tried on 06 Jan 2020 at 18:30

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Tap@Brewdog Collabfest, Shepherd's Bush, London (18/10/2019) - black with a tan head. Notes of sweet toasted malt with some caramel cakey malt, cocoa, nutty, light body, nutty sweet malty finish.
Tried from Draft on 30 Dec 2019 at 19:57

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottle. Close to black body with a small beige head. Aroma has dark malt, coffee and licorice. Quite sweet with smooth dark malt, coffee, chocolate and moderate bitterness. Thin bodied and a bit short in aftertaste. Drinkable but plain non alcoholic alternative. Aroma was the best part.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Dec 2019 at 16:51

5/10
33cl bottle. A clear dark golden beer with a white head. Aroma of caramelized malt, nuts, mild citrusy hops. Taste of dry citrus hops, caramel, mild nutty hops, breadish malt, corn.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Dec 2019 at 20:11