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.
beerhunter111 (50837) ticked Stout from Big Drop Brewing Co. 6 years ago
33cl bottle. A black beer with a beige head. Aroma of roasted dark malt, chocolate and coffee. Taste of sweet roasted dark malt, chocolate, cookies. Quite nice!
Charlotte (10741) reviewed Stout from Big Drop Brewing Co. 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle.Black colour with small beige head.Aroma of soya sauce and caramel feels a bit dusty with hint of earth and caramel.
marius (4936) reviewed Citra IPA from Big Drop Brewing Co. 6 years ago
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Typical low-alcohol IPA - not as bad as the non-alcoholic pilsners, but nowhere near as good as a glass of water.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
Keg at BD Sheps Boost, 18/10/19. Light black with a modest tan cap that dissipates to edgework. Nose is nutty, chocolate, toffee, biscuit, brown sugars. Taste comprises Bourbon biscuit, sugar dusting, brown bread, toffee. Light in body but not watery at all, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Solid for the ABV.
JAbrams72 (12812) ticked The Nutty Professor from Big Drop Brewing Co. 6 years ago
Given the percentage, very impressive. Otherwise, all Nutella, one-note
cagarvie (40235) reviewed The Nutty Professor from Big Drop Brewing Co. 6 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Keg at brewdog Edinburgh colab fest 2019... Dark black.. Thin tan lacing.. Soft nutty chocolates roast malts nose.. Dark roast.. Heavy chocolate.. Little tjin but only just... Dark chocolate roast malts... Big nutty chocolates
cagarvie (40235) reviewed Citra IPA from Big Drop Brewing Co. 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Keg at the Griffin.. Light Amber... Thin white lacing.. Soft sweet toffee orange fruits nose.. Sweet caramel.. Light crystal bitter fruits.. Light woody bitter malts
dnicolaescu (3911) reviewed Stout from Big Drop Brewing Co. 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Almost clear deep brown, beige head. Smells of deep caramelized sugars, slighlty burnt and ashy, a little smoky. The flavour is not bad - a rather nice dark sugar / light roast / earhy leafy bitterness. Of course the lack of alcohol is hard to hide - that makes the malts feel like sugars dilluted in water. Still, a rather different non-alcoholic beer, both flavour wise and also being free from the usual shortcomings of non-alco pale lagers.
Gyllenbock (17550) reviewed Brown Ale from Big Drop Brewing Co. 6 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5
At SBWF 2019. Dark brown with a small head. Sweet with caramel, some malt and fruit. Thin and boring.