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.
danlo (13332) reviewed Stout from Big Drop Brewing Co. 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
330ml bottle. Pours black-brown in colour with a biege foam head that dissipates away and aroma of roast malt, meaty, chocolate & coffee. Taste is roasty malt, ash, powdered chocolate, vanilla, coffee and earthy bitterness. Thin mouthfeel, light bodied, soft carbonation, dry roasty finish. Quite OK for the low abv
danlo (13332) reviewed Brown Ale from Big Drop Brewing Co. 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
330ml bottle. Chestnut brown colour, tan foam head leaving alittle lacing and aroma of swampy roasted malt. Taste is roasted malty, milky, cream, chocolate, coffee with some ashy earthy light bitterness. Thin bodied, soft carbonation, dry roasted finish. OK.
Bierridder (4353) reviewed Stout from Big Drop Brewing Co. 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
06/03/2019 @home - 33cl bottle from AH Ronse. Clear dark brown, small tanned head. Nose is roast, bit coffee, milk chocolate. Taste is thin roast, milk chocolate, wattery roasted ending. Not worse than a lot of 5% ABV stouts so not bad at all in that way.
Nische (5609) reviewed Pale Ale from Big Drop Brewing Co. 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5
Bottle from Systembolaget. Clear golden with white head. Grainy with a bit of artificial lemon, cardboard, perfume and grass. Slightly skunky. Ok.
CloakedDagger (37568) reviewed Lager from Big Drop Brewing Co. 7 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 3
Bottle 33 cl. Pours a clear, pale yellow with a small, white head. Nose has that unfermented wort aroma you so often find in these n/a beers. Watery body, sweet wort and cardboard with some late bittering hops. For a brewery specializing in n/a beers they're honestly not all that impressive. 210219
Chris_Ofstad (9580) ticked Stout from Big Drop Brewing Co. 7 years ago
0,3 litre Bottle from Systembolaget Charlottenberg. Black with little head. Roasted malts, coffee, Chocolate, thin and mild.
jefverstraete (7491) reviewed Stout from Big Drop Brewing Co. 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 6
Dark brown colour, beige creamy foam. Nose of cocoa, coffee, roasted malts. Taste is roasty, coffee, rather thin and watery but a nice experiment.
octal (3683) ticked Galactic Milk Stout from Big Drop Brewing Co. 7 years ago
jefverstraete (7491) reviewed Pale Ale from Big Drop Brewing Co. 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Bottle from Albert Heijn. Light hazy blond colour, white foam. Nose of citrussy hops, some pine. Taste is rather hoppy, watery, no cardboard or other off flavours. Quiet good.
Vignale (8447) reviewed Stout from Big Drop Brewing Co. 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6
Flaska från SB. En duglig milk stout med som har söt smakbild med vanilj, mörk malt, choklad, kaffe men som ändå klarar balansen med en lite kärv torr kaffesumpsmak i det bakre registret. Häftigt att det går att gör en så ok milk stout utan alkohol men kanske inte jättegott.