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.
thanatosti (4525) reviewed Stout from Big Drop Brewing Co. 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
33 cl. bottle @ home, bought @ Albert Heijn, Zaltbommel. Pitch black with a small beige head. Aroma is chocolate and coffee at first. Taste is quit sweet and the finish is also sweet and very short. Thin body and quite flat but otherwise a good shot at a low alcohol stout.
TBone (30380) reviewed Stout from Big Drop Brewing Co. 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5
Bottled 330ml (Prisma)
Opaque colour, tiny beige head. Milky, burned toasted malty, ashy aroma. Medium-bodied. Toastyness, lactose, ash, tobacco in the flavour. Of course especially finish is very watery leaving ash tray to your mouth. Not totally hopeless for being NA but nothing to had another time.
HenrikSoegaard (22027) reviewed Stout from Big Drop Brewing Co. 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5
Bottle. Creamy lightbrown good mostly lasting head. Black colour. Moderate malty and light hoppy aroma. Molasse and chocolate dominating. Light bitter flavor. Ok chocolate notes. Average light bitter finish. Oily palate. Fine L.A.
Drebus (8640) reviewed Pale Ale from Big Drop Brewing Co. 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle @ home. Not too bad. Decent enough hoppyness, slightly fruity, sweet-ish. Pleasantly surprised.
77ships (14509) reviewed Stout from Big Drop Brewing Co. 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5
330 ml. bottle. Black to dark brown, tanned head. Taste is this heavy bitter chicory, roots, bark, herbal, all this unpleasant vegetable roots bitterness, just not very tasty, turns out it has lactose in it but not even that can give it sweetness, just not my taste. Body is grainy & impressively thick.
HenrikSoegaard (22027) reviewed Pale Ale from Big Drop Brewing Co. 7 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle. Frothy white fair mostly diminishing head. Yellow colour. Moderate malty and heavy hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Watery palate. Nice low alc.
Sloefmans (15519) reviewed Pale Ale from Big Drop Brewing Co. 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Medium white head over dlear golden beer. Aromatic fruity hops, bit of diary, green herbs. But the aromas vanish rather fast. Very dry - bitter, even quite a bit metallic. Some fruity notes, but dull, much more discreet than the bitterness. Some banana, faint citrus, catty. Light body, medium to good carbonation. Not a highflyer for a pale ale. As for a non-alcohol, however, I'm flabbergasted.
Cunningham (15791) reviewed Pale Ale from Big Drop Brewing Co. 7 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5
One of the best low alcohol beer I have tried. Quite mild wort feeling. Mild mellow malty and mild citric flavor. Not to thin body and a quite decent bitterness. Nice.
[Bottle from Systembolaget in Sweden]
allesmetkaas (1898) ticked Stout from Big Drop Brewing Co. 7 years ago
Zlotta (10012) reviewed Stout from Big Drop Brewing Co. 7 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6
0.33 l bottle from 'AH XL' (Nijmegen), best before July 2019. Black with a thin, frothy, slowly diminishing, beige head. Sweetish-malty, slightly roasty aroma of dark chocolate, licorice, nuts and coffee. Quite sweet, malty, slightly roasty taste of dark chocolate, licorice, hazelnut and coffee, followed by a short, slightly bitter, gently roasty and just a little worty finish. Medium to full body, creamy to oily mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Really nice NA beer, one of the best I've ever had!