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.
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.
1.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 1
Flavor 1
Texture 2
Overall 1
Bottle 33 cl. Pours an opaque black with a small, beige head. Nose is earthy, ashy - like week old cigarette butts left in the wet gutter. Thin body as expected, and then again these horrible ashtray notes. Totally undrinkable. 090119
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jan 2019
at 13:39
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle 33 cl. Pours a clear, pale yellow with a white head. Fresh, citrusy hop aroma. Thin body - naturally - but still fruity and citrusy from the hops, Solid, late hop bite. These guys know what they are doing! 211218
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Dec 2018
at 14:34
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Bottle from Tesco. Near black in colour, with a frothy, beige, head. A touch of caramel and milk chocolate sweetness, with some toasty yet thin malts and gentle finish. A good low ABV beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Dec 2018
at 16:25
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle from Tesco. Golden in colour, with a slight, off-white, head. Some Short-lived hop character upfront, over-ripe malts and moderately bitter finish. A solid low alcohol beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Dec 2018
at 07:49
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle from Tesco. Gushing bottle, clear, bright golden pout. Head fades to small bubbles. Aroma is grainy and wet paper. Taste is more of the grains, light fruity notes, but kind of dull. Didn't realize this was a Low Alcohol beer. Mild hoppiness, but overall its kind of bland.
Tried
from Bottle
on 02 Dec 2018
at 00:59
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Bottle. Creamy white good mostly lasting head. Yellow colour. Light malty and moderate hoppy aroma. Light bitter flavor. Short light bitter finish. Watery palate.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Nov 2018
at 20:20
6/10
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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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Nov 2018
at 18:50
5/10
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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.
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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Nov 2018
at 17:09
6.1/10
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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.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Nov 2018
at 13:04
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle @ home. Not too bad. Decent enough hoppyness, slightly fruity, sweet-ish. Pleasantly surprised.
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Nov 2018
at 22:32