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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4.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle from Longacres Garden Centre, Worplesdon. To me it has the aroma I associate with low alcohol beer. Malt and sweaty socks. More powerful than usual. Amber. Bubbly off-white head. Light bitter. There is a hoppy edge to it. And some spice. Light bodied. Thin. Fizzy carbonation. Dry finish. For me It's more like a IPL than APA. Not great nice cold post DIY. But still has a malty element I associate with low alcohol. No way a replacement for real beer.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Jun 2018 at 16:03


4
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4

33cl bottle from Citymarket. Poured cola brown color with a thin white head. Spicy it is, gingerbread, xmasy. Coca cola flavors, spices. Soda like, not much beer here.

Tried from Bottle on 31 May 2018 at 15:49


5
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5

Deep dark brown colour with a ruby hue, tall soapy tan head, collapsing slowly, patchy lacing. Aroma roasted malts, chocolate, cola, licorice. Taste medium sweet and slightly bitter, malty, milk chocolate, candy sugar; sweetbitter aftertaste, light chocolate, papery. Light body, watery texture, soft carbonation, mwoa.

Tried from Bottle on 23 May 2018 at 12:00


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5.5

33cl bottle. Poured near black with almost no head. Roasty nose, some coffee. Milky coffee flavors, roastedness. Low carbonation. Ok low alc. Quite flavorful.

Tried from Bottle on 21 May 2018 at 15:57


5
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Bottle at home. Clear golden with no head. Sweet malts, biscuits, resin, fruity. Moderate sweet and bitter. Medium body and low carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 15 May 2018 at 17:46


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Black beer, small head. Aroma is malt, roast, coffee. Taste is the same, somewhat watery but not bad, bitter, dry, not bad.

Tried on 15 May 2018 at 15:51


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Pale golden beer, small head. Aroma is malt, grain. Taste is the same, bitter dry, ok but meh

Tried on 15 May 2018 at 15:45


4.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

33cl Bottle from AH. Black colour, beige head. Aroma of a proper stout at first, caramel, cocoa and roasted malts, later on it becomes more artificial, wet ashtray, earth. Flavour is of earth, ashtray, charcoal, some roast, hint of vanilla, bitter finish. Light bodied. It's not horrible but it certainly isn't as good as previous ratings suggest imho.

Tried from Bottle on 03 May 2018 at 07:23


5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

0.33 l bottle from 'AH' (Roermond), best before February 2019. Clear, golden with a thin, fluffy, quickly diminishing, white head. Sweetish, slightly floral and a little fruity aroma of wort, grains, biscuits and some melon. Slightly sweet, moderately bitter, quite dry, moderately grassy and a bit fruity taste of grains, some straw, a touch of wort and traces of quince, followed by a short, moderately bitter, fairly dry and slightly grassy finish. Thin body, watery and slightly effervescent mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Drinkable, not that bad, not overly tasty though.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Apr 2018 at 11:37


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

330ml bottle; BB 15th Dec 18. Poured into my huge 'Judas' glass at home on 27th Apr 18, the first beer of a 'random tasting session' with myself during a 'virtual bar' evening on the UK Forum. Body is a clear golden orange, plenty of carbonation bubbles clinging to the glass, white head that faded swiftly. Aroma had a malty lead, light citrus notes also. Taste was crisp and leaning towards lemons and lime in flavour, with a metallic twang and a dry finish/aftertaste. OK for an 0.5% ABV beer, but not really my sort of brew. Scored objectively and fairly.

Tried from Bottle on 27 Apr 2018 at 16:04