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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5.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Pours clear, pale lager colored yellowgold. Not much head. Smell is sweaty malts, grassy hops, very unfresh. Taste is sharp, bit bitter, dirty laundry, bit sweaty, not that good.

Tried on 17 Apr 2018 at 12:48


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle. Pours black, small tanned head. Smell is lactose, dark malts. But not burned. Hints of cocoa. Taste is roasty, less lactose than expected. Cocoa is very mild. Thin body, good carbo.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Apr 2018 at 09:12


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

33cl Bottle from AH. Clear light amber colour, off-white head. Aroma of lychee, grapefruit and plastic, yeast, both very fruity and a bit off. Flavour is light sweet, fruity, dry, hoppy and herbal bitterness, yeasty, plastic. Light bodied. Not overly sweet or thin like most n-a beers, but there’s something off.

Tried from Bottle on 15 Apr 2018 at 12:06


6

Tried from Bottle on 15 Apr 2018 at 11:25


2.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 1 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 1.5

Bottle from Systembolaget. God, took a little while to decide whether or not this beer was repulsive and in the end, it is. The smell is just horrendous, like a soggy smokey old sofa left outside. The colour is nice, and there is some promise in the taste occasionally but overall it just takes of smokey dampness. Down the drain, cannot bear the smell everytime i raise the glass to my mouth....why do i try so many alcohol frees to be dissapointed :(

Tried from Bottle on 02 Apr 2018 at 17:20


6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

A pleasant and fine stout! Especially at 0.5%.
Black color with a fine beige head. Good lacing. Fine intensity in the aroma. Nice body for a low alcohol beer, and a fine smooth carbonation level. Balanced sweetness and bitterness. Ok lasting flavor. Coffee, roast and lots of cocoa flavor. Semi dry ending.
[Bottle from Systembolaget in Sweden]

Brewery #1846

Tried from Bottle on 28 Feb 2018 at 21:57


5.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6

How: Bottle.
Where: Systembolaget.
Appearance: Brown colour with a tan head.
Aroma: Roasted malt, chocolate.
Body: Thin body, medium carbonation.
Flavour: Chocolate, lactose, malt.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Feb 2018 at 20:17


3.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 3 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 2.5

330ml bottle. Clear golden with a thin white head. Aroma is fruity, citrus, pine, but a bit artificial and chemically, more like an air freshener than a drink. Taste is the same but really chemically, couldn't finish this. Light and very thin bodied, minimal carbonation. Another low alcohol beer that simply tastes of chemicals to me.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Feb 2018 at 17:58


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Creamy beige head soon left a good cover on a jet black still body. Malt, burnt, liquorice & dark spirits aroma. Medium bodied thinning to the back. Sharp & clean on the palate with good carbonation. Taste is much as the aroma with malt, bitter fruit, burnt paper, over stewed coffee but there is a sweetish undercurrent.

Tried on 14 Jan 2018 at 19:24


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

Bottle from SB. Deep brown with beige head. Slightly roasted with milk chocolate, some raisins. Very light, yet still tasty. Easily one of the best low abv beers I've had.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Jan 2018 at 05:41