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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6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle from Suffolk Food Hall, Ipswich. Black with a nice smooth texture. It's a pretty decent low alcohol stout with an abundance of chocolate in its taste.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Jan 2023 at 19:42

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 6.5
Can at home for style ticking. Dark black pour. Nose is toasty pumpernickel and soot. Tastes of ashtray, cocoa power, pumpernickel toast, cardboard. Thin bodied.
Tried from Can on 07 Jan 2023 at 23:56

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
Can from Hopsters in Ipswich. Dark brown color, almost black, brown head that settles to an edge. Chocolate milk and Hershey's syrup aroma. Taste starts sweet then lightly earthy chocolate and espresso grounds, light to medium body. Decent.
Tried from Can on 18 Dec 2022 at 16:13

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 4 Overall 6.5
Can from Hopsters in Ipswich. Dark opaque brown color, fine beige head that settles slowly. Aroma of lightly toasted sourdough brownies. Taste is burnt toast sprinkled with cocoa. Light body. Not bad.
Tried from Can on 18 Dec 2022 at 15:25

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 6
A quite fine and decent low alcohol brown ale Deep brown pour and an ok head Ok intensity in the aroma Off course a bit thin. But absolutely ok Bready, roast, nutty, mild wort and some chocolate in the flavor [Bottle from Varnaveien in Rygge, Norway]
Tried from Bottle on 14 Nov 2022 at 20:38

20/01/2020. BEERCRAFT OF BATH, 3 Argyle Street, BATH, Bath & North East Somerset, England (BEERCRAFT OF BATH).
No mention of Paradiso on the pump clip at this date (see photo)
Tried on 10 Nov 2022 at 06:18

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6
Black with lacy head. Aroma has some rubber and dusty dank malts. Flavour is decent with a lightly bitter, almost smokey roasted note. A bit thinnish.
Tried on 01 Nov 2022 at 19:41

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Lots of light citrus make it very smashable.
Tried on 30 Oct 2022 at 02:57

5/10
To be honest, that’s not bad for a non alcoholic beer!
Tried from Can on 10 Oct 2022 at 21:57

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 2 Overall 6
Can. Clear bright golden color, medium white head. Aroma of light lemon. Taste is lightly earthy light mixed citrus with light bitterness. Light body. Pretty light stuff.
Tried from Can on 26 Sep 2022 at 21:49