Drop Bear Beer Co.

Microbrewery in Swansea, Swansea, Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

Established in 2019

Contact
Gower House, Tir Y Farchnad, Swansea, SA4 3GS, Wales
Subsidiaries
Drop Bear Beer Co. owns 1 brewery:
Description
Began life as a contract brewer of low-alcohol beers whose beers were understood to be brewed by Hambleton.

The multi award winning brewer, Drop Bear Beer Co. exploded onto the UK beer scene in 2019 with the mission of bringing true craft to the alcohol free beer market. Seven awards, four craft beers, and quadruple percentage growth later Drop Bear is the UK’s top rated alcohol free brewer and has expanded into Canada, Spain, and Germany.

Traditionally brewed with only the highest quality ingredients, Drop Bear believes in great AF beer for all. That’s why the entire range is gluten free, vegan, and low calorie.

With a loyal and ever increasing fan base, Drop Bear is the craft beer that the alcohol free market long desired.

In August 2023 Drop Bear purchased the Tomos Watkin brewery and began brewing their beers on site, in addition to the Tomos Watkin beers. This move meant that, at the time, Drop Bear were the UK's largest non-alcoholic beer brewery.

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6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

330ml bottle from Wise Bartender. Gluten Free. Golden colour, white foamy head leaving lacing and aroma of tropical fruits, citrus hop. Taste is malt, grainy, pine, with fruity citrus and earthy bitterness. Watery mouthfeel, light bodied, medium carbonation, dry bitter finish. Quite drinkable, went well with spicy indian food.

Tried from Bottle on 20 Jun 2021 at 17:25


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

0.33 l bottle from 'OnderNulPuntVijf', best before October 2021. Clear, golden with a large, slightly fluffy, quickly diminishing, white head. Sweetish, gently fruity-floral aroma of grains, straw and light citrus. Gently sweet, minimally bitter, malty, slightly fruity-floral taste of grains, straw and traces of citrus, followed by a short, gently bitter, minimally grassy, rather grainy finish. Medium body, smooth and quite effervescent mouthfeel, average to lively carbonation. Pretty decent Lager, especially considering it's alcohol-free.

Tried from Bottle on 17 Jun 2021 at 11:12


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6

0.33 l bottle from 'OnderNulPuntVijf', best before September 2021. Almost clear, deep amber with a thin, foamy, almost stable, off-white head. Sweetish, quite fruity-floral, a little resiny aroma of caramel, marmelade, grapefruit, tobacco and mango. Minimally sweet, rather bitter, fairly dry, moderately fruity-floral and gently resiny taste of grapefruit, tobacco, caramel, pine, nettles and light mango, followed by a medium long, very bitter, rather dry finish. Medium body, smooth and gently effervescent mouthfeel, average carbonation. Solid NAIPA, not that tropical in my eyes though, rather leaning towards an old school IPA.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Jun 2021 at 10:40


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

0.33 l bottle from 'OnderNulPuntVijf', best before September 2021. Almost clear, golden amber with a thin frothy, slowly diminishing, off-white head. Sweetish, gently fruity, slightly floral aroma of yuzu, lime and honey. Slightly sweet, gently bitter, a little sour taste of yuzu, lime, nettles and some honey, followed by a short, gently bitter, minimally tart finish. Medium body, smooth and gently effervescent mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Okay!

Tried from Bottle on 15 Jun 2021 at 11:30


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Sample courtesy of Grumbo, cheers Graham! Low alcohol and gluten free. #1200 brewery. Slightly hazy pale golden coour, bubbly white foam head and aroma of malt, biscuit, tropical fruit, citrus, floral, hop. Taste is tangy, malt, grains, with fruity citrus and some earthy bitterness. Medium bodied, light carbonation, dry metallic bitter finish. Quite drinkable.

Tried on 13 Jun 2021 at 11:20


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

28/5/2021. Bottle from WiseBartender.co.uk. Pours clear pale gold with a small frothy white head. Aroma is sweet, tropical, citrus, caramel, malt, biscuit, sugar syrup topped ice cream. Medium plus sweetness, light bitterness. Moderate body, average carbonation. Quite pleasant, a very drinkable AF beer and much better than their tropical ipa.

Tried from Bottle on 28 May 2021 at 12:24


6.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

330ml bottle: BBE Dec 2021. Drank at home on 13th May 2021. Clear golden body, weak white head. The hop bill dominates this bitter and dry IPA, not as citrusy as the hops suggest, aroma or flavour wise, more 'dank' than 'tropical' in my mind.

Tried from Bottle on 13 May 2021 at 21:36


6.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Bottle from House Of Trembling Madness. Dark brown body with a beige head. Faint lacing. Aroma of charred wood and rust. Flavour of copper and red apple. Thin body with a watery texture. Soft fizz. A decent beer but lacks sweetness.

Tried from Bottle on 31 Jan 2021 at 00:30


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 4.5

30/10/2020. Bottle at the Duke, Ipswich. Pours clear golden amber with a frothy white head. Aroma is hoppy, tropical, citrus, grapefruit, caramel, orange. Light sweetness and heavy to harsh bitterness. Light body, watery texture, average carbonation. Bitterness kept building and became quite unpleasant. Had more character than most low alcohol beers but still wasn’t great.

Tried from Bottle on 30 Oct 2020 at 17:54


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Bottle online from Dry Drinker. Pours black with a tan head. Aroma: roasted malts, dark chocolate, light smoke. Taste: light to moderate sweet & bitter, faint roast & chocolate, molasses hints, smoke. Thin to medium body with average carbonation. Fair for an NA stout

Tried from Bottle on 15 Sep 2020 at 22:36