Beer firm, now brewing outside London
bigdropbrew.com
Active since: October 2016
Brewing transferred outside London: September 2024
Former lawyer Rob Fink and designer James Kindred launched Big Drop as a specialist brewer of beers of 0.5% ABV and less after Rob noticed a gap in the market when he gave up drinking for an extended period. They began by cuckoo brewing at now-closed Bermondsey shared brewery UBREW in 2016 but by 2017 had expanded to partnerships with larger producers, appointing former Wild Beer brewer Johnny Clayton as head of production.
As of 2023, the business is based in Ipswich, Suffolk, though the beer was long brewed in London at Fourpure. The relationship was strengthened in May 2023 through a licensing deal which saw Foupure owner In Good Company invest in Big Drop.
With the closure of Fourpure, brewing has been transferred to In Good Company’s other plant at Magic Rock in Huddersfield, so I’m no longer regarding them as a London-based beer firm.
Beers are in can and keg, in a variety of styles from lagers to brown ales and stouts, including changing specials. They are exported internationally and also brewed in Australia and the USA for local markets.
Updated 21 October 2024.
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