# Big Drop Brewing Co

> Award-winning alcohol-free craft beer, brewed in the UK. Stouts, lagers, pale ales and IPAs — all 0.5% ABV or below.

Big Drop brews alcohol-free craft beer at 0.5% ABV. Every beer is brewed to
strength rather than having its alcohol removed afterwards, which is why the
range keeps the body and aroma of full-strength beer. Founded in 2016 by Rob
Fink and James Kindred, with Johnny Clayton as head brewer. Brewed in the UK,
Sydney and Chicago.

## Beers

- [Citrus IPA](https://bigdropbrew.com/beers/citrus-ipa/): 0.5% ABV, 3 kcal per 100ml. Gluten Free & Vegan. Available in can, bottle, keg.
- [Pale Ale](https://bigdropbrew.com/beers/pale-ale/): 0.5% ABV, 7 kcal per 100ml. Gluten Free & Vegan. Available in can, bottle.
- [Lager](https://bigdropbrew.com/beers/lager/): 0.5% ABV, 4 kcal per 100ml. Gluten Free & Vegan. Available in can, bottle, keg.
- [Milk Stout](https://bigdropbrew.com/beers/milk-stout/): 0.5% ABV, 31 kcal per 100ml. Gluten Free. Available in can.

## Pages

- [About](https://bigdropbrew.com/about/): how Big Drop started, the team, a full awards record and a year-by-year history from 2016.
- [FAQs](https://bigdropbrew.com/faqs/): alcohol content, brewing method, gluten and allergens, calories, and where to buy.
- [Back catalogue](https://bigdropbrew.com/back-catalogue/): every retired beer — collaborations, limited editions and earlier incarnations of the range.
- [News](https://bigdropbrew.com/alcohol-free-news/): writing on how the beer is brewed, why it's gluten free, and recipes built around the range.

## Writing

- [Co-founder Q&A: James Kindred](https://bigdropbrew.com/co-founder-qa-james-kindred/): Big Drop co-founder James Kindred on Mastodon, a Fender acoustic, Dimebag Darrell, and why he’d visit any time after penicillin and before social media.
- [Big Drop Thoughts: how are our beers gluten free?](https://bigdropbrew.com/how-big-drop-beers-are-gluten-free/): Why beers brewed with barley, rye, wheat and oats can still be labelled gluten free — and what the 20 parts per million threshold actually means.
- [Danish rye bread](https://bigdropbrew.com/galactic-danish-rye-bread/): A two-day Danish rye bread made with Big Drop Milk Stout — overnight soaked grains, rye and wheat flour, and a full hour in the tin.
- [Becky’s chocolate stout cupcakes](https://bigdropbrew.com/beckys-galactic-chocolate-cupcakes/): Chocolate cupcakes made with Big Drop Milk Stout, topped with a chocolate stout buttercream.
- [Steak and Milk Stout pie](https://bigdropbrew.com/steak-and-galactic-milk-stout-pie/): A steak pie built on Big Drop Milk Stout — beef braised low for two and a half hours, then finished under puff pastry.
- [Milk Stout soda bread](https://bigdropbrew.com/galactic-milk-stout-bread/): A quick wholemeal soda bread made with Big Drop Milk Stout and buttermilk — in the oven within ten minutes of starting.
- [We’ve lost count of the number of times we get asked these four things](https://bigdropbrew.com/overheard-by-big-drop/): The four questions Big Drop gets asked most often — gluten, what “0.5%” actually means in different countries, whether you can get drunk on it, and what alcohol-free beer is for.
- [Lager bread](https://bigdropbrew.com/uptown-craft-lager-bread/): A slow-fermented cast iron loaf built on Big Drop Lager, with honey and olive oil in the dough and an overnight rest in the fridge.
- [Big Drop turns three years old](https://bigdropbrew.com/big-drop-turns-three/): Rob Fink, James Kindred and Johnny Clayton on the first three years of Big Drop — including the sentence that set the whole brief.
- [Our Big Survey — your questions answered](https://bigdropbrew.com/our-big-survey-your-questions-answered/): Rob Fink on the chicken-and-egg of getting a 0.5% beer stocked, and why lactobacillus and fruit sugar make alcohol-free sours so difficult to brew.
- [Not your regular Dry January case study](https://bigdropbrew.com/dry-january-case-study/): Big Drop co-founder James Kindred on his third attempt at Dry January, why habit is the thing worth breaking, and what made it stick.

## Key facts

- All beers are 0.5% ABV.
- All beers are gluten free.
- Allergens across the range: malted barley, wheat, oats, rye, milk.
- The Milk Stout and Brown Ale contain lactose and are not vegan.
- Beer is sold at https://shop.bigdropbrew.com.

## Optional

- [Full site content](https://bigdropbrew.com/llms-full.txt): every page and beer in one file, including full ingredients, nutrition and history.