CHICAGO (WLS) It s a growing trend in beverage sales: nonalcoholic beer. Several research firms found sales were up more than 30% last year.
Top-selling brands like Heineken and Sam Adams are in the game. Big Drop Brewing only makes non-alcoholic beer.
The company was founded in London, and here in the U.S., beers are brewed in Chicago.
Big Drop claims to be the world s first craft brewery dedicated to non-alcoholic beer. The founders wanted to create the same styles you can get from microbreweries, like pale ales and stouts, but without alcohol.
In Chicago, the beers are available at Great Central Brewing Co. for curbside pick-up. That s where the beers are brewed.
Big Drop Brewing Co.
Big Drop was founded in London in 2016 and has expanded internationally by partnering with contract brewers to ensure freshness and minimize its carbon footprint. In Chicago, Big Drop is being brewed at Great Central Brewing Co. The first two beers are Pine Trail Pale and Galactic Extra Dark, with Paradiso IPA following this month.
Big Drop has broken new ground in the NA beer category, winning international accolades and multiple global beer awards, including Gold Medals for Pine Trail Pale and Galactic Extra Dark from the U.S. Open Beer Championship. Both also were named World s Best at the 2020 World Beer Awards.
Big Drop Brewing launches collaborative alcohol-free beer range Alcohol-free brewer Big Drop has teamed up with four Nordic breweries to launch a limited-edition range of 0.5% ABV collaboration beers. The range is the second in Ipswich-based Big Drop s World Collab Series , curated with beer expert Melissa Cole and designed as a showcase for the increasingly popular alcohol-free craft beer market. Available from mid-January, the new range includes: Arctic Beach, a full-bodied and velvety coconut stout created with
Icelandic brewer Einstök.
Hop Notch in Sweden using the experimental UK hop Mozart. Rye d Said Fred, a juniper rye IPA created with
Finland s Fat Lizard that is brewed with a rye-heavy mash.
January 08, 2021
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