Can non-alcoholic beer actually deliver a crisp, fruity hop flavour?

Food & Drink · Published 7 October 2026 Swipe more like this →

In short: This video features Glen and Big Drop Brewing co-creator Rob Fink as they taste the brand's Citra IPA. Discover how this brewery uses specialized techniques to craft a gluten-free, low-ABV beer that avoids artificial alcohol removal.

Big Drop Brewing, launched in 2016 by Rob Fink and James Kindred, focuses on the low-ABV brewing space. By collaborating with experimental brewer Johny Clayton, the company developed specific grain bills and yeast processes to produce true alcohol-free beer at 0.5% ABV. This method avoids the need to artificially remove alcohol from the finished product. Their Citra IPA is characterized by a crisp, fruity hop flavour and is made using water, barley, wheat, lactose, hops, and yeast.

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