Global Drinks Intel: What’s the Big Drop story so far?Rob Fink, co-founder of Big Drop Brewing Co: We started Big Drop in 2016, when I’d stopped drinking for a year when we had our first son. I was working as a lawyer at the time, so it was a bit of a side-hustle, but we started to push harder in 2018.We were one of the OG's (original gangsters) in terms of alcohol-free only breweries - we were the first in the UK and probably second or third in the world.The goal was always to create a category of alcohol-free craft beer because it didn't seem to exist. Fast forward to today and I think I
‘Our goal was to create an alcohol-free craft beer category because it didn’t exist’ – Big Drop Brewing Co co-founder Rob Fink speaks to Global Drinks Intel
Since commencing operations eight years ago, UK-based Big Drop Brewing Co has grown in both size and profile – thanks in no small part to the strong consumer trend towards health & wellness. Global Drinks Intel learns more about the pure-play alcohol-free beer business from co-founder Rob Fink.

Olly has been reporting on the beverage industry as a B2B journalist since 2003. He spent 18 years at Just Drinks, 16 of which as managing editor. Since joining Global Drinks Intel in 2022, he's interviewed the CEOs for brand owners including AB InBev, Campari Group, Carlsberg, Heineken and Suntory Global Spirits and has a bulging contacts book from across beverage alcohol worldwide.



