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Five years isn’t a particularly long time in brewing but it’s an eternity when it comes to alcohol-free beer.
The quality and choice available now when compared to just a few year ago is astonishing and consumer attitudes towards it have, quite rightly, been transformed too.
At the forefront of this revolution is Big Drop Brewing Co.
Big Drop launched its first beer – an alcohol-free milk stout – in 2016 and then a pale ale the following year. Both beers scooped top prizes in beer awards, including ‘World’s Best’ at the World Beer Awards (the pale ale has won it twice) and even going on to beat their full-strength rivals in blind-tastings.
With the help of Thatchers,
The Morning Advertiser (MA) has spelled out what the cider category looks like as the pub sector hopes to sink its teeth into a summer of pub garden drinking, sport and (state sanctioned) socialising.
A – Apple
Where else can you start with a feature on cider? With some 7,500 varieties grown worldwide – and more than 250 UK apple varieties used for cider according to Discover Cider – it’s little wonder the category is so diverse.
More than half (55%) of the 122 new cider products introduced to the drinks market in 2019 were apple-based – compared to 39% fruit ciders – according to CGA, proving that despite the success of zany flavours, they still haven’t completely upset the apple cart.