Founded in Bangalore, Indiaest. 2024, beer since 2026

About SOMA

A premium non-alcoholic craft beer. It is real beer for the Tuesday gig, the game night and a morning after that still goes to plan, with the alcohol kept under 0.5% ABV. Brewed bold, no hangovers.

The SOMA Story

SOMA started in 2024 with bubbles. Our first product was a premium sparkling water — “Nothing But Bubbles” — built on a simple belief: Indians deserve honest, premium drinks at honest prices.

Then we noticed what our customers were doing with it. They were drinking it at bars, at dinners, at parties — as the thing you hold when you are not drinking alcohol. The bubbles were standing in for something. So we asked the obvious question: what if the drink you hold while everyone else drinks could be an actual, excellent beer?

In 2026 we became SOMA. We brew real craft beer: malted barley, hops, water, and a real fermentation with a maltose-negative yeast that leaves the alcohol under 0.5% ABV.

Our Mission

Give India a beer you can drink anytime, without compromise and with the alcohol under 0.5% ABV.

That means brewing for real (real fermentation, no shortcuts), being honest about what is in the can (every batch lab-tested to verify <0.5% ABV), pricing it for India (₹149 a can, not a converted foreign shelf price), and keeping it sustainable (aluminium cans, infinitely recyclable).

We believe a great beer should fit more of your life, not less of it — the weeknight show, the board-game table, the run club's Saturday breakfast — and that the drink you actually want deserves better than a fourth lime soda. Beer is a ritual worth keeping. The alcohol is optional. Ordering one should sound like a choice, not an apology: “I'll have a SOMA.”

The Founder

SOMA was founded by Abhinav Ramesh in Bangalore. The founding frustration was personal: being the person at the table who was not drinking, and being handed a fresh lime soda for the fourth time. First he fixed it with sparkling water. Then he decided it needed to be beer.

Want to talk beer, brewing, or partnerships? Reach him at getsoma.store@gmail.com or +91 97395 79930.

What's in SOMA

Every SOMA beer starts with the four core ingredients of beer: water, barley malt, hops and yeast. Each style also carries natural flavours, and nothing artificial is added.

Purified Water

Purified water, with its minerals adjusted for each beer style.

Barley Malt

Pale malt for the Lager, oats and wheat for the IPA and the Wit, and roasted malt for the Stout.

Hops

American and European varieties, including Citra, Mosaic, noble hops and Fuggle.

Yeast

Our maltose-negative strain cannot eat maltose, the main sugar in wort. It still builds the esters and depth of a fermented beer, and it leaves the alcohol under 0.5% ABV.

What's NOT in SOMA

This list matters just as much. SOMA contains none of the following:

More than 0.5% alcohol

SOMA stays under 0.5% ABV, which makes it non-alcoholic under Indian law. Every batch is lab-tested to confirm it.

Artificial flavours

The flavour comes from brewing and from natural flavours, never artificial ones.

Preservatives

None are added.

Added sugar

There is no added sugar. The sweetness comes from the malt.

Artificial sweeteners

SOMA contains no aspartame, sucralose or any other artificial sweetener.

Hangover

At under 0.5% ABV, there is no hangover the next morning.

Hidden calories

Each beer's indicative calories are published on our nutrition page: 63 to 99 kcal per 500ml can, still to be confirmed by laboratory testing.

How SOMA Is Brewed

Mash & Boil

Barley malt is mashed in purified water and then boiled with hops, in a full craft brew day.

Real Fermentation

Yeast works through the wort, building the esters and depth most NA beers never get. What leaves the tank is a fermented beer, not a mixed malt drink.

Maltose-Negative Yeast

Our yeast cannot eat maltose, the main sugar in wort, so it ferments the simple sugars and the alcohol stays under 0.5% ABV from the start. Every batch tests below 0.5%.

Test & Can

Carbonated, pasteurized, lab-tested for ABV and safety, and sealed in 500ml aluminium cans.

Want the full walkthrough? Go behind the brew →

Pricing & Availability

Pricing

One format, done right — the 500ml aluminium tallboy:

1Every 500ml can: ₹149 (MRP ₹189) · 250ml can: ₹99 (MRP ₹149) — any of the five
66-pack of 500ml cans: ₹894 (MRP ₹1,134)

Flat ₹29 delivery anywhere in Bangalore. Subscriptions save another 10-20%.

Availability

SOMA will launch in Bangalore, India, and we will deliver directly to your door within the city. Pan-India is coming soon.

Wholesale pricing from ₹99/can is available for bars, restaurants, hotels, cafes, and event venues — kegs included for draft partners. Head to SOMA for Business or write to getsoma.store@gmail.com.

Sustainability

Aluminium, On Purpose

Every SOMA is a 500ml aluminium can. Lighter than glass to ship, faster to chill, impossible to shatter — and it blocks every ray of light that would skunk the beer.

Closed-Loop Recycling

Aluminium recycles in a true closed loop — rinse your empty, drop it in dry waste, and it can be back on a shelf as a new can in about 60 days.

Founded in Bangalore

SOMA was founded in Bangalore, India, and India is its first market. Where each batch is made will be printed on the can. We would rather state that plainly than dress up a supply chain we are still building.

say it: "i’ll have a SOMA"

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Real craft beer, no hangovers. From ₹99 a can, delivered to your door in Bangalore — pre-orders open now.

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