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Non-Alcoholic Beer After a Workout

By , founder of SOMA

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Short answer

Non-alcoholic beer is handed out at the finish line of some big European marathons because a cold beer sounds better than a sports drink, not because of a health claim. SOMA is a beer under 0.5% ABV, and we make no health claim for it. A 500ml can of SOMA Lager has an indicative 63 calories and the IPA has an indicative 92 calories, calculated from the recipe and not yet lab-tested.

At the finish line of big European marathons, non-alcoholic beer is handed out by the crate. Non-alcoholic wheat beer has been a regular sight at those finish lines for years. It is not there because of a health claim. It is there because, after hours on your feet, a cold beer sounds better than a sports drink.

A regular beer at that moment also comes with alcohol. A non-alcoholic beer keeps the parts you wanted: it is cold and fizzy, and it tastes of malt and hops.

How many calories are in a can of SOMA?

Here are the numbers for anyone who wants them. A 500ml can of SOMA Lager has an indicative 63 calories, and a 500ml can of SOMA IPA has an indicative 92. We calculated these figures from the recipe, and they have not been lab-tested yet.

The ritual of a cold beer after a workout

Then there is the ritual. You have finished a long ride, and you want to sit down and open something cold that is not a sports drink. A cold SOMA Lager after a workout is a beer, and we do not claim that it is anything more.

What SOMA is and what it is not

We are not going to present this as sports science. It is not a recovery drink. It is a beer for the moment after training when you still have somewhere to be the next morning.

Every SOMA beer is under 0.5% ABV. We are taking pre-orders now, and nothing ships before production starts after December 2026.

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18+ · Under 0.5% ABV, lab-tested every batch