The Non Alcoholic Beer Market
Momentum Brewery is based in New York and brews Momentum Golden. The non alcoholic beer market has grown rapidly in recent years with the introduction of non alcoholic beers that taste more like regular beer. Non alcoholic beers have several health advantages over regular beers, including fewer calories, sugar, carbs and of course, alcohol. Non alcoholic means less than 0.5% alcohol, so non alcoholic beers can still have traces of alcohol.
Athletic Brewing is the current market leader in non alcoholic beers with an approximate 19% market share. More and more startup non alcoholic breweries like Momentum are entering the market. Not a day goes by without some news story about the rise of non alcoholic beer and societal trends towards reducing alcohol intake.
Momentum Brewery
Momentum Brewery introduced their non alcoholic beers in December 2023. The brewery says “We utilize an innovative brewing process that respects the craft of brewing and preserves the rich, complex flavors and characteristics that make craft beer so appealing. Unlike other breweries, we purposefully avoid using large, expensive dealcoholization machines that cause unnecessary water and energy waste while leaving behind a significant carbon footprint.” Momentum carries four non alcoholic beers, a Black IPA, a Hazy IPA, Golden and Kolsch.

Momentum Brewery Golden
Momentum provides little information about Golden other than it has Mosaic, Simco and Amarillo hops. Golden has 65 calories, 16g carbs, 0g fat and less than 1g protein. There is no IBU information. It has no rating on Beer Advocate and 3.8 out of 5 on Untappd.
Our Review of Momentum Brewery Golden

If you read our post about ProofNoMore, I bought 35 single non alcoholic beers to try. I have had about 30 to date. If you add in some others I purchased elsewhere, I have now tried over 40 NA beers. Some have been very good and satisfied my desire to find drinks that taste like beer with little or no alcohol and reduced calories. However, many have not been good. A lot of those have had calorie and carb numbers close to a regular beer. Several of the ones I have tried recently have been weak, and I have found myself more and more craving regular old beers with alcohol.
The Tasting
I was not excited about trying the Momentum Golden. Their IPA was better than expected, but most of the “Golden” non alcoholic beers I have tried from other breweries have been weak and watery with little taste. This one was decent for a while. It tasted like beer, was not too weak, and was smooth and drinkable. I considered rating it 4 out of 5.
Then I got to the bottom of the can (not reflected in the video). There was a horrible aftertaste that may or may not have had to do with the can and not the beer, but horrible nonetheless. I had to have several mints to get rid of it. Their IPA had a similar aftertaste at the bottom of the can, but much less pronounced and more expected with an IPA. With the 65 calories, 16 carbs and this bad taste at the end, I would not drink Momentum Golden again.

We may earn from qualifying purchases at ProofNoMore.
Momentum Golden is available at Amazon at Momentum Golden.
As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.
For better recommendations, try Athletic Brewing Cerveza Atletica, Best Day Brewing Kolsch, Athletic Brewing Lite, Partake Brewing Blonde, Partake Brewing Pale and FMB 101 Blonde.
For non alcoholic beer nutritional information for all NA beers we have reviewed and more, see NA Beer Nutritional Information.