The Non Alcoholic Beer Market
Go Brewing is a brewer of non alcoholic beers like Sunshine State Tropical IPA. 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 specialty non alcoholic breweries like Go Brewing are entering the market, as well as traditional breweries. Not a day goes by without some news story about the rise of non alcoholic beer and societal trends towards reducing alcohol intake.
Go Brewing
Go Brewing started in 2022 in Naperville, Illinois near Chicago. They brew all of their beers in house at their state-of-the-art brewery. They also have a taproom with many events, including weekly live music, wellness events and more. Go Brewing brews 14 different non alcoholic beers, including IPAs, Pilsner, Sour, Porter, Gluten Free and Wheat beers.
Go Brewing Sunshine State Tropical IPA
Sunshine State Tropical IPA is one of Go Brewing’s every day beers. The brewery describes the beer as “This critically acclaimed tropical IPA bursts with mango and peach flavor with a backdrop of hops.” Sunshine State Tropical IPA has no rating on Beer Advocate and 3.69 out of 5 on Untappd.
Sunshine State Tropical IPA has 102 calories, 23g carbs, 1.5g fat and 1g protein. It has 0.3% alcohol and a 40 IBU. It has 16.7g sugar, which we have not tracked with other beers, but which is very high. This is almost half the recommended daily allowance of 36g for men and about two thirds the RDA of 25g for women.
Our Review of Sunshine State Tropical IPA
If you read our post about ProofNoMore, I bought 35 single non alcoholic beers to try. I started with non alcoholic beers from large well known breweries and followed that up with craft breweries. Then I moved on to non alcoholic breweries, starting with Athletic Brewing Lite, which was better than expected. Many of these were very good and barely discernable from beers with alcohol, but some were downright bad. Next was Go Brewing, starting with Head On American Wheat with Orange Peel, which was not good. Prophets Hazy IPA was better, and next up is Sunshine Tropical IPA.
The Tasting
I had major concerns about this beer before I even tasted it. The calories, carbs and sugar are off the chart for a non alcoholic beer. Its only advantage is the minimal alcohol. Add in my dislike for fruit flavored beers, peaches and mangoes, and my expectations were very low.
If you watch the video, my initial reaction was very negative. But then I finished the rest with a meal and it wasn’t as bad as I first thought. But this beer is not for me. If you like IPAs with a hint of fruit flavor, then it may be a good choice. We gave it a “3 beers out of 5” rating and not lower because it is what it is supposed to be. It tastes more like an IPA than Go Brewing’s Hazy IPA.
If you like IPAs, Athletic Brewing Run Wild and Free Wave, Sierra Nevada Trail Pass IPA and Figueroa Mountain Hikers High are better choices.
Sunshine State Tropical IPA is available at Amazon at Sunshine State Tropical IPA.
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For better recommendations, try Athletic Brewing Run Wild IPA, Athletic Brewing Free Wave Hazy IPA, Sierra Nevada Trail Pass IPA and Figueroa Mountain Hikers High Hazy IPA.
For non alcoholic beer nutritional information for all NA beers we have reviewed and more, see NA Beer Nutritional Information.
