Soul Sour
Athletic Brewing Co.

Poured from a can into a pint glass. Pours orange red with a small white head. Smells of sweet sour grapes. Tastes of grapes with some grain notes. Beer is light bodied and easy drinking, good carbonation. Overall, a very good NA beer.

Canned 6/4/2022

Pours a cloudy... I don't even know what to call this color. Blonde... ish... pink? With raspberry hues? Sure. Massive head on it as well that gets all craggy as it recedes. Its got a unique look, that's for sure. Clearly some fruit puree in the recipe. I'm pretty sure I saw some chunks spill outta the can. Can't wait to find those treasures on the bottom of the glass. Smells awful light. Mild citrus and grain, not much in the way of tartness. Vaguely fruity. Not a whole lot there. Taste amps things up considerably. Wow; very nice. Fruity up front with a funky back end bite. Not overly sour, but has a pleasant tartness. Drinks almost exactly like a regular fruited sour that you'd find on the shelves and that's the goal, right? Kinda knocked this outta the park, if you ask me.

 

GET THIS if you like sours/fruited beers! Tastes like a dupe of Rhinegeist Blizzberry. I’m stunned that this tastes this good while being NA.

Canned 1/21/22

Well this is the only other Athletic beer I ordered other than Free Wave which I had yesterday. It was good overall but a bit strange in taste. I honestly have higher hopes for this one, as I feel being sour with mask the fact that it’s nonalcoholic. Let’s find out if that’s true

Pours an opaque reddish purple with 2 fingers of pink tinted head that slowly fades to a thin cap and leaves decent lacing

Well there’s definitely some of that NA minerality in the nose but it’s not bad. I’m picking up on aromas of lemon juice, blueberry skin, minerals, bready malt, and a touch of mango juice

The mineral vibe mostly goes away in taste, which is a nice improvement. On the front end of the sip I’m tasting tart blueberry, lemon juice, dried mango, crackery malt, and a touch of apple skin. The swallow brings notes of mango juice, blueberry skin, bready malt, and a slight metallic twang that really doesn’t hurt it

A light medium body pairs with gentle tingling carbonation, resulting in a crisp and refreshing beer. Finishes mostly dry with a nice tartness

I’d definitely say this is better than the NEIPA from yesterday. You can hardly tell it’s alcohol free except the aroma. Genuinely good stuff

Appearance: A slightly cloudy pinkish purple color. The beer has a medium-sized light violet head that gradually subsides. So far, so good as this is a nice looking wild ale.

Smell: Prominent tropical and citrus fruit notes. The mangos and lemons are individually identifiable. A nice nose on this one.

Taste: I pick up the citrus and mango notes from the aroma. Following those get the added blueberries. The beer comes off mildly tart rather than a sour bomb which should make this more approachable for more people. i would prefer the sourness amped up some but that's my personal tastes. The beer has a mildly dry finish.

Mouth-feel: Fairly light-bodied with a medium level of carbonation. The mouthfeel is nice for a wild ale.

Overall: A nicely done non-alcoholic Wild Ale. my ratings reflect that this is an N/A beer but regardless of that, this stands up to several alcoholic Wild Ales I've reviewed. This beer definitely leans to the tart side of the sourness spectrum, and while it could be dialed up for me, a lot of people will appreciate the restraint in sourness.