Pilot Program: Jairo's Jaizy IPA
Athletic Brewing Co.

Poured from a can into a pint glass. Pours straw orange yellow with tiny white head. Smells of fresh grass and just a hint of citrus. Beer tastes of citrus and grassy notes. Beer is light bodied and easy drinking, good carbonation. Overall, a very good NA beer.

Appearance: Faintly cloudy straw-yellow color with a medium-sized white head that quickly subsides.

Smell: Moderate citrus fruit and tropical fruit notes, A good nose for my tastes.

Taste: Some bready malt notes and mild tropical/citrus fruit notes. The beer has a fairly restrained level of bitterness, true to hazy IPA characteristics but the upfront juicy hop notes typical of that style aren't there. The beer does a good job in keeping the usual N/A beer maltiness at a decent low level but the hop profile comes off a bit restrained.

Mouth-feel: The body is light-bodied with a generous level of carbonation. The body is a bit light.

Overall: A good N/A beer but not up there with the top tier Athletic offerings.

Pour is a pale yellow (think light beer) with a decent chalk white head.
Nose is grapefruit rind, pine, lemon
Taste follows - big wave of lemon upfront followed by a bit of grapefruit and pine. grainy, cracker character in the middle, finishing with a moderate bitterness and a lingering grapefruit.
a bit thin on the mouthfeel.

Pours a very light yellow with a barely there haze, unlike the deeper amber color of most of the Athletic Brewing IPAs (and many other IPAs). White voluminous head but it is very loose, relatively large bubbles and does not stay intact for a long time, receding to a thin layer of foa. comprised of large and small bubbles. Some token amount of lacing. Not much smell/not much identifiable flavor. Certainly not as obvious as the flavors/smell in other Athletic offerings. Some lemongrass comes thru. Mouthfeel is on the thin side for IPAs but not bad at all for NA beers. There is enough hop bitterness to remind you that this is an IPA. Overall a fine beverage as a substitute for soda or flavored water, but not an outstanding version of an IPA, or even an NA IPA. I prefer other Athletic offerings, but this is fine for someone looking for a lighter, more subtle flavor profile. It is quite refreshing if you are looking for something light and easy to drink.