Free Wave
Athletic Brewing Company in Milford, Connecticut, United States 🇺🇸
Non Alcoholic / Low Alcohol - Pale Ale / IPA Regular|
Score
6.03
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Athletic Brewing Free Wave Hazy IPA is meant for the open road. Whether you’re cruising the highway in a convertible or tracing your way up the coast on your bike, Free Wave doesn’t cut corners. A soft and hazy wheat body let the copious amounts of Amarillo, Mosaic and Chinook Hops explode with their juicy, floral and citrusy character. You’ll want to grab a few for your next road trip!
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7/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 10
Overall 6
Straight out of the can during sightseeing. It does a pretty good job in covering the unpleasant worty sweetness that’s so usual for NA beers and in doing so it doesn’t go over the top with the bitterness so it doesn’t turn into that medicine-like clusterfuck many of these NA IPAs do.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Mar 2025
at 12:17
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Light hazy gold with a two-finger head. Aroma is citrus fruit. Taste is also citrus fruit.
Tried
on 21 Jan 2025
at 05:38
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5
Like most of these new-wave N/A IPAs, tastes enough like a session IPA to fool the palate, but suffers from the same issues as any session beer. Eh.
Tried
on 14 Dec 2024
at 18:57
7/10
Tried
from Can
on 13 Dec 2024
at 19:00
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Have had many cans of this in varying conditions. Sadly, like any IPA, sitting on the warm shelf (which most NA beers are relegated to), and for long periods of time (ditto), is ruinous to these. Especially given the lack of alcohol as a preservative (and the heavy filtering and centrifuging). But, if you get this fresh, it's about as good as any hoppy NA beer out there, and I daresay better than many hoppy A beers. Bright and juicy at its best with pleasing bitterness. This score reflects the beer in its prime, stored properly, as it should.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Aug 2024
at 19:52
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
355ml can found in an ice bucket at a 4th July party (2024), Laguna Hills. Light haze in the golden body, neat white head. Citrus nose and taste, not too bad for an Alcohol Free beer.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Jul 2024
at 01:00
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Im Independent Ale House Rapid City. Optisch trüb, kaum Schaum. In der Nase sehr fruchtig hopfig, im Trunk ebenso. Da ich noch fahren muss für heute sicher die beste Wahl.
Tried
on 19 Jun 2024
at 02:01
5.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Can mistakenly purchased by my father: not hazy with a thin white head. Aroma is passable... citrusy sort of piny. Uncooked wort. Taste is bitterish at the end. Kind of thin. Relatively drinkable.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Mar 2024
at 23:44
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can. Hazy amber beer with an off-white head. Tropical fruit aroma. Tropical fruit and grapefruit flavor with light grain. Medium bodied. Good bitterness. Tropical fruit and grapefruit linger.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Feb 2024
at 18:45
6.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Dull hazy, loose head. Aroma is worty with a touch of citrus. Similar palate with a weedy hop note.
Tried
on 11 Jan 2024
at 04:41