Selins Grove The Phoenix Kriek

Brewed by Selins Grove Brewing Co.
Style: Fruit Beer
Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania USA

Name: Phoenix Kriek
Date: 11/01/2006
Mode: Hand Bottled
Source: Tasting

muddy brown, thin beige head, musty cherry aroma with a hint of woody cherry pit, big body, rich cherry flavor, starts sweet and then the tartness kicks in, nice bready yeastyness

Aroma: 7/10; Appearance: 7/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 16/20
Rating: 3.9/5.0
Drinkability: 9/10
Score: **4

Bottle. Sampled @ BCTC 2007 at RateBeer tent. Orange-reddish coloring. No head. Citrus-sweet, over-ripe cherries in aroma and taste . . . can’t read the rest of my writing . . . came at the end of a long day in Cooperstown. I will say I remember the sweet smile on my lips at the end of sampling this.

I have spent many a nights at the Selinsgrove Brew Pub. This is a tremendous seasonal beer. The best beer I have ever had. My college friends and I would order a pitcher of it. One of the most unbelievable treats you can imagine. Ruby red color when you hold it to the light, the presentation of the beer in the goblets they serve you. This beer is as my best friend called it... "an experience"

Wow, what an unbelievable beer. Huge, huge thanks to my Secret Santa for this beauty. A deep amber color shot through with a lovely strain of day-glo red, this one has a modest amount of lacing and a very thick, smooth mouthfeel. But the cherry element is just unbelievable, so smooth, so tart, so bloody present. Full-bodied and complex like the best Belgians, this beer is a triumph.

Big thanks to zathrus13 for this gem. Pours deep red with a red head. Big aroma of fruit. Taste was very carbonated with cherry flavors throughout. Very refreshing for an 8% beer.

Poured from a 4 hour old growler. Pours a deep mahogany color with a pink head with good lacing. Aroma is of cherries, flavor is of sweeter cherries to start with a mild malt backround and finished with tart cherries. Very good beer and the best one with fruit that I have had.

Stopped by the brewpub and looked forward to getting this one. Luckliy, a new batch was tapped the prior day. This ale was fantastic. Very complex and full body and did someone say Cherry. Refreshing on a hot summer day, better than lemonade.

Hazy rose color with tiny CO2 streams slowly rising to the top. A 1 finger, creamy head with pink tones fades into a mild cap. Scattered spots of lacing are left around the glass. Smell is of tart cherries, cranberries, citrusy, with notes of melons, cider, and spice. Taste is of the mentioned aromas with a tart cherry standing out among the mix. Mouthfeel is sticky, medium bodied, sweet tart, and apple cider sticking to the lips with a lingering on the middle of the tongue.