Selins Grove The Phoenix Kriek

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

From Growler, shared via WeeHeavySD. I hate to be the one pissing on the parade, but I didn’t really think much of this. It started off fantastic, but there was a horrible aftertaste that I still detect in my mouth. Maybe it’s not my cup of tea, but this reminded me of NG Belgian Red, except not nearly as good.

Pours a reddish muddy hazy color w/ a thick tanish pinkish head & some great lacing. Smells deliciously sweet! I smell tons of cherries and almost some raspberry as ell nice tart definate pie notes some sugars. Palate is thick and creamy very tart. Flavor is some tart cherries but still very sweet a hint of dry wood and a reminiscent of cherry pie... something almost tastes like a cranberry in this thing. Very nice stuff.

Fresh growler courtesy of kramer17801. Pours red/mahogany with a sparse whitish pink head. Smells of cherries, some oaky hints and sugar. Tastes of tarte cherries and bitter pits. No sugariness or sweetness present. Mouthfeel is tarte with a cherry pie like finish. This one would really benefit from some oak and brett.

Growler from Kramer17801. Thanks Jason! Pour looks like cherry juice--deep ruby red with a small pinkinsh white head. Great carbonation and lace that lasts throughout. A pleasure just to look at. Nose is very similar to the belgian red with a little more tartness. Flavor is sweet at first with cherry pie filling and a very nice lactic, slightly sour finish that leaves you begging for more. Full on fresh sour black cherries come through more as it warms. After my first couple glasses I thought it needed to be more sour, but as I wind down to final few pours I think this beer is just right. Alcohol is completely hidden. Shit, this is delicious.

Shared via the always generous WeeHeavySD. Very sour and tastes like cherry cobbler. Sort of reminded me of New Glarus Enigma, but with the perfect balance. Super tasty! Nice work.

Growler via trade with my pal Jason, Kramer17801. Many thanks for this rare gem. Beautifal Pour, deep red in color with a 3 finger pink head. The nose is subtle with clear cherry elements. Wow that is really amazing, I’ll agree wtih argo0 that cherry flavor comes out completely in full form, tart, sweet, fuity, amazing. This is a sensational beer.

(growler, thanks mj) Small beige head with murky copper body. Aroma is moderately sweet, strawberry, some cherry, raspberry. Taste is medium sweet, cherry through-and-through -- that is to say, it tastes like the entire cherry, including the pit, has been liquefied, revealing the tartness, sourness, and arsenic bitterness contained therein. Medium body, some acidity, light chewiness.

Growler via trade with Jason. Pours a dark ruby mahogany color with a medium pinkish beige head. Wonderful aroma of sour pitted cherries, cherry pie filling and cherry syrup. Taste is of fresh sour cherries abound. Carbonated just right. Slightly sweet, slightly sour and tart. Almost pefect. Alcohol well hidden. Not a huge fan of fruit beers, but this is simply EXCEPTIONAL !!