Selins Grove The Phoenix Kriek

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

Poured from a growler shared by Cheeseman.This was an interesting color.It had the same color of a blood blister.Dark purple and red.Nose had some sour, vinous cherries.The flavor was closer to sour cherries in a pie.This finished off slightly tart, but overall was delicious.Thanx Dan.

Bottle graciously shared by pepsican. Attractive aroma of cherry, apple, pear, and spice. There was also a whiff of Jersey girl hairspray, presumably attributable to the 8% alcohol. Poured a clear red-orange color with a white head. Sweet and tart, a real saliva stimulator, and almost bitter at the end. A real roller coaster ride for the tongue. I tasted lots of berries, including black cherry, strawberry, and blackberry. There was also some apple and glazed donut. Pretty good stuff.

Pours a cloudy red color with a thin white head. The aroma has a ton of cherries that feel tart, very seductive. Amazing flavor of cherries, there’s tartness, sweetness and there’s also bitterness in the end, the tart, sweet and bitter flavors are well-balanced. The body is light with a liquorous texture and soft carbonation. This is an awesome fruit beer, it nears New Glarus Belgian Red in overall quality.

From a 12oz Handbottle. Courtesy of Stine. Transparent, brilliant ruby red colored pour with a finger of fizzy pink head. Intense cherry aroma, saturated with fleshy cherry fruit, skins included, and a slight acetic note in the background. Amazing in both the level of intensity and the quality of the fruit aroma. Hints of herbal leafiness helps to balance the sweetness of the cherries nicely. Medium bodied, lightly carbonated mouthfeel with a touch of acidity. Sweet, but not sticky, and brimming with one of the most authentic cherry flavors I’ve tasted in a beer. Gobs of fruit, with some cherry-skin tannins coming through on the backend to round out the finish. The term, "Kriek" in the name is a little mis-leading, as implies "cherrry lambic", but this is just a really, really good fruit beer with a cherry flavor rivaled only by Scharbeekse Kriek or Lou Pepe Kriek. Thanks a ton, Eben!

Stud tasting 1.0 held at general_gaos. Thanks for putting up with us colin! Whomever joey got a handbottle of this from is the man. Ruby red pour, thin white head. Aroma is up front cherry, tobacco, cheese, and hairspray. Huge black cherry aroma, some strawberry, slight vinager, tannins, sharp cheddar cheese, and tobacco. Finishes dry, somewhat tart but with low acidity. I have never had anything burst in my mouth with so much flavor. Need MORE!

Thanks to Juart for sharing the growler. Pours a deep amber red color with a frothy off-white head. The aroma smells of cherry wine. Some woody vanilla, raspberries, and a heap of dark sweetness. It tastes like really over-ripe cherries. Maybe even some cherry pie filling. A deep chocolate and sour choke cherry in there as well. A nice creamy mouthfeel. Very tasty.

Much thanks to Miver for the hand bottle. Pours out an interesting deep, dark red bordering on a reddish brown. Aroma of tart and sweet cherry. Taste is sweet cherry, some nice tartness with a good cherry flavor and some bready earthy notes going on in there too. Very solid. Much thanks again to Miver

Pours a beautiful deep red with thin tan head. The nose is sweet and cherry, as is the flavor. Very overwhelming sweetness from cherry, with a creamy mouthfeel. Really feeds my sweet tooth, but looses points for lack of any hint of complexity.