Selins Grove The Phoenix Kriek

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

Handbottles provided by mj and footbalm. Thanks to the both of you. Muddy red, pinkish head. Cherries up front seem very subdues and delicate, not sour or tart. Flavor much the same, light sour twinge up front, but fades to nothing rather quickly. Mouthfeel rather thin. Not overly impressed.

I’ve been eager to try this baby. Hand botttle opened at Dr Bill’s tasting. I remember when it had just a few very high ratings, and only from tap, so I thought I could never get it. Now it seems a few people in San Diego are getting hand bottles/growlers. Nice red-amber color. Delicious. Mild sourness. Cherries abounding in the taste. Sweetish.

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.

growler sent by psprings sampled with the crew 9/27/09. slightly hazed pinot/red/cherry stained wood with a small tannish head. phenomenal aroma... intoxicating... fairly sweet yet full of tart cherries, cinnamon, dough, grass, minerals/slate, earthiness and brown sugar. the flavor is incredibly reminiscent of tart red cherry pie... along with cinnamon, slate, grass, skin bitterness and a nice tannic dryness. tart dry finish leads into a lingering fruity aftertaste... fruity, but in no way sweet. medium bodied, dry, prickly and delicious. something very comforting in this one! 10/4/9/4/18/4.5

Courtesy TheCheeseMan. Brownish-red pour, thin light soapy head. Cherry life-saver aroma, closer inspection yields a deeper, more authentic sour cherry profile. Taste has a nice sourness to it that is strictly fruity and not wild-yeasty. Real robust up front, sour in back. Very nice.

Sampled at Dutch 70’s "Tasting in the Woods; Part Deux." Dark clear red with a quickly fading white head. Lots of cherry in the aroma (with a slight medicine/cough syrup tinge to it). No brett detected in the flavor - heavy notes of cherry, then caramel and medium sourness. Fairly sweet. Medium bodied (actually a lot thicker than I anticipated) with slight carbonation.

On tap at the brewpub. Pours a deep red/brown with a thick light pink head. Aroma is bready/yeasty with tart cherry. Flavor of tart cherry initially with cinnamon and pie crust followed by a sweet cherry finish. Nice and tart. Quite a good fruit beer (although personally I prefer the Selin’s Grove Saison de Peche). 8/4/9/4/16 (4.1/5)

Thanks goes to thecheeseman! Sour cherry aroma, metallic aromas with cherry skins. Pours cloudy red with a thin white head. Sour cherry flavor, cranberry sauce, a great tartness up front with a sweet finish. very very nice!