Selins Grove The Phoenix Kriek

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

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!

From a growler. Clearish ruby with a few small bubbles and a haze. Lacy strands and speckles. Nose is sour, earthy cherry and spring rain. Deeper notes of black cherry. Body a thin syrup with a mild carb tingle. Taste is cherry juice, quite sweet. The fruitiness fades getting sour and minerally. Dries with some pit and candi. Massive cherry with just enough tartness and funk to balance. Fantastic.

Growler courtesy the Cheesman. Pours a watery red with a medium white head. Sour cherry, cherry pie crust, and funky sweat sock aroma that smooth out as it warms and the cherries get sweeter (and less sock!). Taste is sweet cheery pie, with just a hint of sour. Leaves a sweet/sour aftertaste. Really good kreik.

Growler with big thanks to kramer17801. Came in an iron hill growler filled to the rings of the screw cap. No hiss when I twist off but it pours a tall beige head with a pinkish tint on top of a clear and bright ruby brown body. Nose is fruity, the expected cherries and raspberries with a tropical notes and candied sugar. Smooth palate that’s not too acidic if I drink it before it warms. Sweet cherries, bright red fruit, and candied sugars burst onto my tongue. Immediately the cherries turn tart and slightly lactic leaving me with dark dried fruits and earthy/nutty/woody notes. Those last notes can be summed up as the flavors of cherry pits. That earthiness is unexpected but really enjoyable. And if that abv is correct, the alcohol is really well hidden for a fruit beer, no detections of it. Excellent beer and a big thanks to Jason for sending it this way!

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 !!

Tap at the brewpub. Aroma of grape and cherry, some cough syrup, nuts, earth. Flavor is predominantly tart cherries, not as medicinal as I was expecting from the aroma. Grew on me as I drank it, but didn’t live up to the hype for me.

Courtesy dsnowden. Multi amber/ruby, 2cm dense off white/cream/pink head. Cherry skins, lightly sour cherry juice, fresh grains, pie crust, subtle spice oatmeal- lightly sour cherry pie. Full body, rich, balanced carbonation. Excellent.

growler - thanks to adrian910ss for the trade!! mildly leaking had me worried, but this stood up very well in the summer heat; clearish, dark red with thin bubbles along the edge; lovely, cherry pie aromas with mild tartness; very, very nice; texture is soft; creamy, cherry tartness and just lovely all around; perfect level of fruit w/o turning into a fruit syrup bomb; wow, great stuff!!