Selins Grove The Phoenix Kriek

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

BCTC. Many thanks to the incredible generosity of the RB crowd. Reddish with ring. Mild sour cherry aroma. Sweet refreshing cherry soda with oily palate. Ok. Probably need to try this again.

This is actually a Kriekbier. I am sending in a correction email. Properly acidic smell, a bit oaky. Smells watery before I reach the cherry undercurrent...hmmm. Red-brown (mostly red) with minimal head. Soft carbonation, firm body. Cinnamon. Toast. Buttery-soft finish with a bitter, somewhat metallic note that leads to a sticky sweet cherry-rolled-in-flour flavor coating the back of my throat. The aftertaste is the best part of this beer, but as a domestic Kriek I have to say it's pretty passable. It definitely shoots for the fruity rather than the sour end of the spectrum.

Hand bottle courtesy of Kramer17801. Sour cherries along w/ an oakey earthiness round out this brew. Agree w/ Naven, a poor stepchild to NG Belgian Red.

Poured a deep cherry red color body with a small rocky pinkish head. Lots of little red floaties. Tha aroma is bold black cherries and mild yeast. Flavor is sour black cherries that gets bolder as the beer warms. Finishes with some mild but funky, sharp chedder cheese notes. I’ll make the 2 hour trip for this every time it goes on tap.

Poured from a hand bottle at Padrefan’s. Purple-red color with a small white head. The aroma was rich with ripe black cherries. The flavor was tart with fresh cherries without being overly sour--a bit of delicately blended spices round out the sides. This beer is simple and uncomplex much like the Cantillion Blaber, and absolutely hits it mark as a great fruit beer. The mouthfeel is silky smooth. The finish was long and slightly astringent with a lingering red wine note. Overall: A great beer I hope they bottle it someday.

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.

Wow. I don’t like cherries very much, but I have to appreciate this brew. Has a burgundy colour to it, sweet aroma, has a bold taste, that isn’t overwhelming, just good. Has almost a wine taste to it, but without the dry element to it, The cherry flavour is lovely, I would imagine it as the ideal flavour for a cherry derived brew.

Hand bottled by Kramer17801 thanks for a great beer.Aroma is of cherries and oak.Pours a deep red with little head.Sour cherries and oak stand out in the flavors.Mouthfeel is full with a nice cherry finish.