Selins Grove The Phoenix Kriek

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

Hand bottle from The_Epeeist, huge thanks Chris! Pours a nice ruby color with a small tan/pink head. Aroma is cherries, vanilla, cherries. Flavor is cherries, vanilla, oaky notes, chocolate, caramel. Palate is medium bodied, medium carbonation, finished tart. Beautiful!

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!

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.

#600. Growler courtesy of kramer17801, thanks again Jason! Dirty oxidized red pour with a light tan head. Aroma of fresh cherry, musty/bready/sweet malts and some light desert spice with a very light sour element. Flavors of osur cherry, light sweet malt, pie crust, light nutmeg and cinnamon and a bit of dry woodiness. Medium body, sweet/sour/juicy/spicy all kind of weaving in and out with a dry/sour/fruity sweet finish. This beer tastes like Christmas!

every bit as good as new glarus....basically a cherry pie in a glass...a little bit of tartness in the aftertaste keeps it from being too sweet..thanks to dickinsonbeer for the hand bottle.

[Handbottle, huge thanks for sharing, Stine!] Pours ruby red with a small off-white head. Aroma is really nice, authentic tart cherry--not huge, but unfortunately didn’t have proper glassware so I won’t take points off for that. The taste is a lot different compared to Belgian Red--not as sweet or sugary with a lot more tartness present and the cherry even fresher. Medium-thick mouthfeel with a good finish. Wow, I really like Belgian Red and this managed to just edge it out. I would love to try this on tap.

Rating #500! This wasnt really rating 500 but I have no idea what it really was, but I think this one will work. Poured a reddish color with some light brownish hints and a white head. Aroma was of cherries and a little sourness and actually a malt profile to back it up. Flavor had some tartness to it. Very solid beer.

Aroma is exactly like cherry pie. Fresh cherry fruit, a little dull bitterness. Taste is bitter black cherry with a touch of pit. Dull bitter cherry lingers on this. I also get a little bit of tartness, some beer essence in this- which is totally different from the Belgian Red from New Glarus. Very, very nice. Lingers with a lot of fruit. Appearance is ruby red to amber.