Selins Grove The Phoenix Kriek

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

Growler, courtesy thecheeseman. I just love the heck out of this! Deep reddish purple copper with a medium head. Aroma of funky sour cherries, spicy cherry pits, graham crackers and cherry soda. Flavor starts with a combo of sweet and sour cherries, the graham cracker provides the crust for this cherry pie. Palate is med full up front with the sweet, but then it lightens on the way back as the tartness tightens pulls and puckers at the sides of the tongue. The tartness begins to border on a cranberry sauce acidity. Finish is bone dry and refreshing. Just outstanding.

This is the first time I have encountered this brewer. Sampled on draft at the State College beer festival this beer poured a light red color with a small tan head. The aroma is sweet cherry. The flavor is strong tart cherry with a bit of cinnamon underneath. It really tasted just like cherry pie filling.

C-Bus 7 Growler shared by nolankowal via kramer: Pours a mahogany color with almost no head. Aroma, cherries, woody, tart, kinda woody. Flavor, a great tart cherry taste hits you right up front, some underlying sweetness. Very tart, with just a hint of acidity. Very nice stuff.

handbottle shared courtesy of Briank. Thanks man!
Pours rich dark red but clearish. Smell is straight tart dark red cherry juice all the way. Taste is much the same with vibrant, juicy sour cherry flavor. No funk or anything getting in the way of the delicious fresh cherry taste. Good stuff, and sweet an sour balancing to keep from being cloying. Thanks again!

Pours a reddish muddy hazy color w/ a thick tanish pinkish head & some great lacing. Smells deliciously sweet! I smell tons of cherries and almost some raspberry as ell nice tart definate pie notes some sugars. Palate is thick and creamy very tart. Flavor is some tart cherries but still very sweet a hint of dry wood and a reminiscent of cherry pie... something almost tastes like a cranberry in this thing. Very nice stuff.

Hand Bottled... TITW Part Deux - Deep clear orangey amber, zero head. Nose held deep notes of black cherry, touhces of red wine, and faint tones of melon and oak. Complex nose without a doubt. Flavor was similar with more dark cherry and winey tones, slightly tart throughout, and maybe just a faint hint of wood to boot. Light to medium bodied, feather soft carbonation, fruity finish. Thanks kmweaver! This was a great way to kickoff the night...

Hand bottle thanks to Miver. Copper reddish color with a very small head. Not overly carbonated either. Sweet and tart cherry aromas. The cherry got much more serious on the flavor. Cherry pie filling flavor. Not super sweet or tart. Rather malty with a sort of Cherry pit flavored finish. Pretty darn tasty. Thanks Joe.

sample from a growler at RB BCTC gathering 2009. Deep reddish pour. Liquid jolly rancher. Tart cherry bomb. Really good. Need more