Selins Grove The Phoenix Kriek

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

Many many thanks to Stine for this handbottle. A rich red color with faint white head. A delicious sour aroma reminiscent of door county cherries. An excellent balance between tart and sweet in the strongly cherry flavored body. An excellent smooth finish.

[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.

Shared by Riverside AK. Thanks dude! Yummy cheery smell. Smooth body and tart finish. Satisfied my taste buds.

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!

Big thanks to zathrus13 for this gem. Pours deep red with a red head. Big aroma of fruit. Taste was very carbonated with cherry flavors throughout. Very refreshing for an 8% beer.

Handbottle from acrdz - huge thanks!

Pours a caramelly red, modest off-white head. Kirschesaft aroma, tons of cherry, caramel, mild liquor notes. The flavor is tart cherry juice -- the good stuff that you get in Germany -- atop caramel sugary sweetness. It’s just glorious. Full, splendid mouthfeel reveals the 8% only in the intensity of flavor and body. Not lambic tart at all -- a lot more sugar -- but it makes this so drinkable, so delicious. I’m going through a bomber of it as if it were an 8 oz serving of juice for breakfast. Comparing this to NG Belgian Red is enlightening; this is what the Belgian Red should have been.

Wonderful beer!

From growler, one hour old. Pours a clear dark ruby colored body under a tight creamy thin covering of head, off-white with a pink tinge. Aroma is tart and slightly acidic with a great sour cherry undercurrent. A good amount of malt backing it all up. Flavor is wonderfully tart and acidic with great natural sour cherry. Finishes very dry and tart. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with perfect soft active carbonation that cuts through the acidity and really livens things up. Overall, this is Selin’s Grove’s most interesting and best regular rotaion beer. Right up there with New Glarus Belgian Red in my book.

TITW Part Deux - 12oz handbottle couresty of kramer17801. Thanks, Jason! Cherry red color, slightly brown; medium carbonation. Slight aroma: hints of bing cherry, some oak. Huge, tart cherry mouthfeel: hints of toasty vanilla and barrel aging; very similar to the NG Belgian Red; nice complexity. Long, chewy cherry finish. 7.4.9.4.17=4.1

Resampled from growler, courtesy of mj. Better carbonated, dense tart cherries, mouthwatering acidity. Great stuff.