The Phoenix Kriek
Selins Grove Brewing Co. in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, United States 🇺🇸
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Score
7.89
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Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Growler shared by tjthresh, via kramer17801. Pour is cloudy ruby brown with a half inch tan head. Aroma of fresh cherries, sweet, with a depth of tartness and sourness as well. Matt said Cherry mash, Tom said Cherry pie, both are certainly good descriptors. Real deep and complex, wonderful nose. Taste is black cherry sweetness with a nice crisp tartness to the finish. Nice earthiness, nice mouth coating lingering finish. Really a beautiful beer - huge thanks to Tom for sharing, honored to have had an opportunity to try this one.
JK (8171) reviewed The Phoenix Kriek from Selins Grove Brewing Co. 18 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
Thanks to Stine for sharing. The Phoenix is an incredible fruit beer, full of cherry aroma and cherry flavor, very light barnyard-yeast character to the aroma. Interesting combination of flavors. First it is the sweetness, then incredibly full bodied cherry and just enough sourness. Nearly still with no carbonation, and exceptionally thick and smooth palate. I would like to do a side by side with New Glarus, and Phoenix might win that matchup.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle courtesy of Miver (handbottle): Poured a deep clear reddish color ale with some limited carbonation (due to the handbottling). Aroma of sour cheery with some light cough syrup notes. Taste is a nice mix between some sour cherry with some notes of oak and tart and some limited sweetness. I was slightly disappointed by the cough syrup notes that I could pick-up through the tasting. Nice body with no apparent alcohol. Well done but I could do without the cough syrup. Makes me want to take a road trip and taste the beer on site.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9
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.
yespr (55573) reviewed The Phoenix Kriek from Selins Grove Brewing Co. 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
50 cL bottle hand bottled, thanks to sk8viking. Pours golden red with a lacing white head. Great slight sulphorish and fruity aroma. Lovely slight dark flavour with a mild fruityness on top. Extremely wellbalanced.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
(Hand bottled 35,5 cl) Slightly hazy reddish with a neat, dense, beige head and a surprisingly solid carbonation. Fat aroma of cherries - extremely concentrated. Medium body with sweet’n’sour accents of cherries - a shipload of cherries. A whiff of vanilla perhaps? Tart and piquant finish. Wauw, an excellent fruit beer. 191206
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
A hazy red beer with a huge pinkish head. The aroma is sweet with light notes of cherries - just a bit artificial, and also with light notes of dust. The aroma is sweet with strong notes of cherries as well as light notes of acidity to start off, but the note grows in intensity towards the end. It also has light notes of wood.
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
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.