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Samuel Adams Chocolate Bock

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89
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bottled
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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
6893.54/5.03.53/5.0Special5.5%95.9Dimpled mug, Snifter
Commercial Description:
Samuel Adams® partnered with Scharffen Berger Chocolate to develop their newest innovation, Samuel Adams® Chocolate Bock. Tettnang Tettnanger and Spalt hops were hand-selected from the world's oldest growing area and combined with a complex selection of malts including two row Pale, Munich and caramel to create a rich and satisfying brew. This dark beer has a big, malty character that is combined with the subtle sweetness of chocolate. The chocolatiers at Scharffen Berger crafted an exclusive blend of chocolate for Samuel Adams® made with cocoa beans from Ghana called forastero. Samuel Adams® Chocolate Bock was aged on a bed of this chocolate to create its unique layers of flavor. As the beer matured, the fruity, tart, earthy and chocolate aromas were infused into the liquid to give the brew a complex, full-bodied taste with a velvety finish. A hint of vanilla was added to meld the symphony of flavors together. Due to legal restrictions, Samuel Adams® Chocolate Bock can not be sold in the states of Alabama, Louisiana, and Utah.
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 popery (154), San Francisco, California, USA
2.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/54/102/58/20
Nov 19, 2009  
An underwhelming chocolatey sweet bock with a thin, watery feel. It’s not a bad looking beer. They get points for the awesome metal sticker bottle, alone. The beer is very dark and the head comes up nicely if with somewhat less staying power and stickiness than hoped for. The smell is sweet and too thin but very chocolatey. The chocolate is just not complex enough to garner a higher score. The same problems exist on the palette, but they’re even more pronounced. It tastes more like cocoa than chocolate. It’s just not really my thing, but I can understand how someone could enjoy it. The feel is thin, a bit watery and works against the chocolate. It just tastes more like cocoa water than anything else. It just really lacks complexity. I’m fairly shocked that Boston Beer is selling this beer for so much money. It’s a great bottle, but there are better chocolate beers for a third of the price. I know it’s a bock and maybe some folks like that, but it’s nature as a bock takes a big backseat with this beer. These Sam Adams fancy beers are kind of hit or miss.


 tnkw01 (166), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20
Nov 10, 2009  
Bottle. Treated myself to this treat for Christmas last year. It was really good. Nice balance in the flavor and not near as sweet as one would think. Great beer.


Nimrod979 (12), Hagerstown, Maryland, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/58/104/515/20
Nov 7, 2009  
Pours a super deep brown, almost black. Looks great under the light. Average sized brown head. Aroma is chocolate, raisins and malts. This beer is tastes exactly like it’s name: it IS essentially a bock that tastes like chocolate. Body is actually rather thin, a bit fizzy and finish is long. Good stuff.


Imbockinsxtx (75), Big Bend, Texas, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Nov 5, 2009  
Pours a very dark almost black colour with a little brownish head. Aroma is of Fizz/Effervescence with some malts, sugars, and spice. Flavour is chocolately with some thiness and lightness. It has a balanced flavour with no one overwhelming ingredient. Nice Brew.


 SHIG (2016), Aviano, Italy
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Nov 1, 2009  
Bottle: Poured a deep dark chocolate bar brown with a light brown head. The aroma is chocolate, dark fruits, and malt. Taste has a raisin or plum front that gently subsides into dark chocolate bakers chocolate. Finishes with a warm sweet malty characteristic.


 jzzbassman (842), New Albany, Mississippi, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/516/20
Oct 24, 2009  
Pours clear dark chocolate with a light brown head. Very sweet aroma of cocoa and Mexican vanilla. Flavor is heavy to the chocolate, with a nice malt profile. Could you warm this and put marshmallows in it?


 alobar (1013), Harleysville, Pennsylvania, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/516/20
Oct 18, 2009  
Outstanding! Dark brown color. No head. Aroma of chocolate and malt. Smooth and creamy. Flavor of chocolate milk.


 richlikebeer (832), Easton, Pennsylvania, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/516/20
Oct 18, 2009  
Awesome flavor. Essentially a chocolate milk stout. Smooth aned creamy mouthfeel



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