Samuel Adams Chocolate Bock 3.54 699

Samuel Adams Chocolate Bock

	Percentile
	90
	overall

Brewed by Boston Beer Company
Style: Dunkler Bock
Boston, Massachusetts USA

bottled
common

on tap
unknown

Broad Distribution
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Ratings	Average	Score	Seasonal	ABV	Style Pctl	Serve in
699	3.54/5.0	3.54/5.0	Special	5.5%	97.4	Dimpled 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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beerchugger (309), Colorado, USA

3.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.5	7/10	4/5	7/10	3/5	14/20

Feb 18, 2009 Updated: Apr 19, 2009

Pours dark, almost like a stout. A thick tan head forms that dissapates rather quickly. Smells of good chocolate and rich malt. Taste is very similar...good chocolate and malty. Lively carbonation accompanies this rather thick bock. It’s a good bock, but I don’t feel it deserves the high price tag. Overall, it’s a good brew, but it leans towards average. Nothing special really stands out, which is a shame for $15.

aguyintx66 (78), Humble, Texas, USA

3.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.9	8/10	4/5	8/10	3/5	16/20

Feb 17, 2009

Bottle. Poured a dark brown with a thick tan head. Aroma of chocolate and coffee. Tastes of chocolate then finishes with a taste of roasted coffee. I like this beer.

RasterMaster (125), , Oklahoma, USA

3.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.9	8/10	4/5	8/10	3/5	16/20

Feb 17, 2009

Dark brown pour into thick, creamy tan head that slowly fades into melting lacing while carbonated bubbles rise from the bottom of the glass. Aroma of malty chocolate and roasted caramel. Intitial flavor of dark chocolate fades into a well balanced, sweet, slightly buttery finish.

jamvin23 (162), chicago, Illinois, USA

3.2	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.2	5/10	3/5	6/10	4/5	14/20

Feb 15, 2009

Bottle. Pours brown with tan head. Aroma: is malt and chocolate. Taste: Roasted malt deep chocolate flavor.

Grizzle (51), Lawrence, Kansas, USA

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	7/10	4/5	7/10	3/5	16/20

Feb 15, 2009

Excellent beer. Poured a dark, rich mahogany, with a khaki head. Smelled of powdered unsweetened cocoa, with nice coffee notes. Tasted of semi-sweetened cocoa, coffee and subtle cereal. Rather than taste the bitter of the hops, I tasted the bitter of a dark, earthy chocolate, with subtle notes of a tart fruit. A mild sour cherry perhaps? Really enjoyed this beer. Unfortunately, I was feeling ill from dinner, and couldn’t properly enjoy this beer. Looks like I’ll have to get another bottle!

Mette (224), Frederiksberg, Denmark

3.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.3	7/10	4/5	6/10	3/5	13/20

Feb 15, 2009

Flaske. Kaffe sort med et tæt beige skum. Dufter og smager af chokolade, mørk brød, mørk sukker, mørke frugter og noget kakaopulver. Eftersmag af mere brun sukker og chokolade.

mcox90 (659), Wilton, USA

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	8/10	4/5	8/10	3/5	15/20

Feb 15, 2009

Bottle served in my Smuttynose tulip glass. First off I want to say that this was way to expensive, $16.99 at Jasper’s Homebrew in Nashua N.H. That being said, how can you resist the words "Chocolate Bock". Pours a cola like dark reddish brown with no head what so ever. Nose is all dark chocolate. I was a little disappointed in the palate, a little on the thin side. Flavor is very chocolatey. Probably the best chocolate taste of all the beers I’ve had that claimed to have chocolate in them. That being said, it’s a one trick pony. It’s all chocolate, nothing else. Very enjoyable, just to expensive.

hayduke (1688), Eureka, California, USA

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	7/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	14/20

Feb 14, 2009 Updated: Feb 15, 2009

This is a really rich beer that pours a dark red brown with tan head and lots of lacing. Nose of chocolate and roasted malts. Creamy mouthfeel. Good favors of chocolate and coffee. Easy drinking but way overpriced for what you get.

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