Samuel Adams Chocolate Bock

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

On tap at Coles, Buffalo NY. Pours dark brown/black. Aromas of roasted malts, cocoa, chooclate. Easy drinking, not as chocolatey as you would think but a nice mellow chocolate flavor. Decent

750 ml bottle. Pours a rich dark, nearly opaque mahogany with a towering dense tan head. Roasted malts dominate the nose with a hint of biscuit. Rich but delicate body. Solid roasted malt base compliments the chocolate focus. Balance is towards the malt letting the chocolate linger in the background. Drier than expected. Nicely done.

Not too impressed. Not worth the $15 for the bottle. Pours a nice rich brown with a decent head, aroma is pleasant and light, but something is off with the flavor. Can’t put my finger on it but it kept me from drinking more than half of the bottle. A little flat too. Just OK. Worth trying, but I would suggest splitting it with a few friends for your wallet’s sake.

light palate, chocolate and caramel flavors, has a lot of character, but remains very drinkable. a nicely balanced beer. i would definitely have this again. tasty.

Pours deep dark brown with short lived mocha head. The aroma is full of Bockness like caramel and select dark fruity esters such as plums and figs. Behind the smooth mild esters are notes of chocolate and faint cinnamon. The taste starts with a quick pulse of musty dark fruit followed by rich semi velvety chocolate. Yummy. Then midway raisins, prunes and figs well up and swim along in a tepid pool of chocolate sauce. Pretty nice stuff but tougher to swallow at $15 per bottle.

Bottle from Champanes, dated Best By April 2009, pours a clear dark ruby with a light tan head that is one finger high, leaves nice lacing on the sides of the glass, aroma of chocolate, dark bread and malt sweetness, faint nut fragrance, may be some faint vanilla in there to, flavors of dark bread and dark malt, light chocolate flavor in the background, some dark raisin and prune flavors, some bitterness at the finish, finish ends dry for a beer with this much sweetness, a good drink, more chocolate in the nose then the palate, not as much chocolate as I was expecting but at least Samuel Adams made this beer with nuances of chocolate instead of sinking the ship with chocolate, upon first smelling this brew I thought it would be overly sweet like the SA Double Bock which is way to sweet for my palate but this is nice, sweetness does not over crowd the flavor and the bitterness keeps the sweetness in check, I think the bottle is one of the nicest things about this beer, looks like it could be a collectors item, at this price it is nice to try once for the experience but I would not try this again.

bottle at Ft Wayne locals tasting - Pours dark brown with a tan head. It smells of chocolate and malt as expected though it’s not as aromatic as I’d hoped. The flavor does a good job of balancing the chocolate and the sweet malt. As is typical for the style, the hops presence is minimal. It’s medium bodied and while very drinkable, surprisingly simple for this pricey special edition brew.

Tasty offering from good ol’ Sammy. Pours a chocolatey medium brown color with a lasting beige head. Chocolate and malts on the aroma. Flavor is like a Tootsie Roll, dominated by milk chocolate, with sweet sweet chocolate on the finish. Mouthfeel is medium - I would like it more syrupy - but pretty nice for the style.