Samuel Adams Chocolate Bock 3.54 695

Samuel Adams Chocolate Bock

	Percentile
	89
	overall

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

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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Ratings	Average	Score	Seasonal	ABV	Style Pctl	Serve in
695	3.54/5.0	3.54/5.0	Special	5.5%	96.8	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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jmw141 (134), Canton, Illinois, USA

2.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.7	4/10	4/5	6/10	3/5	10/20

Jan 2, 2009

Bottle. Pours very dark brown with a sizeable head that stays around. Little lacing. Malt and chocolate aroma. Chocolate in the mouth too. I was not too enthused with this at all. Pretty boring. Its in the 85-percentile, so am I missing something?

alexanderj (2271), Chino Hills, California, USA

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	8/10	3/5	8/10	3/5	15/20

Jan 2, 2009

Bottle, courtesy of me actually. Dark brown with a medium sized light brown head. Aroma of chocolate, roasted malt, and more chocolate. Flavor of a blend of chocolates, fruit, earth and nuts. Extremely rich flavor, which seemed to decrease somewhat in quality with more tastings. Palate was on the thin side, and close to watery. Pretty good stuff here, in moderation.

golubj (1290), Sunnyvale, California, USA

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	7/10	4/5	8/10	3/5	14/20

Jan 2, 2009

Bottle, thanks to alexanderj. Dark brown pour with some light brown head. Aroma is some roasted german malt and light chocolate malt. Sweet chocolate flavor, cocoa powder, and the same lightly toasted darker caramel malt.

hirigalzkar (588), Stockholm, Sweden

3.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.5	7/10	3/5	8/10	3/5	14/20

Jan 1, 2009 Updated: Jan 2, 2009

Bottle. Dark brown color. Aroma of roasted malt and lots of chocolate. Intense chocolate taste. The body is a little thin for all the flavors.

LooseCannon (936), Norfolk, Virginia, USA

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	8/10	3/5	7/10	4/5	15/20

Jan 1, 2009

25.4oz bottle. Pours dark brown in color with brown head. Aroma sweet chocolate, roasted malt and light hops. Taste is mostly sweet rich chocolate and malt with bitter finish.

Strykzone (1486), Wood River, Illinois, USA

3.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.4	6/10	4/5	7/10	3/5	14/20

Jan 1, 2009

Thanks Daknole. Enjoyed on New Years Eve ’08. A dark brown beer with plenty of red highlights. One finger size light tan head. Not a big aroma but faint chocolate notes along with coffee beans. Like the aroma, flavor is not big and does not shine until warmed. Bakers chocolate, coffee, fruit, and vanilla flavors.

finol (516), Nacka (Stockholm), Sweden

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	7/10	3/5	8/10	3/5	15/20

Jan 1, 2009

Bottle from Systembolaget. CocaCola looking but with a nice light brown head. Kind of porter like, a bit to high carbonation. Lots of chocolate in flavour, it´s aparent that real cocolate is used. Surprisingly balanced in flavour.

BrewDad (2370), Olympia, Washington, USA

3.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.9	8/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	15/20

Dec 31, 2008

22oz Bomber – Gravity Beer Market – Olympia, WA – Huge flavor great porter with the added chocolate this is one of the better beers for Sam Adams. Pricy but this is a great beer to end 2008 with. Hello 2009 and here we go with more beer.

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