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Samuel Adams Chocolate Bock 3.54 695

Samuel Adams Chocolate Bock

Percentile
89
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bottled
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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
6953.54/5.03.54/5.0Special5.5%96.8Dimpled 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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 Nihon (240), Vernon, Connecticut, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/514/20
Dec 21, 2008  
Dark amber brown color, with a nice creamy head. Semi-sweet aroma of cocoa and dark malts. Light bitterness, mild sweetness, easilly detectable dark chocolate notes. Smooth finish, with a little bitterness.


 thehurt01 (206), Denver, Colorado, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/54/104/516/20
Dec 21, 2008  
The beer comes in a cool bottle. It poured a dark brown body with a light brown and thin head. The smell is chocolate and sweet malts. The taste is a sweet malt with hints of coco. A nice desert beer that has good lacing and carbonation.


 grandet (486), Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/513/20
Dec 20, 2008  
Bottle from Jessup Plaza. Not worth the $17.50. Poured a black color with a small brown head. that did not last long. Taste was bitter chocolate and some coffee. Vanilla came through as it warmed. Not a bad beer but not worth the price.


 AR (437), Georgia, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/515/20
Dec 18, 2008  
A variety of flavors spring forth from this beer. There is caramel, chocolate, dried fruits, with cherries predominate. The flavor dissipitates quickly. Good flavor but not as full bodied as I would have hoped.


aaronphazel (16), Missouri, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/56/103/512/20
Dec 17, 2008  
pours nice. little taste for all the hype. should of made it a double bock.


 emerica56 (586), Bristol, Rhode Island, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/515/20
Dec 17, 2008  
Pours a dark nut brown color with a thin head that fades rather quick. The nose is full of roasted malt with a mix of hops and chocolate and fresh coco. The flavor is like biting into a chocolate bar with a hop tingle in the after taste. It has some decant carbonation with a good balance of malt and hops.


 Drink4Satan (586), Bristol, Rhode Island, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/514/20
Dec 17, 2008  
Pours a clear deep brown with ruby edges and a frothy tan head, fading to a thin film. The nose is of milk chocolate some dark fruits and soft caramel. The flavour is like milk chocolate, or more accurately chocolate milk. There are equally potent notes of caramel and some mild raisin. The body is creamy, softly carbonated and slick in the finish. Very low bitterness is present in this. Not much noble character either. Simple but nice, I guess.


 fidelis83 (729), Clinton, Iowa, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/517/20
Dec 17, 2008  
Pours dark brown with red highlights and a 3 finger very active medium tan head that has decent retention but no lacing at all. Aroma Is full of bitter chocolate, grain, toffee, candied nuts and playful floral hops. Flavor is alot sweeter than I had envisioned. Right up front I am greeted with the homemade, like on the stovetop, chocolate pudding that my mom used to make, +1 for nostalgia. After that there is baking cocoa, a nice amount of sweet caramel, a little syrupy vanilla, chocolate covered almonds and cashews. A little chocolate bitterness and floral hops to the finish with some lingering toffee, and nut. Finish is a little too light for the syrupy mouthfeel. Overall I think this brew is kind torn between its syrupy feel and its nice light but interesting flavor. THat being said I did enjoy it.



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