Samuel Adams Chocolate Bock 3.54 696

Samuel Adams Chocolate Bock

	Percentile
	90
	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
696	3.54/5.0	3.54/5.0	Special	5.5%	97.1	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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mar (1945), Dallas, Texas, USA

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	7/10	4/5	7/10	3/5	15/20

Dec 14, 2008

dark brown pour with a nice cream colored head. nose of chocolate and malts with some esters as well. quite smooth on the palate with a good chocolate flavor. nice finish overall.

nearbeer (1874), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

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

Dec 14, 2008

750 ml bottle, bb Apr 2009. Translucent chocolate with red highlights. Small, but lasting disc of foam leaves spots of lace. Aroma is chocolate, graham cracker, coffee and marshmallow. Flavor is similar, plus maple syrup and lightly piquant hickory wood. Some oak in the aftertaste. Medium-heavy body is lightly carbonated, watery and acidic-tingly. Fairly tasty dessert, but overpriced.

badlizard (2386), Berkeley, California, USA

3.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.9	7/10	3/5	9/10	4/5	16/20

Dec 14, 2008

Bottle from Bevmo. Dark brown with garnet highlights and a fizzy off-white head. Chocolate malt aroma. Nice cocoa taste with pleasantly effervescent carbonation and a toasty chocolate finish.

kiefdog (1637), Tampa, Florida, USA

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

Dec 14, 2008

Bottle from Willow Bend Liquors (Tampa, FL). Pours a dark brown to black with thin tan head. Aroma is sweet and malty with notes of sweet and dark chocolate, spice, some faint notes of honey and bananas. Flavor is roasted and toasted malt, sweet chocolate, fudge icing, maple syrup, some slight spice. Generally medium to full body with a sweet malty finish. The more I drink this beer, the more I like it.

blipp (1738), Newark, New Jersey, USA

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

Dec 14, 2008

Bottle. Pours deep ruby with a beige head. The aroma has bready, almost toasty malt, and semisweet chocolate. The flavor has creamy chocolate, toasty malt, some fruity sweetness and a hint of hops. Pretty good, but not worth the money I paid for it.

lithy (1800), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	6/10	4/5	8/10	3/5	17/20

Dec 14, 2008

Dark ruby brown with two thick fingers of light tan head. Aroma is light bitter baking chocolate and a weak maltiness. The taste is great nice and smooth chocolate mousse over a good bock body of some caramel, dark fruits, and banana and clove esters.

Maverick34 (729), New York, USA

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

Dec 14, 2008

Draft. Poured dark w/medium head. Chocolate taste and aroma, almost peanut buttery. Could use a bit more kick but on the bright side pretty drinkable.

CaryTheDude (1113), Longmont, Colorado, USA

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	6/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	15/20

Dec 13, 2008

Crushed with Jakebra and co. Bitter chocolate nose, Bottle said best by 2006. Oops. Id like to have tried it at the peak, cuz this one is pretty excellent. Sweet chocolate and lots of it. A little like some hershey syrup and a bock. Higher alcohol would benefit this brew.

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