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Samuel Adams Chocolate Bock 3.54 695

Samuel Adams Chocolate Bock

Percentile
89
overall

bottled
common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
6953.54/5.03.54/5.0Special5.5%96.8Dimpled mug, Snifter
Commercial Description:
Samuel AdamsŪ partnered with Scharffen Berger Chocolate to develop their newest innovation, Samuel AdamsŪ 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 AdamsŪ made with cocoa beans from Ghana called forastero. Samuel AdamsŪ 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 AdamsŪ Chocolate Bock can not be sold in the states of Alabama, Louisiana, and Utah.
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 ilovedarkbeer (1367), Dallas, Texas, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/515/20
Dec 5, 2008    Updated: Jan 5, 2009
Pours a dark brown color with red highlights. medium to large sized puffy bone colored head with brown tinting that shrinks quickly. Nose is dark chocolate, cocoa powder and vanilla. Mouthfeel is medium and smooth with a savory chocolate taste that lingers but also is highly quaffable. For a dunkler bock this is a home run. 15 bucks though... not the best QPR ABV ratio. Additional notes, there is a very milky and creamy taste going on here.


 travita (1952), Frisco, Texas, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/515/20
Dec 5, 2008  
Look is dark brown with ruby highlights and an ok tannish colored head. Smell is dark chocolate, caramel, roasty, toasty, and more chocolate. Medium body. Taste is good chocolate flavors, some roast, and little blah in flavor.


 epf33 (222), Fairfax, Virginia, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/56/105/514/20
Dec 4, 2008  
very chocolaty at first you get used to it as the beer goes and it finishes very roasty


 BOLTZ7555 (1113), Phoenix, Arizona, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/511/20
Dec 3, 2008  
What a major disappointment. The best thing about this beer was, without doubt, its glass. Subtle malty, semi sweet nose that doesnt possess the pronounced chocolate punch I was expecting. Flavor has hints of carmel, honey, and a touch of Godiva. Very thin...missing the extreme in this extreme beer!!! I understand it was aged on rare cocoa nibs but I wouldnt have known that if I hadnt read it on their website.


 NomDeBeer (400), Maryland, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/515/20
Nov 30, 2008  
Pours a thin, dark brown with a small white head that diminishes quickly. Aroma is chocolate and sweet caramel. Body is thin and a bit watery. Taste is smooth soft vanilla, chocolate, and carmael with little to no hoppiness to speak of. Drinkable and good, but not spectacular, and certainly not worth the price.


 kidmartinek (1001), austin, Texas, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/510/105/517/20
Nov 30, 2008  
A rich brown dark beer with a redish tint and a small white head that disappears completely very quick. Semi-sweet chocolate aroma. Nice sweet cocoa and bock beer flavor with notes of honey and vanilla. This chocolate beer tastes more like beer and less like a milk shake than the others. It’s very good. The body is meium erring on the light side. The finish is plesant and smooth.


 LtDan (522), Los Angeles County, California, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/58/104/517/20
Nov 30, 2008  
A large complex glass of chocolate milk. Dark with a fluffy head, not real strong in the aroma department, but had such a unique flavor that I have not tasted in a chocolate beer.


 tgncc (843), Bellmore, New York, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/513/20
Nov 30, 2008  
The aroma is smokey, malty, chocolatey. The appearance is a very nice brown with a reddish hue, small tan head with some lacing noted. The flavor has strong malt character, caramel, molasses, and (surprisingly little chocolate. The chocolate lingers a bit on the finish. The finish also leaves only the slightest hop signature on the palate. Not bad at all. The bock is among my favorite styles, and this beer scores decently in this category. But at $14.99 for a bomber, this is over priced. They could have saved some money by ditching the fancy bottle as well.



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