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Samuel Adams Chocolate Bock 3.54 695

Samuel Adams Chocolate Bock

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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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 kevd193213 (507), Hope Valley, Rhode Island, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Mar 17, 2007  
Dark pour with thin brown head. Aroma of chocolate. Sweet chocolate taste with a mild finish. Disapointed from a value standpoint. For the same price you can get 3 bombers of Rogue Chocolate Stout, which is vastly superior.


 ekstedt (2446), Göteborg, Sweden
2.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/54/104/510/20
Feb 10, 2007  
Bottle (cool one). Dark brown, opaque, and with a creamy beige head. Malty aroma with strong notes of milk chocolate. Silky and smooth mouthfeel. The flavor is too much dominated by sweet chocolate and it becomes overwhelming after half the bottle.


 ScoWRee (276), Phila, Pennsylvania, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/518/20
Jan 22, 2007  
Pours dark brown with a foamy tan head. Aroma of Choclate. Beer and choclate not for everyone. I love this beer but I have odd tastes.


 Moz (613), Gothenburg, Sweden
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/512/20
Jan 21, 2007  
Bottle. Black colour with a creamy tan head. Aroma is chocolate and vanilla. Flavour of sweet milk chocolate but without getting heavy. Sweet and sickly finish. The bottle is too big.


 detroiter (958), Euphoria, Minnesota, USA
2.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/54/102/58/20
Jan 13, 2007  
it is dark brown - nearly black - with a couple inches of thick, deep tan head. Moderate lacing throughout the glass. The aroma is the first indication of what’s to come - sweet chocolate. So far, so good. But... The first sip is more of that same sweet chocolate, followed by more sweet chocolate, finishing with more sweet chocolate. The chocolate flavor itself is quite sugary. While ’artificial’ might not be the right word to describe the flavor, it would not take much to convince me that it is the right word. Let’s be nice and call it an inexpensive chocolate - more like Nestle’s Quik than Godiva. By the third sip, I have had enough of this chocolate. OK, so the chocolate’s not for me. How about the rest of the beer? Malt? Hop presence? Anything? Nope. Just chocolate and carbonation. A medium-bodied chocolate soda for adults. All in all, too sweet and too much cheap chocolate for me. If you’re cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs, you might like this beer more than I did.


 jlruthven (137), Milledgeville, Georgia, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/58/103/515/20
Jan 12, 2007  
Meh. Lots of chocolate, obviously, but little else. More carbonation than I would have liked or expected. Rogue’s Chocolate hits the mark more than this does. Still, delicious as an aperitif or simple indulgence.


 SudsMcDuff (1703), was CapeTown,SA-now Houston, Texas, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/104/58/104/516/20
Jan 7, 2007  
the smell is wonderful, and gets better as the black/dark brown liquid warms....velvety smooth....ten times better than the rogue choc i had acouple of weeks ago!!...not cloying as i was kinda expecting....i love the bottle but the price is to high for me to get again, but this is a very well made beer. no one else can touch chocolate now...


 scania (184), Malmö, Sweden
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/511/20
Jan 1, 2007  
Bottle. Black. Both and aroma and aroma not surprisingly dominated by chocolate, but I also fins something else, yeast?



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