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Samuel Adams Chocolate Bock

Percentile
89
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bottled
common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
6933.54/5.03.53/5.0Special5.5%96.2Dimpled 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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 djd07 (740), Houston, Texas, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/517/20
May 24, 2009  
Bottle as shown. Pours a syrupy very dark brown with a medium creamy light tan head that diminishes rather quickly. The aroma is a very sweet roasted malt with chocolate and cocoa. Decent spotty lacing along the glass. Thin mouthfeel a bit watery with a very sweet roasted malt, milk chocolate taste with cocoa and a nice dry finish. Easy to drink, a very nice Dunkler Bock from Sam Adams.


 Beerdedone (1885), Croydon, Pennsylvania, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/513/20
May 18, 2009  
Bottle. Pours very dark near black with a moderate light brown head. Aroma of milk chocolate, roasted malts, cocoa beans and light coffee. Flavor was fairly malty and creamy with bold chocolate more milk than dark, faint molasses, dark roasted malts and has hints of caramel & vanilla with a smooth and silky body.


 ksurkin (391), Norfolk, Virginia, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/515/20
May 12, 2009  
750ml bottle from total wine in greenville. pours as translucent, chocolate brown with a thin, tan head, solid lacing, and good retention. aroma is fairly simple but pleasant with notes of dark chocolate, dark red fruits with an almost vinous note, werther’s caramel, and a slight hint of roast. flavor was quite nice with big, bitter dark chocolate, roasted malt, praline, tart prunes, and a hint of coffee. palate is a bit thin, smooth, with medium carbonation, and a lingering, bitter chocolate finish. overall, a pretty solid brw.


 DuffManSW (293), Riverside, California, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/105/516/20
May 10, 2009  
Bottle from Lee’s Discount Liquor in Mesquite, Nevada... Pours black with a light brown head...Smells of dark fruits and milk chocolate.. Very nice milk chocolate flavor that is very subtle and works well with this beer.. Thin palate that also works for this one...Tasty!!!


dreambrother (19), Bemidji, Minnesota, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/56/104/513/20
May 10, 2009  
Pours translucent dark brown, with a light tan head. Aroma is fruity and malty. I got a lot of fruit in the flavor, as well as chocolate, malt, and a touch of coffee.


 oteyj (766), Canterbury, New Hampshire, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
May 4, 2009  
Dark reddish pour with boisterous head. Aroma is of brown sugar, dark fruit, roasty coffee and hints of milk chocolate. Sweetness prevails in the nose. Flavor is quite sweet- sugary with desert like sweetness. Palate is a tad on the thin side and finishes somewhat dry with lingering sweetness. Very nice.


 Carl99Fan (186), Suwanee, Georgia, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/105/518/20
May 3, 2009  
I loved everything about this beer. Big flavor consisting of coffee and chocolate. Beautiful color, with beige head.



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