Samuel Adams Chocolate Bock

	Percentile
	89
	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
692	3.54/5.0	3.53/5.0	Special	5.5%	95.9	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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hirigalzkar (570), Stockholm, Sweden

3.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.5	7/10	3/5	8/10	3/5	14/20

Jan 1, 2009 Updated: Jan 2, 2009

Bottle. Dark brown color. Aroma of roasted malt and lots of chocolate. Intense chocolate taste. The body is a little thin for all the flavors.

LooseCannon (928), Norfolk, Virginia, USA

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	8/10	3/5	7/10	4/5	15/20

Jan 1, 2009

25.4oz bottle. Pours dark brown in color with brown head. Aroma sweet chocolate, roasted malt and light hops. Taste is mostly sweet rich chocolate and malt with bitter finish.

Strykzone (1473), Wood River, Illinois, USA

3.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.4	6/10	4/5	7/10	3/5	14/20

Jan 1, 2009

Thanks Daknole. Enjoyed on New Years Eve ’08. A dark brown beer with plenty of red highlights. One finger size light tan head. Not a big aroma but faint chocolate notes along with coffee beans. Like the aroma, flavor is not big and does not shine until warmed. Bakers chocolate, coffee, fruit, and vanilla flavors.

finol (492), Nacka (Stockholm), Sweden

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	7/10	3/5	8/10	3/5	15/20

Jan 1, 2009

Bottle from Systembolaget. CocaCola looking but with a nice light brown head. Kind of porter like, a bit to high carbonation. Lots of chocolate in flavour, it´s aparent that real cocolate is used. Surprisingly balanced in flavour.

BrewDad (2366), Olympia, Washington, USA

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

Dec 31, 2008

22oz Bomber – Gravity Beer Market – Olympia, WA – Huge flavor great porter with the added chocolate this is one of the better beers for Sam Adams. Pricy but this is a great beer to end 2008 with. Hello 2009 and here we go with more beer.

RCL (1473), Waltham, Massachusetts, USA

3.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.7	7/10	4/5	6/10	4/5	16/20

Dec 31, 2008

750 mL bottle of the 2008. Apparently they have eschewed Scharffen Berger for Felchlin chocolate. Appearance is black with ruby red highlights and a thin ecru head. Aroma is powdered baking chocolate and chocolate bars lightly burnt in a campfire, ala smores making. Flavor is smooth chocolate with an creamy mouthfeel. Very nice.

Rustyham (560), miami, Florida, USA

3.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.4	2/10	5/5	7/10	4/5	16/20

Dec 31, 2008 Updated: Jan 22, 2009

Very little smell, but a beautiful lacing and a flavor that gets better with each sip. The warming of the beer bring out more chocalate flavors. A dynamically pleasant drinking experience.

KawaBomber (193), New Jersey, USA

3.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.3	6/10	3/5	7/10	3/5	14/20

Dec 31, 2008

750mL Bottle: Pours dark brown with red highlights and a small, creamy light brown head. Roasty malt aroma with prominent chocolate and some raisin starts to pop out as it warms. The aroma is rather weak, but what is there is very nice. First taste: Chocolate. Sweet chocolate then the roasted malts kick in. Finish is just a little bitter with chocolate and coffee flavors lingering. Mouthfeel is a bit on the thin side, which is a little disappointing. Overall pretty tasty, but at $15 a bottle I certainly expected more. Basically a $5 beer in a $10 bottle...

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