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Samuel Adams Chocolate Bock

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89
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bottled
common

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RatingsAverageScoreSeasonalABVStyle PctlServe in
6923.54/5.03.53/5.0Special5.5%95.9Dimpled 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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 AR (426), Georgia, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/515/20
Dec 18, 2008  
A variety of flavors spring forth from this beer. There is caramel, chocolate, dried fruits, with cherries predominate. The flavor dissipitates quickly. Good flavor but not as full bodied as I would have hoped.


aaronphazel (16), Missouri, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/56/103/512/20
Dec 17, 2008  
pours nice. little taste for all the hype. should of made it a double bock.


 emerica56 (581), Bristol, Rhode Island, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/515/20
Dec 17, 2008  
Pours a dark nut brown color with a thin head that fades rather quick. The nose is full of roasted malt with a mix of hops and chocolate and fresh coco. The flavor is like biting into a chocolate bar with a hop tingle in the after taste. It has some decant carbonation with a good balance of malt and hops.


 Drink4Satan (585), Bristol, Rhode Island, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/103/514/20
Dec 17, 2008  
Pours a clear deep brown with ruby edges and a frothy tan head, fading to a thin film. The nose is of milk chocolate some dark fruits and soft caramel. The flavour is like milk chocolate, or more accurately chocolate milk. There are equally potent notes of caramel and some mild raisin. The body is creamy, softly carbonated and slick in the finish. Very low bitterness is present in this. Not much noble character either. Simple but nice, I guess.


 fidelis83 (715), Clinton, Iowa, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/517/20
Dec 17, 2008  
Pours dark brown with red highlights and a 3 finger very active medium tan head that has decent retention but no lacing at all. Aroma Is full of bitter chocolate, grain, toffee, candied nuts and playful floral hops. Flavor is alot sweeter than I had envisioned. Right up front I am greeted with the homemade, like on the stovetop, chocolate pudding that my mom used to make, +1 for nostalgia. After that there is baking cocoa, a nice amount of sweet caramel, a little syrupy vanilla, chocolate covered almonds and cashews. A little chocolate bitterness and floral hops to the finish with some lingering toffee, and nut. Finish is a little too light for the syrupy mouthfeel. Overall I think this brew is kind torn between its syrupy feel and its nice light but interesting flavor. THat being said I did enjoy it.


 TURDFERGUSON (1601), Carrboro, North Carolina, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/55/103/512/20
Dec 16, 2008  
Bottle shared by emacgee. Thanks Ethan. Pours brown with a tan head. I did not write any more notes on this one but overall I though it was pretty bland considering its name. Pretty weak and way, way, way, overpriced.


MrP00tz (13), Greenville, North Carolina, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/516/20
Dec 16, 2008  
P00tz was none to happy to spend 16 American dollars on this, P00tz will assure you . Anywho, enough blabbering and more describing. P00tz thought this poured a little weak, like P00tzs grandma. Also, when P00tz drinks chocolate he likes it hot. "Hot Chocolate" if you will, and P00tz will. So, this is not hot but it tastes like chocolate. Well, without one P00tz cannot have the other. As a direct result this beer = fail.


 radagast83 (1300), Fairfax, Virginia, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Dec 15, 2008  
large bottle, not sure the exact size. Pours a dark brown with a tan head. Aroma is malt with a touch of chocolate. I got a chocolate flavor in the taste, much more than my friend who I shared the bottle with got. Not bad at all.



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