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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blipp (1669), Newark, New Jersey, USA

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	7/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	14/20

Dec 14, 2008

Bottle. Pours deep ruby with a beige head. The aroma has bready, almost toasty malt, and semisweet chocolate. The flavor has creamy chocolate, toasty malt, some fruity sweetness and a hint of hops. Pretty good, but not worth the money I paid for it.

lithy (1687), Knoxville, Tennessee, USA

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	6/10	4/5	8/10	3/5	17/20

Dec 14, 2008

Dark ruby brown with two thick fingers of light tan head. Aroma is light bitter baking chocolate and a weak maltiness. The taste is great nice and smooth chocolate mousse over a good bock body of some caramel, dark fruits, and banana and clove esters.

Maverick34 (700), New York, USA

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	8/10	3/5	7/10	4/5	14/20

Dec 14, 2008

Draft. Poured dark w/medium head. Chocolate taste and aroma, almost peanut buttery. Could use a bit more kick but on the bright side pretty drinkable.

CaryTheDude (1113), Longmont, Colorado, USA

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	6/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	15/20

Dec 13, 2008

Crushed with Jakebra and co. Bitter chocolate nose, Bottle said best by 2006. Oops. Id like to have tried it at the peak, cuz this one is pretty excellent. Sweet chocolate and lots of it. A little like some hershey syrup and a bock. Higher alcohol would benefit this brew.

ansermadide (509), Kyle, Texas, USA

3.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.5	7/10	4/5	7/10	3/5	14/20

Dec 13, 2008

Sample at December 12, 2008 Beer Club meeting. Insane head on this! Solid, dark brown-black color. Chocolate aroma, almost metallic. Chocolate flavor, a little thin, not quite a Youngs. Good, though.

Cybercat (793), Georgia, USA

4.1	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.1	10/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	15/20

Dec 13, 2008

Aroma is fairly strong, richly of molasses and chocolate with a hint of salt, more like the tang of a sea breeze. Color is a rich opaque chocolaty brown, appetizing and inviting. Malty flavor has a strong chocolate undertone, sweet hints, and just a touch of a salty tang. It leaves a molasses-like sweetness on the lips and tingles on the way down.

beachbum25 (783), Powellville, Maryland, USA

2.5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.5	5/10	3/5	4/10	3/5	10/20

Dec 12, 2008

Bomber Bottle-black w/a slight off white head. Faint chocolate aroma. Had some chocolate flavor, some slight coffee flavor, some slight interest on my part. Just foung it to be very weak & boring; seemed overrated to me. I have had a whole lot better. I would have called it a weak stout until I looked it up here & saw it is considered a Dunkel Bock, now I will call it a weak dunkel.

robforbes (1094), Bremerton, Washington, USA

3.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.3	6/10	4/5	7/10	2/5	14/20

Dec 12, 2008

pours a black with a ruby tint when held to the light, small beige head that goes away quickly, and some lacing. smell of milk chocolate, weak coffee, roasted nuts, and a touch of bread yeast in the back. taste is somewhat watery, milk chocolate, malt, a bit of wheat, some vanilla, some roasted nuts, ends with a bit of sweetness to it.

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