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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jarspag (597), Los Angeles, California, USA

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	7/10	4/5	7/10	3/5	15/20

Mar 4, 2008

3rd Annual Woodshop Tasting, 3/1/08. Thanks Chris! 2004 bottling. Solid offering, but really didn’t stand out in any way. Light body and drinkable, while portraying light toasty flavors of bitter coffee, milk chocolate, cocoa. Decent

hapjydeuce (771), Del Mar, California, USA

3.6	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.6	8/10	3/5	6/10	3/5	16/20

Mar 3, 2008

2004 vintage, sampled at cquiroga’s 3rd Annual Woodshop Tasting on 3/1/08. Pours clear dark copper with light carbonation around the edges. Damn fine aroma packed full of sweet roasted chocolate tones and roasted malt, like an intense mug full of Nesquik. Lots of cocoa cereal notes in the flavor, with milk chocolate, and a grainy finish. Very thin mouthfeel, light and drinkable.

Oxymoron (104), Fort Collins, Colorado, USA

4.2	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.2	8/10	4/5	7/10	5/5	18/20

Feb 20, 2008

poured a dark amber almost black color with red hue to it. The head and lacing was good. The aroma is not at all surprising influenced with chocolate. Some hints of German malt. The taste is sweet. Almost to the point of chocolate milk, although different then say a milk stout with chocolate tones. I think this is very unique have a lager style beer with chocolate tones. Mostly on the point that the beer is smooth with a good smooth malt backing. Overall I think this is a fun beer to have but really it a “definite” dessert beer. At the price and taste share with someone you know.

iride15 (171), Orlando, Florida, USA

4.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.4	8/10	5/5	9/10	4/5	18/20

Feb 19, 2008 Updated: Jan 12, 2009

Great special production beer. All the best aspects of Sam Adams and a good chocolate bock.

rman18 (201), South Amboy, New Jersey, USA

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

Jan 31, 2008

Nice... The first taste made me feel like I was in Hershey, PA. The taste is like the smell - We have a winner!

RichJ7 (1175), Cullman, Alabama, USA

3.2	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.2	6/10	4/5	6/10	3/5	13/20

Jan 29, 2008

Dark reddish brown pour with a thin beige head. Chocolatey malt nose with a dash of caramel. Earthy malt flavor of cocoa powder, light fruitiness, vanilla. Lightly bittersweet finish. Pretty good.

thewolf (5740), Kolding, Denmark

3.2	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.2	7/10	4/5	7/10	2/5	12/20

Jan 19, 2008

Bottle. [thank you, Yespr]
Pours a deep mahogany red-black with a medium creamy beige head. Good lacing. Aroma has cocoa, nuts and light chocolate. Fine, creamy mouthfeel. Flavour is dominated by A LOT of sweet milk chocolate. No alcohol present. Overall, there is far too much sweetness and too little body.

faroeviking (6032), BjórtjóðveldiðBjórheimBjórsins, Faroe Islands

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

Jan 19, 2008

Bottled. Pours a clear deep dark red-brown colour with a medium rather short lasting deep beige head. Very nice aroma of dark chocolate and cocoa with dark fruits and some coffee. Very good mouthfeel. Very nice sweet dark cocoa and chocolate flavour with a pleasant bitterness. Thanks a lot yespr!

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