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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yobdoog (1432), Woodridge NY, New York, USA

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

Apr 29, 2009

Very dark snifter pour on tap at GMan. Super dark and rick. A little lacing, no head. Aroma is strong and a little roasty with some alcohol and light bittersweet chocolate but not that much. Taste is similar, not that much cocoa. Nice malt sweetness but a little thin with not too much flavor for what I was expecting but not too bad.

Acknud (772), Morganfield, Kentucky, USA

3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3	5/10	4/5	6/10	3/5	12/20

Apr 26, 2009

Too sweet for me. Pretty pour . Dark brown with ruby highlights. Aroma is heavy with a sweet malt note. I didn’t pick up much chocolate with either aroma or taste.

xs2500 (90), Mississippi, USA

4.2	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.2	7/10	4/5	9/10	3/5	19/20

Apr 21, 2009

This is the best brew I’ve had in awhile. Pours a rich dark brown color with a light caramel head. Nice sweet flavor, subtle chocolate and hoppiness

JMFG (1514), Florida, USA

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

Apr 20, 2009

Black-brown pour, moderate thick khaki head. Mild smooth cocoa/chocolate notes over a slightly nutty background, the smell grew on me. Taste is low key, but still chocolately, almost malted milk finish. Anything more than low key chocolate would likely overwhelm the bock, so it’s a good balance.

mabel (2612), Toronto, Ontario, Canada

3.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.4	6/10	3/5	7/10	3/5	15/20

Apr 17, 2009

[1973-20090124] Tap. Mildly grainy roast aroma. Clear, dark dark brown body with a medium-lasting creamy off-white head. Dark and milk chocolate nectar flavour has thick lightly-roasted malt and finishes with more chocolate. Full body. A little rough but not bad.
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FatPhil (3471), Espoo, Finland

3.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.4	6/10	4/5	7/10	4/5	13/20

Apr 17, 2009 Updated: Apr 20, 2009

750ml bottle (Systembolaget, Stockholm) - shared by Mirjukka - thanks!
Very deep reddy brown, small beige head. Raisiny aroma, touch of sweet chocolate too. Something savoury I can’t quite place. Pleasant carbonation, quite a light body, not too sticky, but still quite full. Taste seems to have suffered a little from age, pleasant sweet chocolatiness, a touch lactic perhaps. Quite caramelly, but an occasionally interesting bite of hops. All in pretty good balance. Finish a touch beany and hoppy. Not one for ageing beyond BB date (which was now).

mirjukka (705), LOHJA, Finland

3.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.8	8/10	3/5	9/10	3/5	15/20

Apr 17, 2009

bottle 750ml from Systembbolaget Stockholm reddish dark brown no head EXP 04/09 shared with FatPhil & Anna.tickling roasted malts pleasant sweet dark chocolate not too dominating. dash of vanilla and milk acids.

ratman197 (3200), Arvada, Colorado, USA

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

Apr 16, 2009

750 ml bottle poured a clear dark brown with ruby highlights and a lasting amber head. Aromas of milk chocolate, carmel, vanilla, pepper, dark fruit and light roastiness. Palate was medium bodied and smooth. Flavors of milk chocolate, vanilla, burnt carmel, light earthiness, light roastiness and a hint of pepper with a smooth lingering chocolate finish. Thgis beer was much better than I expected, pretty tasty but way overpriced.

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