Samuel Adams The Vixen Chocolate Chili Bock

Brewed by Boston Beer Company
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Boston, Massachusetts USA

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker, Tumbler

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Poured 22 oz into a pint glass. Appearance was almost black color with a roasted brown head. Nice chocolate favors and aromas. I didn’t get any chili favors. Great beer specially since it is less than 5 bucks.

Bottle. Pours black with tan head. Aroma of chocolate, dark roast and very, very faint chilli....Flavor is much the same, the chili is subtle and is in the finish. Mouthfeel is medium-heavy body with high carbonation. Solid brew!

Sample as a bonus beer at the Black IPA tasting at Blacklick Wine & Spirits on 11/4/11. Dark brown pour with a thin beige head. Nose is malty with chocolate and a bit of hot pepper. Malty and chocolatey flavor with some ginger and a touch of fruit with just a bit of pepper heat in the finish. I’m still not sold on the pepper beer concept, so I’m glad this one is subtle on the pepper/heat.

Pours a solid dark brown with the faintest of ruby highlights when held to light, huge tan head shows great retention and moderate lace. Smells mostly of chocolate and alcohol with faint hints of caramel, licorice and a faint spicy earthy tone. I would never guess form the aroma there were chili’s in here. Taste is moderately malty and sweet. Lots of chocolate and caramel flavors up front. Slight melanoid and toffee type flavors midway with a warming earthy spice that lingers long into the finish. Medium to thick body, moderate level of carbonation, sweet sticky chocolate mouthfeel. I really enjoyed this brew. The chocolate is there, the bock is there, the peppers provide some nice flavors and subtle heat. Great Job Sam Adams.

Cool bottle. Dark brown pour with a earth, smoke and cocoa aroma. Nice chocolate taste, with hint sof smoke and dry / sweet choolate and cinnamon finish. Nice.

Shared bomber at a recent group tasting. Poured to a sampler with a dark brown color, ruby highlighting, modest, light tan bubbles & foam head, and light, spotty lacing. The nose was distinct and rich cocoa, sweetness, vanilla, and some spice mixed in. The flavor was similar, with maybe a bit pepper under the more noticeable note of soy sauce. Not really any heat to speak of, but a nice novelty brew nonetheless.

Smooth and rich, very dark appearance with a thin tan laced head. Roasted malt, cocoa nibs with a sweet chocolate spicey aftertaste. There is a slight peppery warmth to it when the beer is warmed and sitting for a while. You get more of it when it is warmer rather than straight out of the cooler. A pretty unique, intriguing beer. I love anything different than the norm, and this was a decent attempt at it.

I liked this a lot. I didn’t get any chili though which may be a good thing. Sweet malty aroma from a dark brown pour. The flavor is malty sweet with a nice roastiness to it. A bit of bitterness cuts through on the back end. Nice lingering finish.

Pours a one-fingered light tan head that fades quickly leaving no lace. Black with faint ruby highlights. Good carbonation and medium bodied. Light chocolate nose and flavor is almost sweet chocolate with cinnamon, no chili. $5.99 for a 22oz bottle from Julio’s Liquors Westborough, Ma.

Pours black into the glass, with the faintest of ruby to the fringes. The chocolate tan head is initially a 3-finger froth that reduces to a thin cap leaving wispy lace. Chocolate malty aromas abound. The flavors are definitively sweet, with milk and semi-sweet chocolates. The pie spices arrive toward the end of the pull, and the chili pepper does strive to come forth at the back of the tongue, but it just doesn’t hit as full-force as I would have liked. If I hadn’t known the recipe called for it, I don’t know that I would have blithely noted its existence past a "pie spice" contribution. A smooth chocolate milk mouthfeel makes for a nice quaff. I think this brew would suffice better with a touch more complexity, although it does go down well in the transitioning winter mountain weather. Decent enough.