Name: Samuel Adam's: Chocolate Bock
Brewed In/Type: Boston, MA / Bock
Bought at/Price: Binny's / $14.99
Dennis: This beer tastes almost exactly like what you would expect from the label name. If you've very had a chocolate stout before you'll know what's coming pretty much. The aroma is cocoa and chocolate with a slight caramel sweetness hiding behind it. The body is light enough and not syrupy, with a decent malt backbone to support the sweet chocolate (Scharffen Berger Chocolate according to the website). Nicely done, tastes great, but not amazing enough to justify the inflated price especially at only 5.6%.
Jen: I am not usually a fan of bocks but anything with chocolate is a thumbs up in my book. It is nice and smooth, with an unusual cocoa like taste to it. The roasted malts are easily tasted and this brew ends with a nice chalky aftertaste. If this wasn't soo expensive, it would become a once a year buy. Nice to try once, but we won't drink this again, unless Sam cuts the $$.
Rating: 3.25 out of 5