Chocolate Bock was offered as a special edition brew a few years ago. When I looked it up I saw references to it back in 2005. I recall seeing a large (24 oz?) bottle of it at The Still about 2 years ago, but it was gone by the time I decided it was worth the $10+ price tag. Well they've brought it back as part of the Winter Classics variety pack. Now Bocks are generally considered a Spring beer, but chocolate, well, what better to evoke the food-centric aspects of the Winter holidays? The chocolate in Sam Adams Chocolate Bock like in many flavored beers, mostly overwhelms the underlying distinctiveness of the beer
style, so it's not immediately evident that you're drinking a bock. But if you can get past that fact, this is a delicious and fun beer to have at your Christmas party or with dessert after Thanksgiving dinner.
It pours a dark brown with a thick 2-finger tan head that never really goes away. Of course chocolate predominates, but dark chocolate seems to come through. Not as thick as I imagined it would be, but very good and am looking forward to having a few more!
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