Here is yet another of the brews given as a gift. Technically I was given a twelve pack of the Sam Adams Winter Classics. Included in the collection was this offering that was new this holiday season. At least I had never come across it before.
This is Samuel Adams' Cherry Chocolate Bock.
As you can see it is quite opaque. Dark and hard to see through as well.
It certainly is full of both cherry and chocolate flavors.
The first impression that hits you as you begin to drink is the cherry flavor. It is both sweet and a bit tart. Then after a few seconds in the mouth you get a flash of the flavor of chocolate. I swear when you swallow the beer there is a taste akin to a Cherry Coke. In a beer you ask? Yes and as annoying and cloying as that sounds, somehow it works. It is as stated above both sweet and tart and yet you know you're drinking a beer and not soda.
And the brew does go down very smoothly. Still it is too heavy and too sweet to be one of those "all night" or "session" beers. But one or two to celebrate the holidays, or to take the chill out of the winter air? It will do that just fine.
I give it 7 mugs out of 10.
I'll admit that I was chagrined that some of the old standbys that have been in the Sam Adams Winter Classics variety pack in past years were not there. Favorites like the Holiday Porter, or the Scotch Ale. But some of the new offerings were interesting and tasty. The Cherry Chocolate Bock certainly is that. I look forward to it being included in next year's grouping. They just better never replace Old Fezziwigg's Ale!
This is Samuel Adams' Cherry Chocolate Bock.
As you can see it is quite opaque. Dark and hard to see through as well.
It certainly is full of both cherry and chocolate flavors.
The first impression that hits you as you begin to drink is the cherry flavor. It is both sweet and a bit tart. Then after a few seconds in the mouth you get a flash of the flavor of chocolate. I swear when you swallow the beer there is a taste akin to a Cherry Coke. In a beer you ask? Yes and as annoying and cloying as that sounds, somehow it works. It is as stated above both sweet and tart and yet you know you're drinking a beer and not soda.
And the brew does go down very smoothly. Still it is too heavy and too sweet to be one of those "all night" or "session" beers. But one or two to celebrate the holidays, or to take the chill out of the winter air? It will do that just fine.
I give it 7 mugs out of 10.
I'll admit that I was chagrined that some of the old standbys that have been in the Sam Adams Winter Classics variety pack in past years were not there. Favorites like the Holiday Porter, or the Scotch Ale. But some of the new offerings were interesting and tasty. The Cherry Chocolate Bock certainly is that. I look forward to it being included in next year's grouping. They just better never replace Old Fezziwigg's Ale!
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