Triple Bock
Samuel Adams in Boston, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Strong Ale Rotating Out of Production|
Score
6.60
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Triple Bock is complex, elegant, and has the depth and complexity of a fine cognac, vintage port or an old sherry. Non-carbonated, ruby-black, and very special, Triple Bock should be sipped from a small snifter in a two-ounce serving.
This is a beer to savor, and sip slowly. Triple Bock has a brandy-like warmth and a complex melange of fruity, woody, and toffee-like flavors. Let the aroma fill your mouth and nose with rich malt and fruit overtones. Savor and appreciate its enormous character.
Serve Triple Bock as you would a fine sherry, at room temperature, in a small snifter. One bottle generously serves two or three. Recork and store standing up. Once poured into a small glass, the layers of aroma and flavor will continue to evolve as the deep ruby brew warms in the hand. There have been only three vintages produced: 1994, 1995 and 1997.
This is a beer to savor, and sip slowly. Triple Bock has a brandy-like warmth and a complex melange of fruity, woody, and toffee-like flavors. Let the aroma fill your mouth and nose with rich malt and fruit overtones. Savor and appreciate its enormous character.
Serve Triple Bock as you would a fine sherry, at room temperature, in a small snifter. One bottle generously serves two or three. Recork and store standing up. Once poured into a small glass, the layers of aroma and flavor will continue to evolve as the deep ruby brew warms in the hand. There have been only three vintages produced: 1994, 1995 and 1997.
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6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Actually not that bad after 20 years. Like a chocolately barley wine. Thick and oily consistency. Sweet and remarkably free of booze. Light soy. Bottle, big thanks to Travlr.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Mar 2016
at 15:55
6.8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 4
Overall 6
1995 bottle, filtered to exclude the cork. Dark clear ruby brown color, flat. Aroma of overbaked chocolate brownies. Taste has port wine, tannins. Interesting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Mar 2016
at 15:51
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 4
Overall 8
Dark brown cloudy color. Tons of dark chocolate, caramel, prunes, dark cherries, maples in the nose. Very intense and wonderful. Virtually no carbonation, like flat. Intense, maple syrup, cacao, oak, dark fruit notes. Rounded and deceptively drinkable for 17%. This was aged 18 years and finally it is peaking
Tried
on 26 Dec 2015
at 20:44
7.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 10
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Rated from rating notes made over 10 years ago. Pours very dark, no noticeable head. Smells like prunes, sherry, an a bad red wine. Very unlike beer, at least in the traditional sense. More like a sweet port. Thick, sweet and warm with all sorts of flavors coming through: wood, prunes, maple syrup, cognac. It does grow on you, but this one is hard to rate. Felt very much like a liquor.
Tried
on 26 Dec 2015
at 07:22
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
250ml bottle, v1997. Black color with No head. Malty aroma, dark dried fruits, figs, plums, some chocolate, caramel, wood, alcohol. Sweet and bitter taste like aroma with soy sauce. Medium to full sticky body with flat carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Sep 2015
at 03:15
8/10
Tried
on 13 Jul 2015
at 16:46
2/10
Tried
on 15 May 2015
at 21:14
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at Toms 10 yr anniversary. Just huge thanks to Ang Reakt. Like a dry oloroso sherry. Soy sauce salt. Just stunning. Meaty bovril. Lovely. Amazing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Mar 2015
at 10:29
8/10
Tried
on 29 Mar 2015
at 10:29
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5
1995 Vintage. 250mL bottle, courtesy of fiulijn (thanks Alex), pours an opaque dark amber-brown with no head. Nose is sure thick, with salt and soy sauce upfront, with liqueur and more salt. Flavour is bizarre, with very sour notes, liqueur, and soy sauce - obviously lots of oxidation at this point. What a strange beer. Never had anything like this. Not a total disaster, but it's not really enjoyable. Cool to try, but not exactly refined.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jan 2015
at 02:09