Double Bock
Samuel Adams in Boston, Massachusetts, United States 🇺🇸
Bock - Doppelbock Rotating|
Score
6.75
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Intense and warming, a meal in a bottle.
One can not help but appreciate Samuel Adams Double Bock's huge malt character. We use an enormous amount of malt, half a pound per bottle, to brew this intensely rich lager. Its deep brown-ruby color is all made in the kettle - no black malt is used, resulting in a rich sweetness that is free of the rough taste of burnt malt. All that remains is the velvet smooth flavor and mouthfeel of the two row malt. Samuel Adams Double Bock's intense malt character is balanced with a subtle piney, citrus hop note from the German Noble hops.
One can not help but appreciate Samuel Adams Double Bock's huge malt character. We use an enormous amount of malt, half a pound per bottle, to brew this intensely rich lager. Its deep brown-ruby color is all made in the kettle - no black malt is used, resulting in a rich sweetness that is free of the rough taste of burnt malt. All that remains is the velvet smooth flavor and mouthfeel of the two row malt. Samuel Adams Double Bock's intense malt character is balanced with a subtle piney, citrus hop note from the German Noble hops.
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7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottled into optimal or mug. Brownish clear pour, caramel and bread scents. Similar taste, a bit too sweet and notable burn but pretty nice effort
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 May 2025
at 01:13
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle. Color was an amber, brown with a decent head. Taste was very malty, fruit cake and slightly sweet. Aroma was dried fruit, caramel, and fruit cake.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Mar 2025
at 04:40
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
From old tasting notes. Deep reddish brown color. Creamy tan head. Rich, roasted malt aroma. Maybe like Boston Baked Beans? Intensely rich roasted malt character. Complex and full bodied with hints of caramel, licorice and currants. Cloyingly long finish . Wonderful, Rich bittersweet aftertaste. Very good.
Tried
on 12 Jul 2017
at 20:19
8/10
Tried
on 09 Jul 2016
at 11:58
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12oz bottle on 13th May 2016 in California while on holiday. Clear deep amber with a red hue, poured into a Corsendonk badged tulip. Semi-sweet malty affair with caramel to the fore, liked it.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 May 2016
at 01:37
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle from On the Fly Gasmart. Clear brown pour with medium foamy beige head. Very sweet malty aroma, tree nuts, wood, peat. Taste increases the sweetness, slick, almost syrupy feel. Slightly woody, bitter finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Sep 2015
at 19:19
7/10
Tried
on 21 Feb 2015
at 13:52
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at Granite State on tap. Deep brown with a smallish quickly dissipating off white head. Huge bready caramel raisin dried fruity maltiness with just a touch of alcohol and earthy hop to balance. Nice sipper that I need to spend a little more time getting to know.
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Nov 2014
at 20:14
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
Purchased from Breeze In, Lemon Creek/Juneau, AK.
Grumbler was poured into a mug and a pilsener. Pretty much the same in both glasses.
The appearance was a semi-dark red to brown color with a decent transparency about it to allow a stringy carbonation to be seen rising. The head was about less than a finger’s worth. The lacing in both glasses was speckled and sliding right on into the beer.
The smell started off with a decent caramel to bready earthy toast. A light dark chocolate came across decently.
The taste was roasty and sweet through all of the previously mentioned flavors.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a decent sessionability about it. The carbonation was there and good for the doppelbock style.
Overall, its good for the style for the most part and you know I would have this again, though, it ain’t no Celebrator, this one is still worthy for the most part.
Grumbler was poured into a mug and a pilsener. Pretty much the same in both glasses.
The appearance was a semi-dark red to brown color with a decent transparency about it to allow a stringy carbonation to be seen rising. The head was about less than a finger’s worth. The lacing in both glasses was speckled and sliding right on into the beer.
The smell started off with a decent caramel to bready earthy toast. A light dark chocolate came across decently.
The taste was roasty and sweet through all of the previously mentioned flavors.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to medium on the body with a decent sessionability about it. The carbonation was there and good for the doppelbock style.
Overall, its good for the style for the most part and you know I would have this again, though, it ain’t no Celebrator, this one is still worthy for the most part.
Tried
on 25 Aug 2014
at 02:42
7/10
--- Beer merged from original tick of Samuel Adams Imperial Series Double Bock on 24 Jul 2014 at 10:10 - Score: 7
Tried
on 27 Jun 2014
at 11:02