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Boston Beer Company (Sam Adams): Samuel Adams Triple Bock

This bock is/was brewed by Boston Beer Company (Sam Adams) in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. It's achieved an overall score of 46.04%. Based on 1 tasting, the average ABV is 17.50%.

Historical Community Tasting Notes

Preserved from the RateBeer community archive (circa 2000–2018)

1994 bottle - It poured no head, no lacing, opaque body, with a red-black hue. The nose was sweet, also alcohol and wine with a sweet, wine taste to it. The palate was tingly, smooth, sticky and it had a burning sensation as it was swallowed. It was medium bodied. This was so-so, but not a beer that I want to drink again even if the opportunity pre
1997 bottle. Well, I guess I'll go against the grain on this one. We opened it on a whim, my friend Jeff mentioned it, and I said "sure, I've got one in the garage". We got more sweet smells out of it than that much publicized "soy sauce". Small samples passed around the table, spent a lot of time smelling it - like a sweet brandy or port wine.
I bought a half dozen of the '94 bottles in '94 and after drinking a few I just buried them in the closet because they were just hard to enjoy. The '94 has gotten much better over time, and my last bottle won't get opened for a few more years. This is a still "beer" with a very dark brown color. The nose reminded me of cream sherry with tons of

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In Book 502 on page 6 (visualisation):

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Date and Time Container Pub/Place and Where Strength ABV Colour Score Components Score Descriptive word(s) Book No.
2nd May 2001 at 8:25 pm bottle (home - yard), Liverpool, Merseyside, England 17.50 black and cloudy Taste: 58.82%
Head: 0%
Aroma: 80%
Ease: 44.44%
Clarity: 0%
 46.037% marmite 2

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Other Beers (etc.) by Boston Beer Company (Sam Adams)

Apart from Samuel Adams Triple Bock, Hop Horizons lists 30 others by Boston Beer Company (Sam Adams). These are:
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Samuel Adams Blackberry Witbier
Samuel Adams Boston Ale
Samuel Adams Boston Lager
Samuel Adams Cherry Wheat
Samuel Adams Cinder Bock
Samuel Adams Coastal Wheat
Samuel Adams Double Bock (Imperial Series)
Samuel Adams Harvest Pumpkin Ale
Samuel Adams Imperial Stout
Samuel Adams Imperial White
Samuel Adams Latitude 48 IPA
Samuel Adams Light
Samuel Adams Light (4.3% version)
Samuel Adams Longshot: Beer Flower Wheat
Samuel Adams Longshot: Strawberry Lager
Samuel Adams Noble Pils
Samuel Adams Octoberfest
Samuel Adams Octoberfest (5.3% version)
Samuel Adams Pale Ale
Samuel Adams Rebel IPA
Samuel Adams Rebel Rider IPA
Samuel Adams Rustic Saison
Samuel Adams Spring Lager
Samuel Adams Summer Ale
Samuel Adams Verloren Gose
Samuel Adams Wee Heavy (Imperial Series)
Samuel Adams Weiss Bier
Samuel Adams White Ale
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