A friend of mine brought over a couple of bottles of this to a party we hosted on Saturday. I’m not a big fan of chocolate flavoured beers (I added the extra “u” to be pretentious) so I was a bit hesitant to try it.
But it actually surprised me. I was expecting an almost overwhelming chocolate taste or something on the coffee side. I don’t know why. But the chocolate in this bock is nicely understated. It’s very malty and meaty…not something you normally hear about a beer. But meaty was the first thing that came to mind. Maybe the slightest hint of hazelnut? I dunno. I’m pretty terrible at identifying shit like that. I really liked that it wasn’t bitter like so many chocolate beers I have had. In fact, I would say this is my second-favorite chocolate beer after Young’s Double Chocolate Stout. That’s a good beer, my friends.
As understated as it is, I still consider it to be a dessert beer. Certainly not a session beer. Maybe some fruit or some cheesecake to go along with it. Yeah…I could see that.
My Rating: 7 out of 10
Filed under: Beers | Tagged: Bock, Massachusetts
I love Young’s Double Choc, especially on tap, though more than two and the sweetness just gets to me. Rogue makes a DubChoc too that is pretty comparable.
Uncool – I’ve only had Young’s in the bottle or can. Never seen Rogue’s, but I don’t really search out chocolate beers. I generally like hoppy over malty and the chocolate beers are always super malty.
I prefer my beers to be fruity if they’re going to be flavored and I’m not super stoked over bocks aside from double bock with high abv
but the bottle is cool so maaaaaybe I will try it.
This is a good beer to try. I liked it a little more than the Young’s but you can’t go wrong with either really.