Samuel Adams Cinder Bock
Sam Adams has just released 4 beer in the brewery’s new Small Batch Series, and aren’t stopping there. Cinder Bock looks to join the crew next year. Cinder is billed as a “rauchbock” or smoke bock.
Unusual and playful this half-breed brew begins with a rush of smoky, almost savory, aromas and flavors. The distinctive campfire smokiness of a rauchbier lingers and beings to reveal the rich and velvety malt smoothness of a double bock with a notes of toffee and caramel. This roguish brew transforms from its bold start to a hearty and satisfying finish.
Unusual and playful this half-breed brew begins with a rush of smoky, almost savory, aromas and flavors. The distinctive campfire smokiness of a rauchbier lingers and beings to reveal the rich and velvety malt smoothness of a double bock with a notes of toffee and caramel. This roguish brew transforms from its bold start to a hearty and satisfying finish.
3.5
268 reviews
Boston, United States
Community reviews
bottle - This brew has a pleasant wood smoke aroma with caramel/toffee malt character. It’s very sweet tasting with caramel and smoke. Hops presence is minimal, even in the finish, with malt sweetness and smoke lingering in this full bodied brew. Very good.
While I’m not usually a fan of smoked beers, this one wasn’t too bad. Smoke and malt on the nose with just a little sweetness; follows onto the palate. Finishes with sweetness, toffee-like flavors.
Rated on 6-04-2012 (Bottle-Batch No. 1) This beer pours a medium sized semi-fizzy ivory head that mostly diminishes, transparent deep orange body, very fizzy, fast rising carbonation, and a fair amount of lacing adorns my glass. The aroma is lightly smokey, hops and caramel malt. The flavor is lightly smokey, hops and caramel malt. The mouthfeel is lively and this beer is light-medium bodied. This beer is not very smokey for the style. It is easy to drink and the ABV is well hidden. This is not one of my favorite beer styles but it is worth trying.
Bottle. Pours reddish brown with a lacy tan head. Aroma was sweet and smoky with caramel and toffee. Flavor was quite sweet and malty with caramel, smoke, brown bread and toffee.
Bottle bought through craftbeer.se. Pours rubyish dark brown with a frothy and fizzy brownish beige head that quickly dissipates while leaving a small trace on the glass. Smell is sweet, malty and smokey with sweet dark bread, smoked sausage, dried ham, hay, caramel, golden syrup, burnt wood, smoke and hints of sweet soy sauce. Taste is sweet, bitter, malty and smokey with sweet dark bread, caramel, biscuits, dry cured ham, smoked sausage, hay, butterscotch hard candy, burnt wood, smoke, burnt cereal, persimmon, alcohol, sweet soy sauce and toffee. Mouthfeel is syrupy, round, sticky sweet, tiny boozy and medium to full bodied. Finish is sweet, bitter, malty and smokey with caramel, sweet dark bread, biscuits, hay, moist soil, burnt wood, smoke, sweet soy sauce, smoked sausage and hints of orange peal. Solid offering that’s slightly too sweet and heavy to be really enjoyable.
Iffy idk bout this style im sure its good if u like this style but def not for me strong abv tho!
Very good strong bock beer. Sam Adams continues to surprise me with tasty beers!
Pours a muddy brown with a light tan head and sweet malty caramel aroma. Taste is of sweet malt and caramel up front, with underlying burnt bread and biscuit with a strong, malty finish.
Bomber. Pours a a dark muddy brown pour with a java colored losse head. Nose is deep malt and caramel with a bit of liquid smoke. Taste is very rich malt and intense caramel with smoke and some sweetness breaking through. Finishes on the same rich and heavy tasting notes, definitely heavy on the palate while drinking and through the finish. Alcohol buried in the taste. Quaff Score 7 / 10
Lots of caramel malt. Sweet, rich, almost syrupy but not cloying. Not too strong or bacony, just a nice oaky smoke flavor.
Nice smoky aroma and a nice appearance. Is to bitter, smoky and bitter for my taste. Seems a little bit salty
22oz bottle served in a Allagash cervoise glass
Batch - 1
A - Dark brown tea colored body with 2 fingers of yellowish tan head. Bubbles are fine and stick to the glass quite well. Excellent retention for such a high abv.
S - Toasted bread, faint smokiness in the background, some fruity yeast wrapped in a hefty malt bill, toasted caramel, smokey molasses, candied bacon
T - Sweet upfront followed by salty caramel, molasses, brown bread, sticky dried dark fruits, smoke is very faint is only an accent to the strong malt base. Finishes sticky, nutty, and sweet.
M - Full bodied, creamy carbonation, sweet rich finish.
Sweeter than expected. Wish the smoke showed up a bit more. It needed another balancing component to combat the malts. Drinks very easy for such a high ABV. I would have never have guessed his to be ABV 9.4.
Not sure how old this is but I think batch - 1’s smoke has faded.
Serving type: bottle
05-04-2013
Smells like a bag of teriyaki jerky. It is a golden brown. Taste is very jerky/malty.
Pours a clear red-orange amber with fizzy head and decent lacing. At first whiff, cold, freshly poured, the aroma is all smoked meats and jerky. At this point, I don’t even know if I’m going to be finishing this bomber. The flavor was similar, but more tolerable due to sweeter caramel malts and a light earthy bitterness. Smoky throughout. Alcohol well-hidden, better as it warms and settles. No problem finishing at the end, but this style still hasn’t won me over yet.
Bomber bottle. Ruby amber with orangish head. Aroma very malty, caramel, slight smoke and dark sugar. Taste is similar, toffee, dark sugar, perfume and alcohol.
Bottle 1 pt 6 fl oz, at Printz in Stockholm (Tele2 Arena) on October 26, 2013.
Marked with Batch No. 2 on the back label.
Hazy reddish brown color, small tan head. Sweet, malty, alcohol scent. Some more complex sugars and higher alcohols. Malty, toffee, some light smoke, sweet taste. Grainy and sweet aftertaste. Medium a bit fizzy mouthfeel, medium bitterness. Also some smoked aftertaste. Bottle wasn’t gushing, but was slowly working the foam/head out of the bottle by itself. A light Fusarium contamination on the grains perhaps?
(bottle) clear bright amber colour with a small tan head; aromas of smoke, roast, toffee; thick palate; rich and balanced flavour; very nice
Pours a little lighter in color and more carbonated then expected for a double bock. Otherwise this is a tasty beer and the best offering I’ve tasted from Samuel Adams so far. Nice smoky taste with a sweetness that actually reminds me more of a barley wine then a double bock.
Bottle. Hazy deep ruby liquid with small off-white head. Aroma of light smoke, toffee, bread, light ham, toast and light raw sugar. Taste is light to medium sweet and light bitter with notes of light smoke, toffee, bread and light raw sugar. Medium bodied with low to medium carbonation. Quite nice.
Because I absolutely love Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Urbock I was really excited to try this a year or two ago. I tried it and hated it so much that I figured I had a bad bottle so I tried it again this weekend. It may have gotten worse. Weird bitterness with not nearly enough smokiness.
Yuck. Beer was ranked with a different program and BeerBuddy would not let me import my information.
Rich roast malt chocolate aroma. Dark brown colour with good head and lacing. Malt nutty chocolate flavour. Smooth long lingering palate.
Looking great with three fingers of tan head on a cloudy, reddish brown colored body.
The aroma has a lot of smoke and a little anise and black licorice. Nice if you like that.
The taste is quite sweet all the way through, a touch of smoke with burnt wood middle to end, fairly complex with good balance.
The texture is soft, slightly sticky with low to moderate carbonation.
Pretty good overall, but a bit too sweet for my taste. I enjoyed the smoke though.
Samuel Adams Cinder Bock is a very clear, dense, copper beer with a soft, fluffy, yellowed foam that has great staying power. It’s mostly smoke in the aroma, but a tart malt is detected as well. It smells a touch sweet. It’s very full bodied and smooth with a creamy, chewy finish. The flavor is much like the the aroma: smoke and tart malt. There’s a slightly sweet, herbal flavor that’s somewhere between cola and a cough drop. Smoke is the dominant flavor here. When combined with the malt, it comes off as umami. There’s a sort of salmiakki aftertaste. This is reasonably bold and complex. It’s a sipping beer with a lot of character. There are subtleties to it, but the overall flavor is quite bold.
After spotting this while up in Maine for the weekend, I grabbed one. When I looked it up, the first review gave me a laugh, so I’m still chuckling over the aroma of ’beggin’ strips.’
That said, yes, I can see where that may be slightly possible, but for me this is much more reminiscent of my standby doppel from Ayinger. Sure it’s even sweeter and not quite as balanced, but for who it’s made by I have to say this isn’t bad.
Firm, somewhat lively carbonation, heavier mouthfeel, plenty of dough and malt all day. I think the nose and color are the strongest qualities here.
Overall, not too subtle, but absolutely worth a go, especially at $6 for 22oz.
This could be the weirdest rating ever..... But my brother and I both agree that the aroma was consistent with Beggin Strips dog treats. That being said, I always wondered what that delicious meat candy taste like. Now, I got the feeling I know.
Pours a dark amber, with a whitish tan head. Aroma is malty with sweet notes of caramel. Taste is rich and complex, with lots of malty sweetness. Smooth and quite drinkable. I really like this one. Thumbs way up!
Fantastic bock. Very Smokey flavor that lingers on the palate. You taste the smoked ham(win!) Finishes with a subtle hoppyness. Aroma is well balanced with a strong Smokey character. You’re definitely at a barbecue with this one.
Caramel, chocolate, toast, sweet and smoky,bold rich flavors, alcohol at 9.4% which leave you feeling well after one.
22oz. bottle. Aroma of faintly sweet, toasty dark caramel malts, some light woody smoke and earthiness, with tinges of herbal hop, almond and background cherry fruitiness. Hazy, deep, dark amber color, with a fine, creamy, lasting ivory head and some very impressive lacing, quite impressive in the glass overall. Flavor profile shows plenty of rich, bready, toasty caramel malt throughout, blending with the fairly tame level of smokiness and some light-moderate hop bitterness, finishing a bit drier and fruitier, with more of that lingering cherry tone underneath. Very smooth and full on the palate with a substantial body. Alcohol is nary a factor, other than towards the end of the bottle when it begins to take effect. I would have preferred a tad more smoke, personally, but this is still a very nice Doppelbock.