Article: GOOD STUFF QUICK HITS FROM THE WORLD OF FOOD BY ANN HELLER; CHOCOLATE BEER A SUBTLE SURPRISE

Valentine's Day traditionally is celebrated with a heart-shaped box of chocolates. But the quickest way to a man's heart might be chocolate beer.

Samuel Adams has teamed up with Scharffen Berger Chocolate to create Samuel Adams Chocolate Bock, a dark, malty beer with the subtle sweetness of chocolate.

Brewed at the Samuel Adams Brewery in Cincinnati and released this month to coincide with Valentine's Day, the limited-edition beer was aged on a bed of chocolate made with cocoa beans from Ghana.

The `Choc Bock,' as we've dubbed it, has a malty nose and a smooth taste. The chocolate flavor is mellow, rather than overpowering. It lingers on the tongue for a velvety finish. Though dark, the beer ...

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