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Anchor Bock Beer

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5623.48/5.03.47/5.0Special5.5%98.4Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein
Commercial Description:
Keg and bottle: Filtered.
First brewed in 2005.
Ingredients: Finest barley malts, wheat malts, and fresh whole hops.
Bock beer, released in celebration of the arrival of spring, is an ancient and mysterious part of the brewing tradition. Over time, the term "bock" has come to mean a beer darker and stronger than the brewery’s regular brew. This is the first time we have brewed a bock at Anchor Brewing Co., and we hope you will find it to be a rich and flavorful addition to our offerings. San Francisco’s Anchor Bock Beer is virtually handmade by the brewers of Anchor Steam® Beer, in one of the most traditional small breweries in the world.
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 redgold07 (308), Irving, Texas, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/103/513/20
Jan 9, 2008  
Pours a very dark ruby color, slightly opaque, with a small off-white head. Aroma is of caramel, slightly toasted, and nutty. The flavor is toasty, of chocolate, caramel, nuts, and coffee. The mouth feel is a little thin for my liking... especially in such a malty beer. Overall, quite good... I personally like it better than the Steam... sorry. 12 oz. bottle.


 kidmartinek (981), austin, Texas, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/57/104/516/20
Jan 7, 2008  
Pours very smoothly and flowing. A dark brown beer, with good moderately lasting tan head. Has a pleasant, sugary, malt aroma. It’s got the best malt taste of any malty beer i’ve ever had.


 STEPHENDR (478), California, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Jan 3, 2008  
12 oz. glass bottle- color of deep brown, with nice tan a head - nose of sweet malt, coco, and some dark fruit – taste of cappuccino, and malt simple but good- body is medium, dry and with medium carbonation – aftertaste of cappuccino, and dark milk chocolate


 Crafty07 (392), Florence, Kentucky, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/59/104/517/20
Dec 28, 2007  
Poured from the familiar squat 12 oz bottle, this smooth, sweet elixer is an exceptional dark bock that, again, is undeserving of its 84 percentile rating on this site. I believe it loses points because it has a low hops presense. Read the definition of what a Dunkler Bock is supposed to be! sweet, malty, nutty, and low carbination allow this to be an extremely quaffable beer!


 dkoonce (884), People’s Republic of Athens, Ohio, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/512/20
Dec 26, 2007  
Bottle. Lives up to its name in appearance and aroma. Dark, without much of a head. Malty, almost molasses, aroma, without much evident hops. Thick, with a caramel, molasses flavor that almost sticks to the tongue. Too sweet.


 TrefwoordPunk (556), Leiden, Netherlands
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/104/54/104/510/20
Dec 18, 2007  
Bottle 35,5 cl. Pours almost black with a yellowish tan head and a weak aroma of smoke and caramel. Aroma is a bit sweet with lots of roasted malts and caramel. Tastes more like a Porter than a Dunkler Bock. Finish is really short, both hoppy and metallic, unfortunately I didn’t like this one that much


 Ron (1020), Rochester, New York, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/512/20
Dec 4, 2007  
I opened this when I thought New England was finally going to lose a game last night. But they pulled it out again. I had cellared this one since spring and I think it helped mellow the beer. Pours dark black/brown with a frothy tan head. It has a sweet malty aroma and flavor. Palate is medium/light, a bit of sharp carbonation, and lightly sweet. Fairly balanced light flavor with a mild bitter hops bite at the end..


 joohefner (380), Isla Vista, California, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/516/20
Nov 14, 2007  
caramel color with a small tan head. nut brittle aroma: toffee and nuts with some dark fruits. creamy, smooth, and thick body. toffee malt flavor with a light floral hop note, nuts, and prunes. very well balanced and just overall great



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