Anchor Bock Beer

Brewed by Anchor Brewing Company
Style: Dunkler Bock
San Francisco, California USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Snifter

One of the finest bock beers. Goes great with bock bread. Tried it in Laughlin and one of the steak houses.

The special-release, super-high ABV, oak-aged-with-gold-leaf brews are great and all, but every once in a while, it’s nice to find an everyday beer with no obvious flaws. Anchor Bock is just that - good and steady. 12oz pours a clear brown with a perfect-sized foamy khaki head that condenses to a dense little ring. Aroma is a wacky mix of toffee, butterscotch, and sweet flowering berries. Once it hits the tongue, a nice beefy backbone of malts carries the brew and most of the toffee/butterscotch sweet smells fade away. The floral hops pop out after the intial malt blast fades, but this beer sticks with you for quite a while with a long, long finish of earthiness.

tasting on 5/8/10. deep brown pour with a thin tan head... sweet malty nose with some fruit notes... medium to light body with raisins, grapes and sweet malts. decent.

Heavy malt taste, definite toffee, roasty feel...nice thick head, almost no hops present

Aroma/Taste: Toffee, berries, fruits Appearance: Very simple. A bit of head but not outrageous Palate: Excellent. Fairly strong flavor but still went down easy. Overall: One of the better bocks I’ve tried. I’m becoming a fan of Anchor

Pours deep dark and sassy brown. The head is a tan to copperish color with a slight lace. Malt, baking chocolate, and a light roast scent make the bouquet. The body is heavy and the mouthfeel is balanced with malty caramel flavors. The finish is lighter and abrupt.

Mixed berry nose. Pours chocolate. Complex taste of mild licorice, berry and marshmallow malt. Rated 4/10/10

Teak pour, mocha head. Nose is resplendent with Munich malt, plus hints of pomegranate and dirty/minty hops. Chalk dust, winey and molasses notes; smells oxidized. Tastes of tart blackberry, burnt sugar, butter, shiny new magazine, balsamic vinegar, prunes and dates- very, very fruity. Thickish and a little bit greasy on the tongue. Coffee and lemon rind aftertaste.