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RATINGS: 722   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.48   SEASONAL: Special   EST. CALORIES: 165   ABV: 5.5%
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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.


3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 14/20
kevd193213 (712) - Hope Valley, Rhode Island, USA - JAN 31, 2010
12 oz bottle. Dark brown cloudy pour with a thin tan head. Aroma of roasted malt, nuts and floral hops. Full bodied taste, a beer you can literally almost chew. Nice even flavor of roasted malt, almonds, dried fruit that finishes with a floral, herbal slightly bitter taste. Nice brew.

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
topherh (1709) - Kearney, Missouri, USA - JAN 30, 2010
Pours dark brown with ruby edges and a tan head. Aroma is rich malt, floral hop, and some roasty notes. Flavor is lightly roasty, some herbal hop, with a bitter finish. Reminds me a lot of the Christmas beer.

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
Aquilo (458) - Berkeley, California, USA - JAN 16, 2010
Dark dark brown with a thick tan head. Aroma is caramel malt, a little bit herbal. Very straightforward flavor, just great malt, and great hops. The balance is perfect too, the hops aren’t too strong, they just create a subtle herbal quality that rounds out the malt flavor perfectly. Very smooth and very drinkable.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
TonyDiUlio (630) - New Jersey, USA - JAN 10, 2010
Quite dark in body with ruby tinges and a medium size, light tan head. Toasted malt aroma that got better as it warmed. Dried fruit in the taste, rich, dry, liquorice and meaty with a light bitter finish. Quite like this drop although I probably couldn’t drink too many at once. Reminds me a bit of there porter as well. A fairly dry bock.

3.2
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 13/20
wyzzywyz22 (1474) - Wirral, Merseyside, ENGLAND - JAN 9, 2010
Bottle, Beer Ritz, Leeds. Poured a dark ruby tinged brown colour with a small head. Aroma not bad, roasted sweet malts and citrus. Flavour was roast malty, not much sweetness. Drinkable enough but lacks any real balance. Pretty underwhelmed really.

3.7
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
aetheon (81) - Beer Dungeon, Minnesota, USA - JAN 2, 2010
Opaque Dark brown, with a good amount of head and moderate lacing, big bouquet. low-medium amount of carbonation. Flavors of dark roasted malts and some coffee, light to medium hops in the finish. Notes of chocolate, grains and maybe black licorice. Overall a pretty good bock with some porter type qualities. I would drink this again, before Id go for a porter most likely.

3.8
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
daknole (5474) - Scottsdale, Arizona, USA - DEC 13, 2009
Brown pour, nice foamy head. Toasted malt, caramel, and some light resin. Flavor is a bit malty sweet but finishes with a really well balanced hop bite. Nice brew.

3.6
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
kwerikson (178) - burlington, New Jersey, USA - DEC 10, 2009
pours out dark brown and thick with a tall frothy coffee colored head that was bubbly. the body is dark and no light penetrated the body. the aromas are toffee and roasted malts. theres some caramel, and plum present. its not bitter to the nose, but rather sweet. it is light bodied and nicely carbonated and finishes pretty dry. i taste caramel, sugar, some pepper, and lightly roasted malts. its refreshing and has a nice aftertaste. it doesnt linger to long and is plesent.


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