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


3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 13/20
Sregnar35 (832) - Rotterdam, New York, USA - MAR 29, 2009
On tap at Mahars. Pours a nice brown color with little head. Flavor is sweet and nutty, but watery, still good though.

3.1
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 12/20
jcwattsrugger (8704) - Florida and, New Jersey, USA - MAR 28, 2009
12oz bottle-pours a rich light brown head and mahogany color. Aroma is roasty-dark malt, pine hops fades in and out. As it warms molasses too. Taste is ashy-dark malt, earthy hops. As it warms the ashy is replaced by chocolate which improves the taste. Thanks jwc215 for picking this out.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
fidel (1302) - Livermore, California, USA - MAR 24, 2009
Poured reddish dark brown, nutty, roasted malts, bready, molasses, caramel, little dark fruits, slight hops.

2.6
   AROMA 4/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 9/20
944play (307) - Santa Rosa, California, USA - MAR 23, 2009
12oz in mug. Deep brown with medium tan head. Mild raisiny and roasty nose with a touch of sulfur. Flavor is reminiscent of overextracted coffee, rather astringent and puckering. I admit, this is not my favorite style, but I was really hoping for a big toasty, Munich-y wallop.

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
durhambeer (2028) - Durham, North Carolina, USA - MAR 22, 2009
Say, this is a tasty surprise. Pours darker than expected from looking at the bottle. Dark brown pour with tan head. Great lacing. Really a pretty beer. I’m probably rating this a bit high, but this hit the spot and is the kind of beer I’ve been looking for... rich and flavorful but light on the ABV. Nice dark malts, chocolate notes, some dark fruits, but a snappy little hop presence, too. I bought a single, but I’ll be going back for a sixer. Nice.

3.6
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
sebletitje (4011) - Enghien, BELGIUM - MAR 22, 2009
pours dark brown with light mocha head. Aroma is hoppy and pine, some light raisins and nice bready sweetness as well as other dark fruits. Really impressed by it. Taste, hoppy more on floral side, malty some lingering bitterness in the finish and spices. Darkf ruits, light caramel. Could certainly get better with age and lose some of the bitter side.

2.7
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 4/10   PALATE 2/5   OVERALL 12/20
VitaminR (540) - Colorado, USA - MAR 11, 2009
UPDATED: MAY 14, 2009 Sweet raisins and molasses with some slight chocolate notes. Blackish brown, slight and deep red hue, medium tan head. Bitter chocolate and cold coffee flavors, not well-balanced. Big carbonation, slight thinness, fairly clean finish. Not super impressed with this beer. Seemed more like a soulless Stout than a Bock.

3.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
ditmier (1509) - Boise, Idaho, USA - MAR 9, 2009
2009 Bottle - Pours dk brown with a small, ashy tan head...aroma is dark malt, molassas, old fruit...flavour is a bit astringent at first, and continues into a thin and dry minerally chocolate brew, roasty...finish is dry caramel...decent bock...


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