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Anchor Bock Beer

Anchor Bock Beer - Dunkel

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 Percentile 
87
overall
Brewed by Anchor Brewing Company
Style: Dunkel

San Francisco, California USA

bottled
common

on tap
available

Broad Distribution
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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
5593.48/5.03.48/5.0Special5.5%98.3Dimpled mug, Lager glass, Stein
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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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 wingman333 (233), Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/104/59/20
Sep 15, 2007  
Roasted overall flavors but very winelike actually, making it a bit too acidic for my liking. It also had a big apple-like aftertaste, which I did not like either. I haven’t tried many bock beers but I think I prefer other offerings from Anchor more.


 llcooldave (309), San Antonio, Texas, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/58/104/517/20
Sep 13, 2007  
Poured a very nice dark reddish brown (I almost thought I was pouring a sweet stout). Head was soapy looking and aroma is a sweet roasted scent. Flavor was also lightly sweet with a roasted coffee aftertaste. Overall, very very nice, with elements of sweet stouts. Definitely will require future purchases!


 pintsize (1042), Austin, Texas, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/513/20
Sep 11, 2007  
Bottle poured into a snifter. Very deep brown with decent head. Nutty roasted, almond-like aroma - more subtle than I hoped. Highly carbonated and quite light weight on the palate - not rich or creamy. No aftertaste. Flavor is there but is very muted. Essentially, this beer was not at all what I expected - but it wasn’t bad. I’d have again.


 lb4lb (2011), Austin, Texas, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Sep 7, 2007  
Rich Chocolately deep brown, but basically black in the glass with mild light tan head. Fairly light smell but it is a roasty, malty smell with chocolately, caramel hints. Rich and carbonated body, with mild sweetness, a slight hint of bitterness and a nice bitter-sweet mild coffee like finish. A touch bland, but my bottle might be quite old. One I’d love to have fresh. Still good nonethess and not a disappointment at all.


 puggy211 (576), cordova, Tennessee, USA
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/513/20
Sep 7, 2007  
12 oz bottle,pours dark brown,tan head,malty nose,light carb,sweet malty litte bitterness,ok but nothing great.


 kp (8400), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
1.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
4/102/52/101/55/20
Sep 1, 2007    Updated: Sep 14, 2008
Date: 06/18/2005
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Noog I

Appearance: clear amber,
Aroma: light sweet malt aroma,
Flavor: not much flavor,
Overall: boring

Aroma: 4/10; Appearance: 4/10; Flavor: 2/10; Palate: 2/10; Overall: 5/20
Rating: 1.4/5.0
Score: 4
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The score was calculated based upon the notes and an old scoring system.


 DougShoemaker (2855), Toronto, Canada
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Aug 31, 2007  
Aroma of liquorice, and roast coffee, dark brown, red at the edges, pours a small toffee head. Flavour is roast malt, raisins, dark bread, woody, nutty. Medium bodied, very bitter, quite dry, tasty. Great.


 BDR (2139), Roseville, Minnesota, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/516/20
Aug 29, 2007  
Many thanks to skyview for this bottle. Intense amber color with faint brown head. A sweet aroma with malt, strong molasses, and faint hops. Sweet malt flavor with molasses hints that quickly switches to a slightly dry, almost imperceptibly bitter hop character rather quickly.



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