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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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 frankenkitty (1900), Oak Lawn, Illinois, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
May 17, 2007  
Poured a deep mahogany body beneath a small, khaki head. Dark fruit aroma (prunes & raisins) with a spiced character and mild roastiness. Light terps emerge late. Dark fruity flavor with a sharpness on the tongue that leads the way to an otherwise fluffy moouthfeel. Some coffee notes join in the finish and linger. For a beer brewed "in celebration of the arrival of spring," this goat is quite a different animal than the other Maibocks you’re likely to run into.

<font size=-4>Purchased at <a href=http://www.ratebeer.com/Places/ShowPlace.asp?PlaceID=4035>Kenwood Liquors, Oak Lawn, IL 60453 (and part of <a href=www.ratebeer.com/><a href=http://www.workinlate.com/images/beer/maibock.pdf>my first set of PAID beer reviews!)</font>


 MadIndian (987), Levittown, Pennsylvania, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/104/515/20
May 16, 2007  
Bottle from State Line, Thanks Dennis Bell. Nice dark pour with sweet roast aroma. Roasted toffee taste with a dry finish. This is apretty good brew.


 MesandSim (5790), London, Greater London, England
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/56/103/514/20
May 16, 2007  
A Mes rate: Bottle from Systembolaget Hansacompagniet in Malmö. Overly roasty and quite sweet. Nose is actually quite good with the barley and sweetness. Flavour is bland and pretty average truth be told. A little sticky in the palate. Whatever.


 CEZ (369), Milano, Italy
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
May 15, 2007  
Very dark body and beige tall head. Coffee and floral aroma with an alcohol note in the background. Dark and sweet caramel, immediately followede by black cocoa, burnt grains and hops tanginess. Smooth, dry and drinkable. Another success from Anchor.


 lovemyipas (420), sw burbs, Illinois, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/105/57/104/515/20
May 14, 2007  
pours a very dark caramel color with an impressive four finger fluffy light brown head. aroma is a nice blend of barley malt, and wheat malt with a little hops mixed in with the flavors of coffee and chocolate. has a light to medium body with great lacing and a touch of carbonation. flavor is barley malt and wheat malt, it has some coffee and chocolate characteristics and has a touch of hops in the end. has a malty mouth-feel to it and this is probably one of the best bocks i have had to date. has a small alcohol aroma as it warms and a little caramel aroma and flavor as well. it is a little sticky on the lips and has a dry hop aftertaste along with coffee and chocolate.


 SudsMcDuff (1691), was CapeTown,SA-now Houston, Texas, USA
3.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/55/103/512/20
May 13, 2007  
overall impression is lacking, but dig abit deeper and it shows sum promise...pours a dark ruby brown...low head..some promising lacing...smell is actually quite fine...taste is damn muddled, no balance..aftertaste for a bock is frightening...needs more taste, more sweetness, maybe even more hops..but it REALLY needs more alcohol too... a good beer but overall abit disappointing!


 screwball (796), Motala, Sweden
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
May 11, 2007  
Dark dakrk red-brownish body with a begie head. There is nice citrus hops in the aroma. Flavor brings coffe, dark roasted malt and hops. Maybe to thin.


 Glouglouburp (2778), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/102/514/20
May 10, 2007  
A small beige ring settles on top of a clear dark-ruby body. Aroma and taste is mainly raisins dipped in molasses. Raisins take over the molasses as the beer warms up. A little floury touch. Faint floral hops in the finish. The beer is very simple but could be quite effective if it wasn’t for the lacking body. A bit sticky and airy with a sparse carbonation. The end-result the type of nice but generic bock you get in half the of the USA brewpubs. As effective but also as innovative as a doorstop.



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