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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.


3.2
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
jdmhawk (31) - Bettendorf, Iowa, USA - MAY 30, 2008
aroma is of sweet alcohol and hints of malty caramel. pours almost black with a thick creamy tan head. flavor is nutty, bready and grainy with some hops and sourness.

3.6
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
spikester (602) - Salem, Oregon, USA - MAY 24, 2008
UPDATED: AUG 21, 2008 Pours dark brown almost black with a good sized tan head. Plenty of tan lacings. Aroma is of roasted malts. Taste is mild soy and molasses, nice amount of bitter hops. Well balanced brew. Not one I will drink daily but very enjoyable as a change of pace. Good job Anchor!

3.7
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 15/20
morrdt (646) - Dirty Mo’, North Carolina, USA - MAY 23, 2008
12 oz. single bottle from Total Wine. Pours a dark brown color with a light tan head. Aroma is sweet malts with a bit hops and some fruity notes. Taste is nutty, roasted malt and a light hopped finish. Easy to drink and very tasty, I will grab a six pack of this the next time I see it.

3.5
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
Delirium (563) - Copenhagen, DENMARK - MAY 23, 2008
UPDATED: MAY 28, 2008 Bottle. Pours dark brown with a moderately large brown head. Aroma is sweet malt---bread and dark fruits predominating---with some herbal hops. Flavor is bready, nutty, a little roast, a little grain, possibly a sour note, and a short finish with a few hops. A bit unusual, with crisp, almost sharp malt instead of the usual bock malt character. Pretty good though.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Marc (485) - Yokosuka, JAPAN - MAY 18, 2008
Attractive tawny garnet body with a tight slightly oily tan head. Bread, gain, cream, and plums with an undercurrent of dark green herbal hops. Mouthfeel is a little on the bright side, was hoping for a tad more thickness. Brassy grains, raisins, coco powder, and toasted biscuit. Finishes with a bit of malted milk and is gone.

3.2
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
Brewbie (349) - New York, USA - MAY 17, 2008
12oz bottle. very dark with amber highlights, fluffy brown head. aroma of hops and malt. slightly bitter first taste. smooth dry finish, nutty. nice beer

3.3
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
FROTHINGSLOSH (3209) - GREENSBURG, Pennsylvania, USA - MAY 17, 2008
Sampled from a 12 oz brown bottle this beer poured a very dark brown color with ruby highlights and a a very large brown head. The aroma was sweet, malty and lightly roasty. The flavor was tangy, bitter, roasty and a but nutty with a long tangy an d roasty finish. The mouthfeel was decently thick. Decent but rather forgettable.

3.1
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
Bungalo22 (326) - Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA - MAY 11, 2008
A nice looking beer when poured into a mug. A great head that sticks around with a beautiful mahogany body. One of the nicer looking bocks and beers I have seen. The aroma is full of nuts and you even pull a bitter aroma if that is possible, you get a good sense of what is coming. The first taste is bitter and nutty. Nice but it sits a little off on the palate. As is usual with me it betters as it warms. I may just start drinking everything at room temperature to start.


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