Anchor Bock Beer

Brewed by Anchor Brewing Company
Style: Dunkler Bock
San Francisco, California USA

Serve in Dimpled mug, Snifter

Thick frothy biege head,carbonation good,dark brown to black opaque colour.Aroma,liccorice,caramel,molasses,malt.Flavo is strong but good,nice malt,caramel and liccorice sweetness.Finish bitter malty.

Well it’s certainly better than Shiner. Ahem, Pours quite dark brown in the glass, with a decent lighter brown head, that leads into some nice lacing. The malt backbone is substantially lacking in this beer, but it does have a nice bit of spicy bitterness in the finish.

After being unimpressed with my first couple sips, I soon found this to be excellent. It is almost opaque black, rather like a darker porter, with a fairly big, long-lasting dark tan head that slowly shrinks, never vanishes, and leaves very nice lacing. The aroma is alcoholic burtn caramel, toast, a hint of chocolate, caramelized prunes and other fruit. It is reminiscent of a milk or oatmeal stout but not quite as heavy. The taste is similar, with the same elements as above. It starts off rather dry with a light bitterness and faint sourness but becomes more full-bodied with a nice sweetness coming after a few sips. It has a light peppery quality in the finish, along with the toast, burnt caramel, fruit. The chocolate quality is exceedingly faint but, just barely, noticeable. It is exceedingly smooth and drinkable.

Very good. Dark pour with minimal head. Aroma of roasted malt. Taste is roasted with a small amt of hops bitterness.

4.05.08 Had this with Japanese food. Possibly not the best combo? Still good anyway. Probably will go pick up a 6 of this one. Try it.

This is quite good, and bold, yet I wonder if a bock is really the best choice for a spring seasonal. Something lighter perhaps is appropriate. Good bock though.

Bottle. Came across as a little thin and low in flavor intensity. Could use a little more malt backbone to stand up with the top bocks out there. Disappointing.

First impression is that this is a pretty flawless example of the style. Big flavors all over the mouth of roasty, nutty malt and crisp noble hops. Spicy and herbal, while being rustic and earthy. Bitterness does twinkle around in the back, but it’s a very balanced beer. Palate is full and smooth. the more i drink the more the malt starts to fade and the hops come out srtonger. A little bit of a fruity/herbal flavor in there as well, like an apple or cherry. Very nice beer.