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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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 bethmatt0421 (317), Covington, Kentucky, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/102/57/103/514/20
Feb 16, 2007  
Nice amount of medium bodied malts, light chocolates, weak coffee, bready, with a fairly bitter finish. Palate is a little to thin for me but its not terrible dissapointing.


 atpayne (615), Zionsville, Indiana, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/103/514/20
Feb 13, 2007  
Pours a great brown with red and settles dark brown with a large tan head. the aroma is a crisp and sharp earthy malt. Big peat malt and a spiciness giving hints of the great character from Anchor’s OSA. Earthy malt flavor, a little coffee and peat, spicy and some sweetness. A nice mix of irregular flavors. Finish is earthy, and smoky.


 ekstedt (2411), Göteborg, Sweden
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/104/514/20
Feb 11, 2007    Updated: May 7, 2007
Bottle, 355 ml. Pours dark brown with thick foamy beige head. Generous malt aroma with chocolate, coffee, dark bread, and grapefruity hops. Creamy mouthfeel, medium bodied, nicely restrained malt sweetness with some bitterness and also some acidity. A good beer, but should it really be called a bock?


 Ernest (4481), Boulder, Colorado, USA
2.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/103/55/103/510/20
Feb 9, 2007  
Bottle. Head is initially average sized, frothy, light brown, mostly diminishing. Body is dark amber/brown. Aroma is moderately malty (roasted grain), with light notes of balsamic vinegar, mushrooms, plastic, paint, coffee grounds. Flavor is moderately sweet, lightly to moderately acidic, lightly bitter. Finish is lightly sweet, lightly to moderately acidic, moderately bitter. Medium body, watery texture, lively carbonation.


 luckygirl (1221), Boulder, Colorado, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/58/104/517/20
Feb 9, 2007  
Bottled. Beer is dark red-brown. Head is initially small, off-white, creamy-frothy. Diminishes quickly into a run and a surface mist.<P> Initially the aroma is quite earthy and engaging. Malty with light notes of toasted grain, toasted rye bread crust, chocolate and coffee; Hoppy with a bright note of moderate dried apricot and a light note of resin; Yeasty with a light note of basement; Tons of curious miscellaneous notes, which include a moderate note of dried porcini mushroom, light notes of tomato sauce, vinous balsamic vinegar, trace of top soil.<P> The flavor is moderately-to-heavily sweet, lightly acidic, moderately bitter. The finish is average, lightly acidic, lightly bitter, lightly sweet.<P> The body is medium, the texture is watery and the carbonation is lively.<P> Overall, very unique and engaging. Great balance of bitter and sweet, earthy and bright. Unusal notes in the aroma that are fun to discover.


 thegreenrooster (1811), St.louis, Missouri, USA
3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/56/103/512/20
Feb 9, 2007  
Pour is a dark with with a average with head. Aroma is a nice malt and hops mix. Makes we want to take a sip right away. Flavor is nice caramel malts lots of chocolate and some hops come through in the end. Nice effort for a bock a very easy style to dislike.


 orville (160), Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/56/103/512/20
Feb 9, 2007  
(bottle) Pours a black with a brownish tinge. Aroma of ethonal, smoke,and pepper. Strong water flavor with an ethonal flavor. Why the high rating? This is a pretty lousy bock that lacks just about all the qualities of the style. I’ll be able to finish the other five but I certainly won’t be buying it agian.


 madcow75 (425), Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, USA
2.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
5/104/55/102/512/20
Feb 8, 2007  
Bottle. Pours dark brown/black with a red tint when held up to the light. Thin to medium light brown head. Aroma of some dark fruits, leather, some smoke and plastic. Taste is caramel, dark fruits and chocolate. Finish is bitter, thin to medium body and a little chalky mouthfeel. Not familiar with this style, but I wasn’t too fond of this.



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