Anchor Bock Beer

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

Bottle: Pours to a mostly clear (when held to a light) medium brown colored body that shines with ruby highlights. Atop sits a medium, light brownish tan head that fades to a medium, rocky ring around the outside of the glass. The aroma shows a slight nuttiness, though it’s more of a darker, richer, more malty nuttiness than say a brown ale would be. There’s also a pleasing mild roast scent, biscuit notes, and hints of some plums, carrots, or maybe beats - this smell is not the same as what one would expect from DMS, rather it seems to be coming from the house character of anchor’s brews (yeast, and I believe unique fermentation tanks?) combined with the choice of malt of hops here. As it warms, a slight pine scent shows itself. The taste shows a small hit of bitterness and pine-like hops right off the bat, but that’s quickly overcome by grapes, caramel, rich medium malt syrup flavors, caramelized apples, cinnamon-infused, unsweetened chocolate, hints of light allspice, plenty of malt flavors to pick through here. Medium bodied, medium carbonated, this actually feels almost tart in the mouth and seems to be fairly dry overall. It does seem to be a little too bitter for what I’d like in a Bock, but that’s really nitpicking for a well-brewed beer.

bottle from kramer. pours a dark brown that is opaque with a lush brown head. strong caramel, nutty aroma with a nice fruit ester. nice roasty biscuit flavor with a good dry cocoa finish. a bit of fruit tang in the end. toffee throughout this. a pleasure to drink and exactly what i was wanting.

Bottle poured a clear very dark reddish brown with a large lasting brown head. Aromas of roasted malt, hints of dark fruit and molasses. Palate was medium bodied. Flavors of roasted malt, light molasses and just a hint of dark fruit with a lingering tangy finish.

Pours a freaking fantastic dark nearly black color with a beautiful tan head. When held to the light you can see red around all the edges. Nice roasted malt aroma with hints of coffee and toffee. Flavor is also very roasty with a bit of a tangy finish. A very easy drinking bock.

[Bottle] Dark brown with an ok head. Aroma is roasted malt, toffee and liquorice. Very malty flavour, rosted coffee and toffee. An odd Bock.

Pours coca-cola brown with a smallish, quickly dissipating tan head. Aroma has lots of caramel with hints of roasted malts, a bit metallic. Taste is rather bitter in a slightly burnt coffee sort of way with some sweet caramel and grainy notes. Body is on the light side... expected it to be a bit heavier to match the taste.

Red-brown with dark notes. Beige head. Caramel aroma with notes of chocolate, merengue, some licorice and hops. Chocolate flavor with notes of bitter cocoa and licorice. Dry bitterness.

Bottle sampled with Stegosaurus. Pours red\brown with a decent sized tan head. Aroma of roasted malts, caramel, and alcohol, good body, decent brew.