Anchor Bock Beer

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

Serve in Dimpled mug, Snifter

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UPDATED: APR 12, 2006 Rerate 4/11/06, aged for roughly a year: Pours a transparent dark mahogany with a large, frothy tan head. Aroma has changed a lot, resembling more of a doppelbock, and bery authentic with some sweet earthy caramel malt and milk chocolate notes. Starts with a nice slightly aged caramel malty sweetness with a touch of hoppy bitterness. Finishes smooth, but somewhat thin. Still, a very nice bock.

Originally rated on 9/11/05: Lightly transparent dark amber brown pour with a lightly-lacing, frothy off-white head. Aroma has some earthy milk chocolate and lots of piney hops, that although they make it deviate from the style, add a good amount of balance. Body starts with a creamy lactose sweetness, some earthy caramel and fresh piney hop flavor. Seems like a lighter recipe of Old Foghorn. Very drinkable and flavorful, just not too true to style.

Huge dark yellow-cream head, totally stable, over ruby-shot, near black-beer. Very nicely hopped, with a background smell of caramel syrup. Bitter tinted cake-like sweet beer, very un-Bock-like hops, tannines, chocolate in the finish. Very full-bodied, chewy, warming. Very nice American Strong ale. A Bock? And 5.5% ???? - can’t believe it.

UPDATED: OCT 1, 2007 Bottled. A dark brown coloured beer with a tan coloured, fairly thin head. The actual appearance is quite murky. The aroma has sweet notes with some malty coffee and a fair dosage of hops. The taste has caramel and licquorice and yet more hops. There are big flavours, some of which you would never find in a German bock and the whole entity seems a little unbalanced. That said it is pleasantly drinkable, especially so on the back of a phone call confirming you’ve sold your house, yet it is over-complicated.

UPDATED: MAR 27, 2008 Provided by ilovedarkbeer at his latest tasting. Aroma is very heavy on coffee malts with a bit of clove and maybe even some menthol (and a bit of metal). Creamy, light brown head with good lacing. Nearly black in color. Taste is watery upfront with a salty, coffee, malty finish. Some alcohol.

Dark brown color. Smells of light toaste cocoa and tobacco, a little grainy in the nose as well. Thin and a bit fizzy on the tongue, a little light cream flavor in with some bark and some old grains. This one is certainly forgettable.

Bottle. Very dark brown with a beige foam. Aromas are earthy light roast malts with lots of herbal notes. Winter berry fruits with dark chocolate. Flavours are sweet toffee and chocolate malts with gritty coffee. Smoky with raisins and berries. Good.

Mahogony colour with mocha head, lots of lace. Molasses and chocolate malt aroma. Creamy and tongue tingle. Molasses and roast coffee aftertaste with coffee oil slickness. Bittersweet. Medium-full mouthfeel. It all works together, and would have again

Bottle. Pours clear tawny with an average-size creamy light brown head, mostly lasting, good lacing. Aroma is light malt (bread), heavy hops (pine, spruce), light yeast (dough) with notes of grape and cinnamon. Light bodied, thin texture, soft carbonation and a metallic finish. Average duration, light sweetness, moderate acidity and bitterness; slight vinegar notes.

8th June 2009
Clear dark brown beer. Crispish palate. Rich malt with a distinct marmite tone and a little bitter hop fruit in the finish. Not bad but a tad bitter.

Bottle. Thanx to Jørgen. Dark red brown colour with a big beige head. Light roasted malty, nutty, dark fruits aroma and a light sweet, dry, light roasted malty, brown sugar, nutty taste. Medium body with a light dry finish.