Anchor Bock Beer

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

Serve in Dimpled mug, Snifter

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Interesting to note that the commercial description says it is supposedly available "only in the SFB area" yet one can purchase it halfway around the the globe. Also bottle lists no ABV. Opaque ruby brown with a lfine bubbled tan head. Grainy malt, molasses, cough mixture and dried fruit aroma. Medium chewy relatively low carb palate. MIldly sweet caramel burnt toffee medium bitter roasted malt and herbal hoppy flavours. Nutty dry finish. I agree with Gary - it does remind me of their porter.

Bottle courtesy of FaithHealer1. Dark brown with a big thick fluffy off-white head. Dried fruits, dark chocolate, slightly vanilla nose. Surprisingly dry front, some lager malt flavours, tobacco, wood, touch of roast malts, dark chocolate and some nice spiced bitterness on the finish. Not bad at all, though the taste doesn?t quite match up to the nose.

Bottle @ Bierzwerg.de. BB 12/12. Pours dark brown with a ruby edge and a creamy head. Tobacco, caramel, port, chocolate and dark fruit. A bit dusty. Quite complex. Smooth.

Pours a barely transparent dark cinnamon brown with a thick and rather persistent fine-bubbled beige head. Strong, malty aroma has an overtone of wet grass and hints of caramel and cinnamon. Flavor has a malty core plus a strong grassy note and tones of wood plus hints of caramel and cinnamon. Did they use grass clippings for hops? (But seriously, folks.) Still, it is a drinkable and enjoyable beer with a strongly hoppy but not bitter finish and a good amount of body and fizz.

12oz bottle poured into snifter. Very dark brown color with a thin bubbly head. Aroma and flavor is pretty much run by the malts. Slightly sweet with hints of brown sugar and caramel. Tasty.

12 ounce bottle into pilsener glass, bottled 1/18/2012. Pours crystal clear reddish brown color with a nice 1-2 finger dense tan head with fantastic retention that reduces to a nice cap that lasts. Some decent lacing on the glass, with plenty of carbonation streaming up. Aromas of light chocolate, biscuit, toasted malt, apricot, fig, raisin, caramel, molasses, and herbal hops. Nice aromas, with a good amount of balance and decent strength. Taste of caramel, chocolate, biscuit, raisin, fig, prune, molasses, toasted malt, and herbal hops. Nice balance of flavors with a decent amount of robustness; and no cloying sweetness. Medium carbonation and body; with a slight creamy and very smooth mouthfeel. Alcohol is very well hidden with hardly any warming present at all on the finish. Overall this is a very nice and enjoyable bock. Nice toasted flavors with good balance, and very smooth to drink. A nice session beer candidate.

Much stronger and more bitter than traditional bock beers. Clear dark ruby amber with a light head and lace. The taste begins as traditional "bock" caramel malt, but is quickly overcome by hop bitterness that carries through to the finish. A decent beer, but more like an American Porter or Stout.

Poured into pint glass. Nice huge head, really dark red. The nose is heavy malts, some caramel, cocoa, nuts. This is very rich! Nice chocolate malty flavors, some coffee, and some spice. Reminds me of a bitter Guinness. Not bad..

355ml bottle. Malty and sweet aromas. Pours dark brown, with thin tan head, nopersistent, poor lacework. Medium body and low carbonation. Taste is malty, some notes of caramel. Correct finish. Not my favourite Anchor.

Very malty in both taste and flavor. Pours dark with minimal head. Has a definite bite that stays through the aftertaste.

From old backlog. Dark brown colour with medium head. Caramel, malt, toffee flavours. Tasty!