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RATINGS: 717   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.48   SEASONAL: Special   EST. CALORIES: 165   ABV: 5.5%
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.


3.7
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
egajdzis (4542) - Spring Mount, USA - NOV 3, 2006
Poured a red chestnut color with a small, light tan head that left light lacing on the glass. Aroma of nuts, roasted malts, caramel, chocolate, and light alcohol. Taste of more roasted malts, a dry nuttiness, cardboard, toffee, and light citrus.

3.7
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
tiong (988) - Espoo, FINLAND - FEB 1, 2012
355ml bottle

Pours dark brown with a medium beige head. Aroma of chocolate, cookies, caramel malts and coffee. Taste is quite malty and bready with notes of rye, caramel and sweet syrup. Finish has bitter and malty notes. Okay, well balanced bock.

3.8
   AROMA 8/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
Kristall-König (1544) - Oldenburg, GERMANY - JAN 8, 2012
Malzschokoladiger und zitrusangehauchter Geruch. Malzig-dichter Antrunk. Mittelteil schokoladig, bitter-zitrusartig. Röstiger, bitterschokoladiger Ausklang bei nachlassender Zitrusnote; trockenbitter. Gut.

2.8
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
cakanator (439) - South Hadley, Massachusetts, USA - JAN 1, 2012
12oz bottle. Really the least exciting Anchor offering that I can remember. Pours out a nice dark brown to ruby hue. Aromas are quite malty, some sharp notes that remind me of lush fruits, roasty and bitter notes as well. Palate is smooth, but providing a really interesting sharp roasted coffee bitterness. Much more full bodied than I expected.

4
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 16/20
BVery (1954) - Burnsville, Minnesota, USA - DEC 2, 2011
Bottle. This is absolutely delicious. Dark brown pour with a monster clingy foamy reddish-brown head. Huge molasses, chocolate, and red wine nose. Smooth medium palate with some carbonation. Taste is malt, mild chocolate, some fruitiness, and some roastiness. Just excellent all the way around - would love to see this with the carbonation toned down just a touch and the palate heft kicked up just a touch.

3.9
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 15/20
brucebruce81 (104) - Wyoming, USA - NOV 27, 2011
This beer was very good nice and malty not to over the top i would buy this beer again.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
TET (673) - FINLAND - NOV 18, 2011
Colabrown beer with a medium, beautiful, thick and light brown head. Aroma is malty, berries, strawberries, nice aroma. Taste is also malty, berries, some roasted malts, more bitterness than usually at bocks, and bitterness is sightly wooden. Medium bodied with medium carbonation, however, less carbonation could be better. Quite nice beer, but I expected more because of great brewer. Malty and surprisingly, lots of berries in this bock.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 13/20
dEnk (1591) - Den Haag, NETHERLANDS - NOV 16, 2011
Bottle @ home. Aroma is sweet burned caramel, some christmas like spices. Flavour is dry roasted malt, some deep burned malt, touch of coffee, hint of spices. Roasty and dry bock. Okay.

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Vaiz (1847) - Den Haag, NETHERLANDS - NOV 16, 2011
Bottle at home. Dark brown pour, reddish hue and a thin off-white head. Aroma is roasty, some mocha, dark fruits and red wine. Flavor is slightly sweet, bready and some bitter. A bit rough.


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