Bock Beer
Anchor Brewing Company

Bock BeerBock Beer
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From:
Anchor Brewing Company
 
California, United States
Style:
Bock
ABV:
5.5%
Score:
83
Avg:
3.65 | pDev: 13.97%
Reviews:
577
Ratings:
994
Status:
Retired
Rated:
Nov 08, 2023
Added:
May 26, 2005
Wants:
  33
Gots:
  37
The dark, satiny texture, with its rich hints of chocolate, caramel and roasted barley, is our interpretation of the historically strong German beers that signal the coming of spring.
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Rated by fionn13 from Ireland

3.5/5  rDev -4.1%

Jul 24, 2013
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Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho

3.69/5  rDev +1.1%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Nice sweet bock, dark and roasty with a hint of molasses sweetness. Dark brown with small foamy beige head. Aroma is sweet (dried fruit)with taste bringing in some roast grain bitterness. Finish is some lingering bitterness. Nicely done, Anchor!
Nov 08, 2023
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Reviewed by Sigmund from Norway

3.72/5  rDev +1.9%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
355 ml bottle, from the foreign beer bar at the Darlington Spring Thing Beer Festival 2011. ABV is 5.5%. Mahogany to dark ruby colour, big beige head. Malty aroma with notes of Schwarzbrot and caramel. The flavour is also very malty with notes of caramel and brown bread, very moderate hops. Nice enough to drink.
Jul 19, 2022
 
Rated: 3.4 by LesDewitt4beer from Minnesota

Nov 18, 2021
 
Rated: 4 by emerge077 from Illinois

Jun 14, 2019
 
Rated: 4 by SargeC from California

Aug 07, 2018
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Reviewed by Lone_Freighter from Vermont

3.75/5  rDev +2.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Poured into a lager glass, the appearance was a fairly dark red close to brown color with a finger and a half's worth of white foamy head that slid off at a moderate pace. Light stringy sliding lace.
The aroma had some dark breads, light cocoa powder, a whiff of semi-sweet grassy tones, and a touch of dark fruits.
The flavor presented some of those prior mentioned aromas sweetly and left out the grassiness. Mild dark fruit to dark bready aftertaste.
The mouthfeel was almost medium bodied, seemingly sitting just a touch under and having a pretty good sessionability about it. Carbonation felt fine. ABV felt good. Mild dark bready finish.
Overall, pretty good bock worthy of having again.
Aug 03, 2017
 
Rated: 3.74 by cliff1066 from Virginia

Feb 07, 2017
 
Rated: 2.08 by Jodio from Texas

Jul 06, 2016
 
Rated: 3.26 by Kamahl16 from Nevada

Jun 28, 2016
 
Rated: 3.75 by Beginner2 from Illinois

May 14, 2016
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Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada

3.5/5  rDev -4.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Pulls out the brown and red notes into this one. Almost a mild cocao like aroma. Impressive retention that starts at 3/4" and does well in the lace department.

Taste pulled some coffee notes out of the malt, a little bitterness, hops, sweetness. A little bit of everything here. Reminiscient of the Anchor xmas series of beers.
Apr 16, 2016
 
Rated: 3.5 by Noelito76 from New York

Mar 19, 2016
 
Rated: 3.15 by fakedeadgirlfriend from Florida

Feb 02, 2016
 
Rated: 3.15 by DOCRW from Kentucky

Dec 27, 2015
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Reviewed by Karibourgeois from Texas

3.5/5  rDev -4.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Dark brownish pour with a tan one-finger head. Sweet aroma of malt and dark fruit. Taste follows the nose pretty well with sweet malt and some raisin and prune flavors upfront. Slight hint of wood and light grassy hops as well. Medium bodied and carbonated. Finishes with a lingering dark fruit taste.
Dec 25, 2015
 
Rated: 3.87 by Greasy from Kentucky

Oct 03, 2015
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Reviewed by Jeffreysan from Virginia

3.88/5  rDev +6.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
22 oz bottle, poured into a pint glass

Appearance: Pours a beautiful, completely opaque, pitch-black color with a half of a finger of caramel-colored head that quickly dissolved away into a thin lacing of foam that completely covered the top of the beer.

Aroma: Nice aromas of bready, toasted malt, imparting notes of freshly baked pretzels, and dark bread. There are also strong notes of brown sugar, a touch of vinegar and licorice, black pepper, and floral, grassy, piney and slightly citrusy hops.

Taste: Pretty nice. Lots of bready, toasted malt and brown sugar-like sweetness up front, followed by some black pepper, again, a touch of slightly sour vinegar (not sure if what that is from) and finished with a touch of floral, grassy, piney, hops.

Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied and pretty smooth as there is very little in the way of carbonation. With an ABV of 5.5%, there is no alcohol on the palate.

Overall: This is a nice bock beer, not one of the best I’ve had, but still nice. It’s a shame that Anchor has decided to discontinue it, as there aren’t enough bock beers being brewed here in America, in my opinion. Bock beers are a very underappreciated and underserved style and with Anchor discontinuing this one, we’re losing a good one.
Jun 20, 2015
 
Rated: 3.81 by Bp123 from California

Jun 11, 2015
 
Rated: 3.65 by kjkinsey from Texas

May 31, 2015
Bock Beer from Anchor Brewing Company
Beer rating: 83 out of 100 with 994 ratings