Bock
or bock
[ bok ]
/ bɒk /
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noun
a strong, dark beer traditionally brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for consumption the following spring.
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Also called Bock beer, bock beer [bok] /ˈbɒk ˈbɪər/ .
Origin of Bock
First recorded in1855–60; from German Bock, Bockbier literally, “buck beer,” perhaps by misdivision of Eimbecker Bier (as if ein Bockbier “one Bockbier”) beer of Eimbeck in Lower Saxony, Germany
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