bock beer

[ bok ]

/ bɒk /

noun

a strong, dark beer typically brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for consumption the following spring.

Nearby words

bocconcini, bochdalek's hernia, boche, bochum, bock, bock beer, bockedy, bockscar, bocor, bod, boda-boda

Origin of bock beer

1855–60; < 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

Also called bock.

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Examples from the Web for bock beer

And along with all this that Ringnes bock-beer which is so famous in our part of the world.
Farthest North|Fridtjof Nansen
Bar-rooms in cellars had bock-beer placards before their closed portals.
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We borried a bock-beer sign from a saloon man and hung it on the back of a chair, and the goat would hit it every time.
Little Masterpieces of American Wit and Humor, Volume II|Various
They wear large brass plates on their chest and look like bock-beer signs.
A Journal From Our Legation in Belgium|Hugh Gibson

Yours is the real Pierian stuff that turns up its nose at bock-beer signs and oleographs of the Old Mill.
Cabbages and Kings|O. Henry

British Dictionary definitions for bock beer

bock beer

bock

/ (bɒk) /

noun

US and Canadian heavy dark strong beer

(in France) a light beer

Word Origin for bock beer

C19: from German Bock bier, literally: buck beer, name given through folk etymology to beer brewed in Einbeck, near Hanover

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