bock beer

[bok]

noun

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

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

Historical Examples of bock beer

As a rule, stories and jokes circulated at table along with the bock-beer.
Farthest North
Fridtjof Nansen
And along with all this that Ringnes bock-beer which is so famous in our part of the world.
Farthest North
Fridtjof Nansen
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
They wear large brass plates on their chest and look like bock-beer signs.
A Journal From Our Legation in Belgium
Hugh Gibson
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

British Dictionary definitions for bock beer

bock beer

bock

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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