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bock beer

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Definition of bock beer

: a heavy dark rich beer usually sold in the early spring

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First Known Use of bock beer

1835, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for bock beer

bock beer partial translation of German Bockbier, from Bavarian variants (as Oambock, Ambock, earlier Ainpöckisch Bier) of standard German Einbeckerbier, literally, "beer from Einbeck," from Einbeck, town in Hannover, Germany; bock borrowed from German, short for Bockbier

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The first known use of bock beer was in 1835

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“Bock beer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bock%20beer. Accessed 19 Aug. 2022.

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