bock beer

noun

variants: or bock

Definition of bock beer

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

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Origin and Etymology of 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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First Known Use: 1835

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