bock

noun

: a dark lager beer with a high alcohol content that has a strong flavor of malt and a mild flavor of hops and is typically sold in the winter or early spring

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The 33rd annual festival celebrating Cincinnati's brewing heritage and all things bock beer returns March 7-9. Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025 Brewers at the fest poured Alsatian pilsners, Italian pilsners, rice bocks, beers brewed with ancho chiles, yuzu, watermelon and Hungarian grapes. Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2025 This Texas-style bock took home the gold medal in the American-style amber lager category at the 2025 World Beer Cup. Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes.com, 15 May 2025 Producing award-winning craft beers in a 10-barrel brewery, the selection includes lagers, pilsners, porters, stouts, bocks, crème ales, Belgians, pale ales and IPAs. Ben Davidson, Mercury News, 28 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bock

Word History

Etymology

German, short for Bockbier, by shortening & alteration from Einbecker Bier, literally, beer from Einbeck, from Einbeck, Germany

First Known Use

1835, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bock was in 1835

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“Bock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bock. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.

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