: 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 annual festival features multiple bock beers from local craft breweries, a sausage cooking competition, live music, from local musicians, local vendors, and the highlight of the day, multiple heats of racing goat.—Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 30 July 2025 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 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
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