bock beer

or Bock beer

[ bok ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

bock beer

/ bɒk /

First recorded in 1865–70; Bock ( def )

C19: from German Bock bier , literally: buck beer, name given through folk etymology to beer brewed in Einbeck , near Hanover

The two principal kinds of double beer are the Bock-beer and the Salvator-beer.

Bar-rooms in cellars had bock-beer placards before their closed portals.

As a rule, stories and jokes circulated at table along with the bock-beer.

And along with all this that Ringnes bock-beer which is so famous in our part of the world.

I could smell the moss-like smell of bock beer; I even remembered conversations we had had.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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