bock beer

bock beer
noun
a very strong lager traditionally brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for consumption in the spring
Syn: ↑bock
Hypernyms: ↑lager, ↑lager beer

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\\ˈbäk-\ noun or bock
Etymology: bock beer part translation of German bockbier, by folk etymology (influence of bock he-goat) & shortening from Einbecker bier, literally, beer from Einbeck, from Einbeck, town in Hannover, Germany; bock from German, short for bockbier
: a heavy dark rich beer usually sold in the early spring

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/bok/
a strong, dark beer typically brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for consumption the following spring. Also called bock.
[1855-60; < G Bock, Bockbier lit., buck beer, perh. by misdivision of Eimbecker Bier (as if ein Bockbier one Bockbier) beer of Eimbeck in Lower Saxony, Germany]

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bock beer, or bock bock «bok», noun.
a strong, dark-colored, rather sweet beer, usually brewed in the winter for use in the spring.
[American English < German Bock, Bockbier, short for Eimbock Bier beer of Eimbock, or Einbeck, Hanover, Germany]

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