bock : Idioms & Phrases

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bock beer

  • noun a very strong lager traditionally brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for consumption in the spring
    bock.
WordNet
Bock" beer`
Etymology
G. bockbier; bock a buck + bier beer; -- said to be so named from its tendency to cause the drinker to caper like a goat.
Definitions
  1. A strong beer, originally made in Bavaria. Also written buck beer.
Webster 1913