How to Use bock in a Sentence

bock

noun
  • That beer became known as bock beer.
    — Jay R. Brooks, Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Spring brings bocks and Märzens — or märzenbier, which means March beer.
    — Jay R. Brooks, The Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2017
  • Raise your glass and fill it with the best bock beer Cincinnati has to offer!
    — Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Not to mess with Texas or anything, but this bock would give Shiner a shiner.
    — oregonlive, 16 Sep. 2019
  • Besides bock beer, there will be other kinds of beer and nonalcoholic drinks.
    — Cathy Kozlowicz, Journal Sentinel, 11 June 2024
  • Our sipping yielded a malty, bready flavor that bock lovers will appreciate.
    — Kelly Dearmore, Dallas News, 23 June 2021
  • This black bock lager boasts a beautiful balance of roasted malt, sweetness and light bitterness.
    — oregonlive, 18 Dec. 2019
  • More than 30 different bock beers from local breweries are on tap throughout the weekend.
    — Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 2 Mar. 2022
  • Since then, bock has evolved into several different yet related beer types.
    — Jay R. Brooks, Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Northern Row will offer a dozen bock beers on tap throughout the weekend, as well as German music.
    — Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Although technically a bock, Shiner Bock, like lagers, is light and drinkable.
    — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 5 Sep. 2024
  • That made bock beer culturally important.
    — Jay R. Brooks, Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Danforth specifically likes to pair German bock beers with cinnamon rolls and other breakfast treats.
    — Aaron Goldfarb, Esquire, 12 Oct. 2017
  • The company eventually decided to make the launch of the bock beer into an entire festival.
    — Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Fransiscan Monk Brother Tim blesses all 11 bock beers in the courtyard.
    — Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 28 Feb. 2021
  • The company eventually decided to make the launch of the bock beer into an entire festival.
    — Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Hermann has grand plans for a saison festival, a bock fest in March and holiday season celebrations.
    — Anne Nickoloff, cleveland, 19 June 2021
  • There will be a ceremonial tapping of 17 different bocks at this official kickoff event.
    — Sarah Brookbank, Cincinnati.com, 26 Feb. 2020
  • Held on a giant grassy field next to the brewery, the event also features live German Oompah music, and, of course, a ton of different bock beers available to try.
    — Philly.com, 2 May 2018
  • Many communities celebrated Bock Beer Day and had bock beer festivals.
    — Jay R. Brooks, Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Breweries poured money and advertising into promoting bock beer season — which typically ran only several weeks to a couple of months at most.
    — Jay R. Brooks, Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Bockfest is Cincinnati's annual celebration of spring, Over-the-Rhine's brewing heritage and bock beer.
    — Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Behind windows along the opposite wall, the brewery team readied tanks for German-style Oktoberfest, dunkel and bock beers to debut later this year.
    — Liz Biro, Indianapolis Star, 11 July 2018
  • Beautiful posters, usually lithographs or full-color chromolithographs started appearing for bock beer in the late 1800s.
    — Jay R. Brooks, Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2026
  • When Prohibition began in 1920, numerous articles lamented that spring would no longer bring bock beer and claimed that just seeing a goat would be triggering.
    — Jay R. Brooks, Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2026
  • The festival has become a rite of spring that dates back to the mid-19th century in Louisville when residents would celebrate the end of winter by drinking bock, a dark lager, which would age in the cold for all that time.
    — Bobby Shipman, The Courier-Journal, 31 Mar. 2018
  • By the early 20th century, and undoubtedly before that, the sight of an advertisement for bock beer, usually depicting a goat, became as ubiquitous a sign of spring as seeing the first robin.
    — Jay R. Brooks, Mercury News, 27 Feb. 2026
  • 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
  • The 34th annual festival celebrating Cincinnati's brewing heritage and all things bock beer returns March 6-8.
    — Kaycee Sloan, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Lagers, a broad and technically exacting category that includes pilsners, bocks and Mexican-style lagers, are enjoying a renaissance, even in San Diego, well known for bitter and fruity ales.
    — Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 June 2023

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