Anchor Bock Beer:
Well hello all and welcome back to our ongoing review of the Anchor Brewery line-up and today we look at the beer that is brewed for my zodiac sign: Capricorn.  No, no that’s not the name of the beer, today’s beer is called Anchor Bock Beer, a simple name for a very complex beer.  Now to us beer drinkers here in Texas we know a bock beer to be a Shiner Bock and what a beer that is, but this beer is above and beyond the taste profile of our beloved Shiner and that is a good thing (trust me).  The beer pours a dark earthen brown with a robust head that is a mellow dark tan color and very smooth while the nose is complex with strong notes of molasses, malts and chocolate with a touch of hop.  The taste is equally complex with a heavy roasted malt up front with that move from that to a soft grassy alcohol taste on the mid tongue.  The back-end taste is a heavy and powerful coffee flavor that that moves to a mellow roasted coffee and smoke flavor as an aftertaste.  This beer is a great bock that is a step up the taste ladder from one of my all time favorites well with that being said, this would be a beer that I would have with a nice barbecue dish since the aftertaste would enhance the flavors in a smoked brisket.  Every drinker of Shiner Bock should try this when they have a chance, I don’t think you’ll be disappointed.