Strong and malty bock beers are smooth, warming drinks, especially brewed for the colder winter months - the perfect beer to enjoy while sitting by the fire on a frosty July evening.
Neither pale nor black, there are several shades of bock beers in between - almost as many shades as the many myths that have emerged around bock beers.
What is clear is that the ancient origins of bock beers are in the lands south of the Baltic Sea and that the core of the style is a richness of flavour and robust alcohol content that early New Zealand brewers brought from the "continent".
The New Zealand bock beer interpretation is winter brewed, stimulated by winter storms reaching north from the 'Roaring Forties' with all of the strength of the Antarctic - a bracing and well-hopped inspiration.
Malt, Alcohol and Hops all combine to build a warming strength to the beer.
