If you’ve been around for a little while, you know that I’ve pretty much split the year up into several different seasons based upon what lager beer I am drinking at the time. It starts in the summer, where I’m knocking back lighter lagers, Pilsner, Dortmunder, Helles… I love ’em. As we ease our way into the fall I break out the Oktoberfest beers… and I go heavy on ’em too. Winter is time for Schwarzbier – dark lagers that are packed with flavor, but still crisp and drinkable. The spring, though? Spring is for Bock.

I recognize that you might not know what I’m talking about – Bock is strange to a lot of folks. You can read a little more about the style here – or venture down to Cincinnati’s Bockfest in March. In my book, though, the only real way to understand Bock beer is to drink a ton of it with lots of different folks in lots of different situations. That’s what you should be doing this spring.

Lucky for you, Cincinnati is home to a ton of Bock beer. More than it makes sense to exist. I love it, and you should too. Here’s your chance to see what the style is all about. If you want to try to get around and try a bunch of them, every year I put together this list to try to wrap as many of our local Bocks into one comprehensive list… get out there and drink!

With that being said, though – If you see that I’m missing one, or that something isn’t correct: please shoot me a message and let me know so I can get it fixed!

The Official Guide To Cincinnati’s Bock Beer in 2022

  • 13 Below – Fluss Bock
  • 16 Lots – Viel Trinken Bock!, Maibock
  • 16 Lots – Coconut Maibock (Available at Arnold’s)
  • Alexandria – Slayerator, Doppelbock
  • Bircus – Incinerator Doppelbock
  • Braxton Barrel House – Baby Got Bock (Collaboration with Cork n Bottle)
  • Braxton – Ignitor, Maibock
  • Braxton – Peach Ignitor (Available at Arnold’s)
  • Brink – Brinkinator, Doppelbock
  • Cartridge – Brigade Bock
  • Cartridge – Stealth Blonde Bock
  • Christian Moerlein Brewing – Bar Bender Doppelbock
  • Christian Moerlein Lager House – 10th Anniversary Heller Bock
  • Cincy Brewing Company – Ezz Bock
  • Dead Low – Swabian Bock
  • Dogberry – Freiheit
  • Fibonacci – Fiddlehead, Maibock
  • Fibonacci – Honey, Barrel-Aged Doppelbock
  • Fifty West – Maibock
  • Fifty West – Roadbock
  • Fifty West – Maple Roadbock (Available at Arnold’s)
  • Fretboard – Slave To The Grind
  • Grainworks – Cincinnati Liars Lager
  • Highgrain – Gimminator – Roggen Dopplebock
  • Hudepohl – Festival Bock
  • Listermann – Friar Bacon, Smoked Bock
  • Little Miami – Brennerator
  • MadTree – Bockaveli
  • March First – Heller Bock
  • MPH – Summitator, Doppelbock
  • Narrow Path – Pathinator, Doppelbock
  • Narrow Path – Rye Barrel-Aged Pathinator
  • Narrow Path – Bourbon Barrel-Aged Pathinator
  • Nine Giant – Hairpin Turns, Hellesbock
  • Northern Row – Cooper, Hellerbock
  • Rebel Mettle – Ask Me About Maibock?
  • Rhinegeist – Bock Bock Goat
  • Sam Adams – Coffee Bock
  • Schoenling Bock
  • Sonder Brewing – William Goat
  • Third Eye – Total Debockery, Doppelbock
  • Warped Wing – Abominator, Doppelbock
  • West Side – Bock
  • West Side – Doppelbock
  • Wiedemann – Flying Deutschmann
  • Woodburn – Baphomet – Maibock
  • Wooden Cask – Hell Yes, Helles Bock
  • Wooden Cask – Oh, Hell Yes!, Barrel-Aged Doppelbock

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