maibock

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noun

A lager brewed to bock strength but lighter in colour, less malty, and drier and hoppier, associated with springtime and the month of May.

OriginGerman Maibock →
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Meanings

nounmaibock (plural maibocks)

plural maibocks

  1. A lager brewed to bock strength but lighter in colour, less malty, and drier and hoppier, associated with springtime and the month of May.

    Compared with the winter bocks, maibocks also tend to have slightly more hop bitterness and hop flavor from noble Bavarian hop ...

    2011, Garrett Oliver, The Oxford Companion to Beer, →ISBN, page 558

Origin

  1. GermanMaibock
  2. Englishmaibock

From German Maibock (literally “May bock beer”).

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APA

maibock. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maibock

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“maibock.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maibock. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “maibock,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/maibock.

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