Anchor Bock Clone- need some help

Anchor Bock is my favorite bock..i would love to brew a clone but I can't find anything on this forum or the internet in general. Just based on taste this would be my guess for character malts:

Definitely some chocolate
I think I detect a small amount of roasted barley
There's some caramel in there, I'm guessing Cara 40 or 60
I read somewhere they use a small amount of wheat, not sure I taste it though
Lots of munich of course
I would use Maris Otter to lend enough diastatic power to the grist

I would probably use as much munich as possible, filling in with maris otter to ensure sufficient DP, maybe 10% chocolate, a little less Caramel, and even less roasted barley. I'm not sure if I even need to throw the wheat in there.

There's a certain hoppiness that's unusual for a bock; I'm too new at this guess which hops they use.

Lagers aren't really a possibility for me so I would brew this as an ale; I would choose a very clean yeast, not too estery.

Suggestions?

I fell in love with that beer the first time I had it. I'm curious to know.

I'm guessing Goldings and Saaz hops. If you find a good clone recipe please post it, Anchor Bock sure is tasty! Regards, GF.

Recipe Type: All Grain
Yeast: Safale US-05
Starter: No
Batch Size: 5 gal
Expected Original Gravity: 1.054
Expected Final Gravity: 1.015
IBU: 19
Boil Time: 60 min
Color: 42
Primary Fermentation: 21 days at 68 F
Secondary Fermentation: none
Tasting Notes: Should be very malty, rich with lots of chocolate and caramel, and slightly roasty

Mash Size: 10.75 lbs
6 lbs Munich
2 lbs Wheat (they actually mention wheat on the bottle so I guess I'll throw it in)
1 lb Maris Otter
1 lb Chocolate
.5 lbs Special B (thought this would lend more richness than cara 40 or 60)
.25 lbs Roasted Barley

Mash @ 154 for 60 min

Hop Schedule
.5 oz Perle at 60 min
.75 oz Saaz at 5 min

This is my guess...again I know this is supposed to be a lager but this is the best my brewery can do, and it's generally agreed upon that US-05 is very clean for an ale yeast. I'll probably brew it up in a week or two and eventually post results on how it comes out. Maybe it won't be quite like Anchor but I may still have a great beer on my hands.

Sorry for visiting an old topic, but spoke to some of the anchor brewers, and their never making this beer again my favorite, buyout the secret ingredient is a special chocolate mall called "Black Prinz" hope that helps

untidyvenus said:

Sorry for visiting an old topic, but spoke to some of the anchor brewers, and their never making this beer again my favorite, buyout the secret ingredient is a special chocolate mall called "Black Prinz" hope that helps

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Sorry to resurrect an old thread, but I just picked up a sixer of this and it is fantastic! Absolutely love it! So of course I look for a clone to see about making it. So I don't think it's gone just yet my friend.