Doppelbock

doppelbock. (doh'-pel-bohk)

    In Germany, a beer much stronger than simple bock but not necessarily doubly so, as the German adjective doppel, meaning double, implies. According to German law, doppelbock must be brewed from an original gravity of 18–28 °P (1.072–1.120), resulting in a strength of 7.5–13 percent alcohol by volume. The brand names of doppelbocks always end with the suffix -ator (Animator, Salvator, Optimator, Delicator, Maximator, Triumphator). The original of the style, named Salvator (after the Saviour) was brewed by the Italian monks of the order of St. Francis of Paula, in Bavaria, during the counter-revolution period. They were granted permission to sell their products by the court of Bavaria in 1780. The monastic brewery is now operated by the privately owned Paulener-Thomas-Braü. Also spelled: doppel bock. See also: bockbier; eisbock.