Show How Bock Beer Was Named A writer in the North American is authority authori-ty for the following The name of bock beer originated in the middle ages The Duke Brunswick while visiting the Duke of Bavaria arguedthat his Brewers could make better beer than that made at Munichwhich was dark and strong while the Brunswick beer was clear and light A contest was decided upon and in the following May the Duke of Brunswick a < rain visited Bavaria bringing with him a brewing of his beer He then drank some of the strong Munich beer and was so delighted de-lighted with it that he took rather more than he could conveniently manage While staggering about stumbled and fell The others laughed at him but ha stoutly maintained main-tained that he had been knocked down by two bocks meaning goats which were standing near From that time on the dark beer was known as book beer |