1) Springtime beverage 
• A strong beer, originally made in Bavaria.
(from the article `beer`) ...with dark, strong, slightly sweet beers with less hop character. The dark colour comes from highly roasted malt, and other characteristic flavours ...
German beer that is full-bodied, slightly sweet and ususally dark. Heavier, darker, richer and sweeter than either lager beer or ale in that order. About 6% alcohol.
Bock' beer` [ German bockbier ; bock a buck + bier beer; -- said to be so named from its tendency to cause the drinker to caper like a goat.] A strong beer, originally made in Bavaria. [ Also written buck beer .]
a strong, dark beer typically brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for consumption the following spring. Also called