Oggis Black Magic Stout

Brewed by Left Coast/Oggis Pizza and Brewing Company
Style: Foreign Stout
Del Mar, California USA

22oz bottle, no date thanks to Joey @ South Bay Drugs & Liquor--he replaced my bottle that leaked during shipping. My label says 6.7% ABV. Black with mahogany edges and a one finger tan head, slowly fading to a ring and film. As expected, the aroma is full of roasted grain and bittersweet chocolate and some vanilla. There is also just the tiniest hint of soy. Flavor is much more roasty and drier than the aroma led on. There was also a bit of piny hops. Dry finish with bitterness peaking at a 3. Light to moderate carbonation with a medium body.

Bottled from BevMo. Pours bubbly black with dark beige edges and a small vanilla-colored head. Some lace that doesn’t stick too long. Robust coffee and chocolate aroma with roasted malt and hops. The flavor is less impressive however. Still a good dose of coffee and French vanilla cream with burnt wood, but also a metallic finish. Decent mouthfeel, lots of carbonation, but a very pleasing dry and bitter finish. It could be a top notch stout with some follow up from the aroma.

22oz bottle, relatively fresh. Poured into a brandy snifter the color is oily black with thin wisps of dark tan cream. As soon as I brought the glass close to my nose it knocked me back; The smell is incredible, rich sweet chocolate. I don’t even want to both with the rating because I’m just too involved with the aroma of this beer. I’m hypnotized. This is phenomenal. The flavor isn’t quite as good as the aroma, but the body is really nice. This was really a pleasure.

Dark black pour with very small mocha head...a little bubbled lacing. Big roasty malt mixed with chocolate milk and coffee beans. Mouthfeel is smooth and creamy. Bitter coffee and roasted malt flavor with bittersweet chocolate layered in there. Enjoyable beer for a cool, rainy night.

Bottle. Black pour with tan head that dissipates kinda quickly. Aroma is roasted malt, coffee, milk, floral hops, and chocolate. Good mouthfeel, smooth and silky. Sweet chocolate and roasted malt in the flavor and a little bit of bitter coffee in the finish. Enjoyed.

650 ml bottle from Bevmo. Fresh batch of 2008. Pours an opaque black color with a tan head that recedes very slowly and leaves plenty of lacing. The aroma is strong with layered malted milk chocolate and biter dark chocolate. The flavor shows more chocolate a hint of coffee, walnuts, and plenty of biter hops. The mouthfeel is smooth and creamy with lively carbonation. The Finish is long with bittersweet chocolate and decent biter hops. Overall: This is a great stout, stock the cellar. Recommended.

22 oz. bottle. Pours black with thin dark brown head. Creamy aroma. Slightly bitter chocolate and nut flavor. Not a bad stout.

Jet black. Some head but dissappates quickly. Aroma is somewhat lacking but some biscuit. Flavor is chocolate maltiness, biscuit and a dry finish. A nice stout, pretty typical.