Oggis Black Magic Stout

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

Medium sized tan head, decent retention and lace. A black beauty, yes. Nice roasty, coffeeish nose, faint licorice and malted milk, lightly smokey. Medium body, lightly coating on the palate. Rich roasty malt flavors backed by chocolate, toffee and a touch earthy. Fairly dry roasty finish. Thanks go out to eaglefan for supplying the bomber we all enjoyed. Thanks Brian!!

Bottle from Topps in Tempe. The pour was choco-black, tannish colored head, good retention, good lacing. The aroma was milky chocolate, light coffee, some licorice, toffee, light roast. The flavor was firm milky/lactic notes, chocolate the primary dark malt flavor, licorice, toffee, and a touch of fruit. The mouthfeel was milky thick, not syrupy though, very smooth.

Bottle poured thick, dark black with small head and good lacing. Rich, roasty malt flavor. Not to sweet. Nice heavy body with a rick roasty malt flavor on the palate.

Date: 12/02/2005
Mode: Draft
Source: Brewpub

solid black, thin brown head, slightly sweet roasted malt aroma, creamy body, roasted malt flavor, a touch of sweetness, unidentified twang

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 8/10; Flavor: 5/10; Palate: 7/10; Overall: 8/20
Rating: 2.7/5.0
Drinkability: 5/10
Score: *4

glendale local on the way home from jonpol’s aj’s...what convenience! dark and roasty with a tiny little head. aroma is sweet cream and a little coffee along with some baby powder?...wait, nope, that’s all the damn kids in this frikken yuppie palace. medium creamy mouth feel . flavor is a bit woody with lightly roasted coffee malts, vanilla and an ashy bitter finish.

Tasted at Huntington Beach location. It’s nice to go to a brewpub and have a nice stout on tap. Most of the locations I’m used to have a really underwhelming stout but this was a really pleasant change. An aroma with plenty of roasted barley character, soft coffee and licorice notes and a bit of chocolate. Flavor profile is much the same way but more emphasis on the coffee, chocolate notes along with the roasted barley. Appearance is jet black, light brownish head, one-finger thick. Overall another tasty offering from Oggi’s.

Pours like iodine w/ a full, creamy spattered froth. Decent hangtime w/ a full milky canopy and lacing. Aromas of mildly roasted, buttery panckes. Nice! Thats a first. Medium full nectar w/ soft and creamy residual effers. The texture is like silk. This brew is balanced right out of the bull pin. Big roasted malts and a decent hop profile marry well. The buttery essence carries into the flavor and gives it a very unique character. Bitter cocoa, roasted coffee bean, leather, deep black cherry, slight vanilla. I would say this is dry but not parching. It leaves a mild coat of molases on board. The finish is long and bittered perfectly leaving my palate searching for the next sip. Overall: this heavy brew is so well balanced I could drink it all night long. There are very few stouts I can say this about. Good job! Highly recommended.

Draft at Oggi’s, Liberty Station Point Loma. Old fashioned Guinness aroma. Opaque brown/black color with a tan head that flattened. Smooth carbonation, medium bodied. Strong dark burnt malt flavor, but it’s not quite harsh. Underlaid with chocolate. Smooth. The finish is burnt and dry, and there seems to be a bit of bitter. Coffee? Went right by me. Good drink.