Oggis Black Magic Stout

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

22oz Bottle. Pours black with a smallish tan head which disappears quickly. Aromas of roasted coffee and chocolate. Flavors are dark chocloate and a little caramel. Overall a decent stout.

22oz bomber poured into a tulip. Pours pitch black with a medium-sized tan head that shows very good staying power and solid lacing. The aroma is all about the dark, sweet malts with tons of bakers chocolate and some roasted coffee. Not crazy complex but an excellent nose for this style. The taste wasn’t quite as solid as the nose and there is an overarching burnt malt bitterness that gets a little distracting. If you can get past the burnt character, there is semisweet chocolate and some spent espresso grounds, which just accentuates the bitterness, especially in the finish. The mouthfeel is silky smooth and extremely dry and bitter with the roasted malts clinging to the palate. This is a very good export stout that I think would be great if the bitterness was ramped down a touch. I do like the big sweet chocolate aroma as it’s a bit different for a dry stout. Overall, very tasty.

Blind tasting at Papsø’s
Black color; medium creamy head. Nice aroma, well combining coffee beans, chocolate, vanilla, cream. Medium-strong mouthfeel, roasted malt flavor, some chocolate, getting drier at the end, with a quite strong bitterness. The aroma is interesting, then the flavor gets more and more monothematic.

Bomber. Pours a pretty opaque black with short-lived tan head. Aroma is of baker’s chocolate and burnt coffee. Initial flavor is flat, then followed by a rich bouquet of cocoa, sweet espresso, anise and molasses. The palate on this beer is complex and lasting. Really tasty, with a nice raisin finish. A good one here.

more like an imperial bottled guiness...without the urine aspect. this was best in show at the Sierra Brewfest ’09 as one of the only memorable beers. big roasted chocolate malt and coffee, medium bodied, higher abv at nearly 7% and the classic dry irish finish. VERY good beer.

Nice opaque blackish brown color. Mild roasted malt and coffee aroma. Very nice balance of roasted malt, sour lactose and crisp hops flavor. Heavily carbonated with a dry finish. Very good.

Fairly light and fair body. Lots of carbonation. Slightly tart finish. Overall, a nice stout.

Bottle 65cl. @ Papsoes blindtasting. [ Bottle #21. ]
Clear dark brown color with a average, creamy, good lacing, mostly lasting, beige head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, toffee, vanilla, wood and butter notes. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and moderate bitter with a long to average duration. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20090612]