Hogna Brygg

Microbrewery in Kotsøy, Trøndelag, Norway 🇳🇴
Associated Venue: Hogna Brygg

Established in 2016

Contact
Storburusjøveien 2, Kotsøy, 7387, Norway
Description
What began as an pursuit in quality beer became more serious when local homebrewer Ola Raphaug joined the discussion on local beer. 2015 saw many test batches and the feedback on the beers produced was too positive to ignore. A brewery needed to be built.

As 2016 approached the team started looking for a suitable place to put it all together. A recently closed and emptied supermarket proved to be a healthy space to put it all together. The building would have room to grow and had refrigeration systems vital to production of quality of beer. Located in Kotsøy the brewery would need a name and an identity.

Tormod Leithe from Dynamis Designs was brought to the table. He designed a logo that had the four elements as branches around a central core. The four branches represent the four valleys around Forollhogna, the four main ingredients of beer, and the founders of the business. Respectively the core, our product, comes from the branches of dedicated people and quality ingredients.
As the branches of this design came together so did the brewery.

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6.8/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 7 Overall 7
Can at home. Pours a hazy orange colour with an off-white head. Aroma of dry hay, white bread, grains, apricots and some fudge. Flavour of grass, fudge, herbal hops, lime grass and bread. Has a slick and crisp mouth feel, medium body, and medium level bitterness. Sweet, tasteful and hoppy.
Tried from Can on 29 Jul 2026 at 16:54

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Hazy golden with a white head . Fruity hop aroma . Malt body with a fruity hop flavour and bitterness. Fruity hop flavours and bitterness goes into a long finish . This was nice
Tried from Can on 25 Jul 2026 at 18:11

7/10
Can, thx to Bergstaden. 2025 vintage. Roasted malts, toffee, caramel and some dark dried fruit. A touch of alcohol, bitterness and brown sugar. Sweet, but dries up quite quickly. Quite decent this one. 747414 260712
Tried from Can on 12 Jul 2026 at 19:45

6.5/10
Can. A bit harsh bitterness in this one, mostly fruity, with some piney, grassy hops. Chewing gum hints. Malty backdrop. Decent. 646413 260711
Tried from Can on 11 Jul 2026 at 20:37

6.5/10
Can. Orange and pink grapefruit. Pine cones, some pale malts. Quite a lot of bitterness. Decent. 646414 260711
Tried from Can on 11 Jul 2026 at 20:18

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 8
Dark golden with a white head - Fruity hop aroma - Malt body with a fruity hop flavour and some nice bitterness - Hops goes into the finish with a fruity flavour , nice bitterness and hints of alcohol - This was good
Tried from Can from Vinmonopolet Røros on 08 Jul 2026 at 15:29

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
0,44 boks fra forsyningspunktet på Kvaddå, hjemme: nesten helt klar dyp gylden med fint skum som varer lenge. Brød, urter, hint av barskog. Tørr avslutning som bruker lang tid, godt akkompagnert av Kate Bush på stereoanlegget. Men "fatøl på boks" er et oxymoron på linje med "levende torsk i skiver". Min Hogna nr. 161.
Tried from Can from Vinmonopolet Sandnes, Kvadrat on 03 Jul 2026 at 18:58

7.5/10
Tried from Can from Vinmonopolet Lillehammer on 27 Jun 2026 at 17:34

7/10
Tried from Can from Vinmonopolet Lillehammer on 26 Jun 2026 at 19:05

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Golden with a white head - Malt and fruity yeasty aroma - Malt body with fruity and some yeasty flavours - malt and fruity flavours goes into the finish - This was nice
Tried from Can from Vinmonopolet Røros on 26 Jun 2026 at 17:46