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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7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Fiskåbanen 230719. Golden color with a white head. Aroma is fruit, grapefruit, tropical fruits. Flavor is fruit, malt, hop, pine, grapefruit, oranges, tropical fruits, grass. Easy drinkable beer.

Tried on 21 Sep 2019 at 17:40


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

440ml can bought at Vinmonopolet Trondheim Bankkvartalet. Steady fawn-coloured head to a pitch black body, lacing rings down the glass. Inviting smell of roasted dark malts with chocolate hints. Grainy chocolate flavours supported by moments of ripe fruits followed by roasted bitterness to the finish. Fine depth. Likable. (Hotel room, Trondheim 15.09.2019).

Tried from Can on 18 Sep 2019 at 17:56


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

440ml can, batch 166, bought at Gulating Ølutsalg in Trondheim. Pours a noisy, bubbly, big white head leaving lacing rings down the glass. Misty golden body. Moderate smell of lemony hops, hints of lime. Blended taste profile of lemon and lime on a backbone of faint grainy malts. Mid-dry bittersweet finish. Satisfying. (Hotel room, Trondheim 13.09.2019).

Tried from Can on 17 Sep 2019 at 09:30


6.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

440ml can, batch #161, bought at Gulating Ølutsalg, Trondheim. One-finger thick white head to a cloudy golden body. Rich lacing. Promising smell of floral hops. Hop-driven flavours, citrus, slightly perfumed. Bittersweet tail. Fair enough. (Hotel room, Trondheim 13.09.2019).

Tried from Can on 17 Sep 2019 at 09:20


6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

440ml can, batch 151, bought at Gulating Ølutsalg, Trondheim. Frothy white head leaving spotty lacing on the glass. Misty golden body. Moderate smell of herbal hops. Decent taste profile of citrus with lemon to the fore. Piney notes towards the ending. Easy to drink. Refreshing and okay. (Hotel room, Trondheim 13.09.2019).

Tried from Can on 17 Sep 2019 at 09:13


5

0,44 litre Can from Vinmonopolet Lillehammer. Orange/ golden with white head. Malts, hops, birch Sap, herbs, yeast, some sweetness, Hardy bitterness in The finnish.

Tried from Can on 14 Sep 2019 at 19:48


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Appearance: Very dark brown, near black. Some tan head. Aroma: Dark chocolate, dark malt, roasted. Taste: Dark malt, dark chocolate, nicely roasted. Smooth. Lingering burnt aftertaste. Bought: Agenturet (Tromsø), 150 ml tap, NOK 48.00 Info: 1/9-2019

Tried from Draft on 11 Sep 2019 at 10:51


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Light hazy golden with a white head - Fruity herbal hop aroma - Malt body with a herbal hop flavour that has nice bitterness - the herbal hops goes into the finish with dry bitterness - This was nice

Tried on 09 Sep 2019 at 17:56


6

0,44 litre Can, Thanx Bergstaden. Cloudy pale Golden with white head. Malts, hops, yeast, pine, Citrus, some bitterness.

Tried from Can on 07 Sep 2019 at 18:00


4.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 3.5

From growler at OSB 04.09.19. Cloudy hay colour. White head. Aroma and taste old American hops, old citrus, sorrel and leak. Medium bitterness of old citrus is lingering on.

Tried from Growler on 04 Sep 2019 at 19:38