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

Can. Almost clear golden body whit a small white head. Aroma is very similar to a pilsner, weak grain and pale malt. Flavor is also rather plain and straight forward, pale malt, grain and mild grassy bitterness. No obvious faults but not very interesting and I have no reason to by this again.

Tried from Can on 13 Mar 2025 at 05:23


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Can. Clear golden body with a small, dense white head. Aroma has pale malt and citric fruit. Flavor is light and quite refreshing, hint of grapefruit, peach and moderate bitterness. Quite plain, drinkable but not much typical to a wheat beer.

Tried from Can on 13 Mar 2025 at 05:23


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

Can. Unclear golden body with a small, lacing white head. Quite intense ginger aroma and not much more. Flavor has a strong, sharp ginger flavor, almost like pickled ginger not leaving room for so many more flavors. OK, you should expect ginger when buying a ginger beer, no problem with that, but I’m expecting some beer flavors as well. That’s the difference between a fermented ginger brew and a beer with ginger flavor.

Tried from Can on 13 Mar 2025 at 05:23


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Can. Brown body with a nice, dense beige head with lacing. Aroma of mild roasted, dark malt, mild coffee and hint of chocolate. Flavor is light roasted, dark malt, sweet caramel malt, coffee and hint of chocolate. Medium body and OK aftertaste. Quite nice for a relatively low alcohol stout.

Tried from Can on 13 Mar 2025 at 05:23


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Tried from Can on 08 Mar 2025 at 22:19


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

Utseende: Gul.
Lukt: Røyk.
Smak: Røyk.
Skum/kullsyre: Dekkende skum, heng.
Medium: Rating:8-6-6-8-6=6.5, Boks@440ml, ABV@8%, Når@2025.02.22.
Hvor: Samling Bryne
Navn: Mount Doom
Stil: SMOKED / RAUCH BEER
Bryggeri: Hogna Brygg

Tried from Can on 22 Feb 2025 at 17:31


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6

Can 440ml @ gunnfryd.
Pours clear golden with a white head. Aroma has notes of malt, grain, caramel, bread, grass and hint of citrus. Taste is medium sweet and light bitter with a long malty, bready, grass and citrus finish. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft.

Tried on 15 Feb 2025 at 16:18


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

Can. Clear, golden, white head, lacing. Grapefruit, generic citrus, pine cones, some pale malts in the aroma. Full body, nice carbonation, decent bitterness. Citrusy flavor with pale malts, alcohol and some sweetness. Medium length finish. 250215

Tried from Can on 15 Feb 2025 at 16:03


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

KYKEGG. Golden color with a white head. Aroma and flavor is malt, grain, caramel, bread, grass, citrus, pine, grapefruit.

Tried from Can on 15 Feb 2025 at 08:48


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

Endelig en ny Calcutta! 0,44 boks fra Helgø Meny Hundvågkrossen, hjemme mens jeg forbereder søndagsmiddagen: lett uklar lys gylden med fint skum som varer. Pirrende citrus aroma, og smaken følger opp. Lime, citron, lychee og ikke minst ananas, understøttet av god maltsmak. Slank og elegant.

Tried from Can on 09 Feb 2025 at 16:56