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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5.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

02.10.2018, 0,44l can @ home:
Big slightly bubbly-creamy mediumlasting head, slightly hazy. Aroma is slightly fresh grassy, lawn, leafs, hay, fruit stones, moss, flowers, dried fruits, wheat, citrus peel, hops, paper, minerals, yeast. Taste is slightly dry sour-ish floral, weeds, leafs, yeast, minerals, lawn, fruit stones, wheat, hay, light malts, moss, sawdust, flowers. Medium bitterness, slightly dry and harsh mineraly mouthfeel. Fair enough.

Tried from Can on 02 Oct 2018 at 20:47


5.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4.5

02.10.2018, 0,44l can @ home:
Small slightly bubbly-creamy mediumlasting head, hazy dirty orangy color. Aroma is slightly sweet floral, dusty ginger, grass, minerals, light malts, flowers, hay, soil, hints of caramel. Taste is slightly dry mineraly, weeds, minerals, grass, hay, dusty ginger, flowers, bark, light malts, soil, paper, hints of caramel. Medium bitterness, slightly harsh mineraly mouthfeel. Kind of boring.

Tried from Can on 02 Oct 2018 at 19:31


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can, shared by Bergstaden. A close to black one, topped by a dark beige head. Caramel sauce and some licorice in the aroma, with vanilla and cocoa. It's full-bodied and smooth, with less alcohol burn than expected. Brown sugar, caramel sauce, vanilla and cocoa in the flavor. The warmth has some chili burn, but there's not much flavor of the chili. Lasting finish with a good dash of vanilla, sugar and caramel sauce. Quite nice this one, as a pastry stout, but a bit simple in a way. 180922

Tried from Can on 22 Sep 2018 at 19:09


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

Can, shared by Bergstaden. Close to black in the glass, with a finger-thick dark beige head. Alcohol, roasted malts, dark chocolate, some brown sugar and caramel in the aroma. Caramel sauce and a strange hop note. It's full-bodied, smooth and lightly warming, with a good dash of sweetness, roasted malts, caramel and dark sugar. Some bitterness. Lasting dark-flavored finish. A quite decent one, but it's sort of boring. 180922

Tried from Can on 22 Sep 2018 at 18:19


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

Can, shared by Bergstaden. It's a lightly hazy one, golden in color, with a finger-thick off-white head. Orangey, lightly resiny aroma with some pale malts and a touch of bread. Some grass too. It's full-bodied, nicely carbonated and semi-dry, with a bit low bitterness. A bit too much caramel in the flavor I think, with pine cones, orange zest and some resiny notes. Bread hints too. Long piney and orangey finish. A bit on the malty side this one, sort of classic, but sure a fine one. 180922

Tried from Can on 22 Sep 2018 at 16:30


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

Can, shared by Bergstaden. It's an unclear orange-colored beer with an off-white head. Piney, lightly orangey aroma with grapefruit, some tropical fruits and a touch of malts. It's full-bodied, nicely carbonated and a tad warming, with a bit low bitterness level. Pine cones, resins and orange zest in the flavor, with some pale malts and tropical fruits. Long finish. A quite pleasant one, but the sweetness level suggests more bitterness. 180922

Tried from Can on 22 Sep 2018 at 16:00


5.9
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

6-2-6-3-13
On tap @ Bergen Ølfestival. Pours cloudy orange, with almost no head. Aroma is tart fruit peel, passion fruit and mango, as well as whiffs of sea. Creamy body, with soft carbonation. Flavour is tart fruity notes of passion fruit and mango, as well as floral notes with salt.

Tried from Draft on 09 Sep 2018 at 11:51


5.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

6-3-5-3-10
On tap @ Bergen �lfestival. Pours cloudy yellow, with a rocky head. Aroma is hoppy notes of apricots, mango and orange peel, as well as some grassy notes. Creamy body, with soft carbonation. Flavour is dank hops, with pine, grapefruit and tropical notes of apricots and mango.

Tried from Draft on 05 Sep 2018 at 20:23


8
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

0,44 boks fra helsekosten på Kvaddå, hjemme: lett uklar, dyp brunrød kobberfarge med eksemplarisk skum helt ned. Innbydende aroma og innsmigrende smak med karamellkjeks, ristede nøtter, mild citrus og noen gode tropiske lyse frukter i bakgrunnen. Balansert og delikat. Meget behagelig bitterhet, de 70 IBU oppleves barre som en diskret smaksforsterker. Bravo Hogna!

Tried on 05 Sep 2018 at 17:03


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

01.09.2018, tap @ Bergen �lfestival:
Nice fizzy-creamy mediumlasting head, hazy. Aroma is slightly sweet grassy, leafs, dried fruits, wet hops, moss, light malts, bark, flowers, hay, citrus peel. Taste is slightly dry concentrated grassy, hops, leafs, lawn, minerals, citrus peel, sap, dried fruits, bark, fruit stones, flowers. Medium to longlasting bitterness, slightly dry concentrated grassy mouthfeel. Nice.

Tried from Draft on 01 Sep 2018 at 15:11