Hogna Brygg
Microbrewery
in
Kotsøy,
Trøndelag,
Norway 🇳🇴
Associated Venue: Hogna Brygg
Established in 2016
Contact
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.
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.
6/10
Lett tåkete lys brun med høyt beige skum. Lukter barnål, noe blomster og lett karamell. Middels bitter sitrusskall og brent karamell.
Tried
on 09 Dec 2017
at 10:53
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Amber with off white head - Malt aroma with some caramel and some hops in the back as well - Malt body with some carmel notes and there is a good hop flavour with bitterness as well - The malt and hop bitterness goes into the finish - This was nice
Tried
on 02 Dec 2017
at 14:48
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Hazy amber with dark off white head - Dark malt aroma with some dark fruity tones - Malt body with a good caramel flavour with some dark fruity tones as well and there is some hints of bitterness in the back to balance - The malt and some bitterness goes into the finish - This was good
Tried
on 01 Dec 2017
at 13:49
5.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 4
Texture 6
Overall 4.5
30.10.2017, 0,44l can @ home:
Nice fizzy-creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly dry roasted, toast, roasted grain, hay, minerals, grass, burnt caramel, chocolate, roasted coffee, paper. Taste is dry and harsh roasted, weeds, hay, toast, roasted grain, bark, alcohol, paper, burnt coffee, burnt caramel, harsh grass, medicine. Medium to longlasting bitterness, harsh roasted mouthfeel. Not really my cup of tea.
Nice fizzy-creamy mediumlasting head. Aroma is slightly dry roasted, toast, roasted grain, hay, minerals, grass, burnt caramel, chocolate, roasted coffee, paper. Taste is dry and harsh roasted, weeds, hay, toast, roasted grain, bark, alcohol, paper, burnt coffee, burnt caramel, harsh grass, medicine. Medium to longlasting bitterness, harsh roasted mouthfeel. Not really my cup of tea.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Oct 2017
at 14:31
3.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 3
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 2.5
30.10.2017, 0,44l can @ home:
Big fizzy-creamy longlasting head. Aroma is slightly sweet grassy, wet leafs, wet grass, strawberry jam, minerals, cardboard, wet hay, bark, butterscotch, sawdust, harsh hops, alcohol, old moss. Taste is dry and harsh grassy, weeds, bark, old leafs, cardboard, wet hay, harsh hops, alcohol, fruit stones, wet grass, old moss, sawdust. Medium bitterness, harsh mineraly mouthfeel. Meh!
Big fizzy-creamy longlasting head. Aroma is slightly sweet grassy, wet leafs, wet grass, strawberry jam, minerals, cardboard, wet hay, bark, butterscotch, sawdust, harsh hops, alcohol, old moss. Taste is dry and harsh grassy, weeds, bark, old leafs, cardboard, wet hay, harsh hops, alcohol, fruit stones, wet grass, old moss, sawdust. Medium bitterness, harsh mineraly mouthfeel. Meh!
Tried
from Can
on 30 Oct 2017
at 15:07
7/10
Lett tåkete lys brun med lavt hvitt skum. Lukter sitrus, appelsin, klementin og korn. Lett. Lett sødme. Sitrus, clementinskall, korn og aprikos. Middels minus i bitterhet.
Tried
on 18 Oct 2017
at 10:43
7/10
Svart med fingerhøyt lys brunt skum. Lukter kaffe, melkesjokolade, trevirke og havre. Middels fylde. Smaker kaffe, kakaopulver, noe salt lakris, lett søtlig svisker og noe trevirke. Kort.
Tried
on 10 Oct 2017
at 12:42
6/10
Gylden brun lett tåkete med lavt hvitt skum. Lukter tydelig ingefær, noe karamell og parfyme. Mye pepperig ingefærsmak. Noe såpe. Oljete.
Tried
on 07 Oct 2017
at 11:38
6/10
Lett tåkete Gulbrun med fingerhøyt hvitt skum. Lukter papir, tørket frukt og noe honning. Lett. Rask middels bitterhet, blomster og sitrus, noe gjær og korn.
Tried
on 06 Oct 2017
at 13:59
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Bottle contributed by, and shared with lead trumpeter OE at OSB 04.10.17. Cloudy chestnut. Beige head and lacing. Aroma of fresh ginger and oranges. Taste of fresh ginger, marmalade and some malt. Thin mouthfeel. Reminiscent of non-alcoholic ginger beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Oct 2017
at 13:26