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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4/10
Aroma ingefær, malt, skog. Utseende klar gylden med offhwite skum. Smak ingefær, karamell, malt. For mye ingefær etter min smak. Lite fylde. smaken henger i en god stund. Denne er for spesielt interesserte. Boks smakt juli -17
Tried from Bottle on 27 Jul 2017 at 11:11

8/10
Aroma kaffe, sjokolade, røsted malt. Utseende sort med brunt skum som varer lenge. Smak røsted malt, kaffe, sjokolade, mørke frukter. Dufter dessert, medium fyldig øl, noe frukter i ettersmaken. Boks smakt juli -17
Tried from Bottle on 27 Jul 2017 at 11:08

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
500ml can, batch 19, bought at Gulating Ølutslag, Trondheim. A near-black body under a medium sized, fawn coloured head. Scattered lacing on the glass. Dark doughy. mid-sweet smell. Dark chocolate malty flavours with notes of lactose and earth. Slightly roasted, mid-sweet malty ending. Medium bodied. Decent. (Hotel Room, Trondheim 24.06.2017).
Tried from Can on 17 Jul 2017 at 13:45

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
KRS 110317. THX to Bergstaden. Amber-orange color with an off-white head. Aroma is ginger, oranges, spices. Flavor is ginger, oranges, spices, chili. Strange beer.
Tried on 15 Jul 2017 at 02:28

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
KRS 110317. THX to Bergstaden. Golden color with a white head. Aroma is fruit, oranges, grass. Flavor is fruit, malt, hop, oranges, grass, hint of butterscotch, yeast, floral. Medium body. Ordinary beer.
Tried on 14 Jul 2017 at 04:02

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
KRS 110317. THX to Bergstaden. Golden color with a white head. Aroma is wheat, malt, yeast, tropical fruits. Flavor is wheat, malt, yeast, pine, citrus, hop, tropical fruits. Medium body. OK beer.
Tried on 12 Jul 2017 at 04:05

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
KRS 110317. THX to Bergstaden. Dark brown color with a tan head. Aroma is coffee, cocoa, roasted malt. Flavor is cocoa, roasted malt, coffee, bread, nuts, grain. Medium body. OK beer.
Tried on 12 Jul 2017 at 03:49

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Can, gift from Bergstaden. Cloudy, yellow colour, with little head. Nice aroma, and really Nice fruity taste!
Tried from Can on 10 Jun 2017 at 11:43

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
44cl can from Gulating ølutsalg, Trondheim. Pours hazy golden with a modest, but lasting, white head. Fruity and wheaty aroma with citrus and tropical fruits. Moderate sweet with nice fruity and wheaty flavours and a pleasant bitterness. Refreshing, easy to drink and quite enjoyable. --- Beer merged from original tick of Fargo on 18 Apr 2017 at 20:09 - Score: 6
Tried from Can on 18 Apr 2017 at 12:23

5.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Small brown head doesn’t last. Opaque black body. Chocolatey cold coffee aroma with earthy notes. Dry-sweet earthy cold coffee taste with chocolatey notes. Mid-bodied. Mild, slightly flat mouthfeel. Dry earthy cold coffee aftertaste with mealy toasted almonds notes. It’s OK, but too austere and flat to really appeal much. (0.5l can from some shop in Molde. Batch #20.)
Tried from Can on 13 Apr 2017 at 13:46