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
Can, courtesy of Bergstaden. Fruity, with some oxidation. Some tropical hops. Not very interesting. Not very good either. 546412 250530
Tried
from Can
on 30 May 2025
at 15:20
6.5/10
Can, courtesy of Bergstaden. Nicely balanced between bready, caramel malts, ginger, fruityness and a little chili hint. A bit malty to be really quenching though. 646413 250529
Tried
from Can
on 29 May 2025
at 13:48
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
YG. Pale amber color with an off-white head. Aroma and flavor is fruit, bread, ginger, , malt, chili caramel. OK.
Tried
from Can
on 29 May 2025
at 09:35
8/10
0,44 litre can, courtesy of Bergstaden, at home. Hazy Holden/ orange with white head. Malts, hops, yeast, orange, coriander, spices, sweetness.
Tried
from Can
on 16 May 2025
at 19:22
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can at cafe Sara. Pours black, nose is chocolate, caramel, vanilla, taste is similar, sweet, creamy. 8/7/8/8/7.5
Tried
on 14 May 2025
at 13:29
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
Can at hopyard. Pours black, nose is chocolate, peat, smoked meat, toffee, vanilla, taste is sweet toffee, chocolate, vanilla, loads of peat from the barrel. Delicious. 8/9/9/9/8.5 --- Beer merged from original tick of Smoke & Shadows on 10 May 2025 at 16:02 - Score: 9. Original review text: Can at hopyard. Pours black, nose is chocolate, peat, smoked meat, toffee, vanilla, taste is sweet toffee, chocolate, vanilla, loads of peat from the barrel. Delicious. 8/9/9/9/8.5
Tried
on 14 May 2025
at 13:24
7/10
Tried
from Can
on 08 May 2025
at 18:33
8/10
0,44 litre can, courtesy of Bergstaden, at home. Dark brown with some beige head. Malts, hops, yeast, barrel, malty, bourbon, caramel, sweetness, smooth.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Apr 2025
at 17:19
7.5/10
Dark brown. Vanilla, dark chocolate, chili in aftertaste. Sweet dark makt.
Tried
on 26 Apr 2025
at 16:49
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Klar brun, kvitt skum., Nydelig aroma. Vanilje og sjokolade og chili. Spanande øl.
Tried
on 26 Apr 2025
at 16:48