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.
6.1/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draught at Bryggerifestivalen. Upper part lacing on the glassware from a fair white head, hazy pale golden body. Ripe fruity nose, inviting. Hints of grapefruit and passion fruits to the taste profile. Mid-dry fruity end with a discreet bitter input. Just alright. (Trondheim, 07.08.2026).
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Aug 2026
at 11:05
4.8/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 4.5
Flavor 5
Texture 5
Overall 4.5
Draught at Bryggerifestivalen. Thanks to yngwie for sharing. Clear brown-reddish body. Hints of berry skins on the nose. Raspberry taste alright. Fruit-berry endnotes. So and so. (Trondheim, 07.08.2026).
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Aug 2026
at 10:55
5/10
On tap at Bryggerifestivalen. Raspberry and grassy, herbal hints. Some milky notes. Dull. 545410 260807
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Aug 2026
at 10:46
6/10
Can, at Bryggerifestivalen. Bready malts, some caramel. Piney, resiny hops and a good bitterness. Overall, too malty for me. 646412 260807
Tried
from Can
on 07 Aug 2026
at 10:31
7/10
Can, at Bryggerifestivalen. Pleasant, easy drinkable, quenching. Piney, citrusy and lightly grassy, with a gentle, bready maltiness. Suitable bitterness. 747413 260807
Tried
from Can
on 07 Aug 2026
at 10:21
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draught at Bryggerifestivalen. Spotty lacing from a declining off-white head, clear amber body. Inviting on the nose with bread-like malts and herbal hops. Solid taste character, moments of bread, apricot and pine. Hints of resinous bitterness to the finish. Well bodied and well crafted. Like it. (Trondheim, 07.08.2026).
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Aug 2026
at 10:15
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Draught at Bryggerifestivalen. Warm golden body, covering white head leaving fair lacing behind. Moderate aromas of herbal hops and pale malts. Mid-sweet taste profile of grass, herbal hops and pale malts. Short rounded tail. Pleasing to a certain degree. (Trondheim, 07.08.2026).
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Aug 2026
at 10:05
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Dark golden with a white head - Good hop aroma - Malt body with a nice hop flavour and bitterness - Malt and hops goes into the finish - This was nice
Tried
from Can
on 07 Aug 2026
at 09:25
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Utseende: Rødlig.
Lukt: Bringebær.
Smak: Bringebær.
Skum/kullsyre: Dekkende skum, heng.
Medium: Rating:8-5-5-6-5=5.5, Draft@100ml, ABV@5.5%, Når@2026.08.06.
Hvor: Bryggerifestivalen, Trondhjem 202
Navn: Raspberry Delight
Stil: Fruit Beer
Bryggeri: Hogna Brygg
Lukt: Bringebær.
Smak: Bringebær.
Skum/kullsyre: Dekkende skum, heng.
Medium: Rating:8-5-5-6-5=5.5, Draft@100ml, ABV@5.5%, Når@2026.08.06.
Hvor: Bryggerifestivalen, Trondhjem 202
Navn: Raspberry Delight
Stil: Fruit Beer
Bryggeri: Hogna Brygg
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Aug 2026
at 17:24
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Utseende: Gulbrun.
Lukt: Citrus, honning.
Smak: Citrus, honning.
Skum/kullsyre: Tynt skum.
Medium: Rating:8-7-7-6-7=7, Bottle@330ml, ABV@6%, Når@2026.08.06.
Hvor: Bryggerifestivalen, Trondhjem 2026
Navn: Ipa
Stil: IPA
Bryggeri: Hogna Brygg
Lukt: Citrus, honning.
Smak: Citrus, honning.
Skum/kullsyre: Tynt skum.
Medium: Rating:8-7-7-6-7=7, Bottle@330ml, ABV@6%, Når@2026.08.06.
Hvor: Bryggerifestivalen, Trondhjem 2026
Navn: Ipa
Stil: IPA
Bryggeri: Hogna Brygg
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Aug 2026
at 17:22