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

Can. A hazy pale golden colored beer with a small white head. The aroma is piney and grapefruity, with a hint of grass and pale malts. It's dry and medium to full-bodied, nicely carbonated and with a good bitterness. Pine cones, grapefruit and some grassy, lightly melon-ish hints in the flavor, with a nice touch of pale malts. Lasting finish. A bit too straight forward this one, perhaps, but it's refreshing and quite tasteful anyway. 241027

Tried from Can on 27 Oct 2024 at 18:52


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

Endelig en ny Hogna! De er blitt vanskelig å få tak i her i området, så det ble en sykkeltur til Kvaddå. Vel verdt det, viser det seg: klar kobbergylden med fint gardinskum som varer til bunns. Deilig aroma og superb smak med rikelige mengder furunål/kvae/granskudd, grapefrukt, Karamell og engelsk appelsinmarmelade i en tiltalende maltkropp. Slett ikke så bitter som 77 IBU kanskje kunne tilsi. Nydelig balansert, med andre ord. Hognakvalitet fra første til siste dråpe. En tabbe å bare kjøpe en boks.

Tried on 26 Oct 2024 at 16:14


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

DArk brown woith off white head - Malt and smoke aroma - Malt body with wood and smoke flaovurs - Malt wood and a strong smoke flavour goes into the finish - Ok , but a little to much smoke for me

Tried on 26 Oct 2024 at 10:28


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

Golden with a white head - Malt aroma - Malt body with gentle hop bitterness to balance - Malt finish iwth some bitterness - This was ok

Tried on 26 Oct 2024 at 09:40


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Dark golden with off white head - Malt aroam with some caraml notes and olso some hops tha gives a gentle bitterness - Malt finsh with hop bitterness to balance - This was nice

Tried on 26 Oct 2024 at 09:00


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

Håndverkeren 260924. Red amber color with a beige head. Aroma is hop, bread, caramel, alcohol. Flavor is hop, bread, caramel, toffee, citrus, alcohol. Nice beer.

Tried on 24 Oct 2024 at 09:13


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Tried on 18 Oct 2024 at 17:15


6

Tried on 18 Oct 2024 at 17:04


7

0,44 litre Can, courtesy of Bergstaden, at home. Hazy orange with white head. Malts, hops, yeast, herbal, grain, Fruity.

Tried from Can on 18 Oct 2024 at 16:53


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

YG 150924. Golden color with a white head. Aroma is rhubarb, fruit, lactose. Flavor is is rhubarb, fruit, lactose, bread, malt, lemon, sourness. Nice beer.

Tried on 17 Oct 2024 at 07:47