Triple fff Brewery
Microbrewery
in
Four Marks,
Hampshire,
England 🏴
Associated with 3 Venues
Established in 1997
Contact
Unit 3 Magpie Works, Station Approach, Four Marks, Four Marks, GU34 5HN, England
Description
Triple fff launched in 1997 by Graham Trott, a cabinet maker by trade who was a keen home brewer. The most popular question we get asked is 'What is Triple fff?'. As many of you know all our beers (Alton's Pride aside) are either song or album titles. Triple fff in music stands for fortississimo and means very very loud.
He installed a 5 barrel plant (20 casks) in one of the units vacated by the now closed furniture factory on Station Approach in the village of Four Marks. The station still operates on the steam heritage Watercress Line which runs ten miles between Alton and Alresford.
The beer names came from song titles of many of the 60s rock icons, Van Morrison, Led Zeppelin and Cream with Moondance (4.2% ABV), Stairway (4.6% ABV) and the well loved Pressed Rat and Warthog (3.8% ABV). The psychedelic 60s did not spawn a song called Alton Pride (3.8% ABV) but that joined the lyrical portfolio and is our number one seller following its success at 2008’s Great British Beer Festival having been voted Supreme Champion Beer of Britain.
The year 2000 saw an expansion into an 18 Barrel plant and finally in 2006 the brewery became what it is today, a 50 Barrel system that's capable of brewing 160 casks of beer per brew.
He installed a 5 barrel plant (20 casks) in one of the units vacated by the now closed furniture factory on Station Approach in the village of Four Marks. The station still operates on the steam heritage Watercress Line which runs ten miles between Alton and Alresford.
The beer names came from song titles of many of the 60s rock icons, Van Morrison, Led Zeppelin and Cream with Moondance (4.2% ABV), Stairway (4.6% ABV) and the well loved Pressed Rat and Warthog (3.8% ABV). The psychedelic 60s did not spawn a song called Alton Pride (3.8% ABV) but that joined the lyrical portfolio and is our number one seller following its success at 2008’s Great British Beer Festival having been voted Supreme Champion Beer of Britain.
The year 2000 saw an expansion into an 18 Barrel plant and finally in 2006 the brewery became what it is today, a 50 Barrel system that's capable of brewing 160 casks of beer per brew.
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask @ Kitty's. Poured amber color with a thick white head. Nuttu, biscuity aroma, not much citra though. Flavor has biscuits, hops, floral notes. Hoppy finish. Creamy.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Dec 2017
at 09:35
4.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 3
Texture 6
Overall 4
Cask handpull at The Craft Beer Co Clerkenwell. Clear gold colour lasting white head. Light bleach. Astringent fruit citrus. Astringent lime on finish. Struggled with a third of a pint.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Oct 2017
at 10:31
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Cask at the St. Ives 'Booze on the Ouse' beer festival, 2017. Pours dark golden with a small off-white head. Aroma of caramel, malt, hop, fruit and floral notes. Moderate sweetness and medium bitterness. Medium body, slight oily texture, soft carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Oct 2017
at 11:13
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the St. Ives 'Booze on the Ouse' beer festival, 2017. Pours clear bright amber with a small off-white head. Aroma of caramel, fruit, malt and hop. Medium sweetness, moderate bitterness. Medium body, soft carbonation. Dry, fruity finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Oct 2017
at 11:07
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ St Ives Booze on the Ouse festival. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are fruits, flowers, malt and hops. Nice fruity finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Oct 2017
at 10:52
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ St Ives Booze on the Ouse festival. Nice head with good duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are fruits, malt, hops and has a nice fruity finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Oct 2017
at 10:45
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask ½ pint at Crispin, Wokingham, on October 16, 2017.Fruity, a tad bitter taste. Sweet, fruity aftertaste. Medium thin, yet still full, mouthfeel. Medium to medium high bitterness. Clear golden color, white head. Malty, fruity hoppy scent.7/4/7/3/14=3.5
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Oct 2017
at 06:50
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at White Hart, Chobham. Vague floral aroma. Light gold. Thin white head. Creamy but blotchy. Medium bitter. Citrus and herbs. Some sweetness into the finish. Medium bodied but on the thin side. Flat carbonation. Dry astringent finish. At 5% it does pack some impact for a gold. However it also drops points for the astringent finish which results in an aftertaste building up which I could do without.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Oct 2017
at 13:05
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
on tap oro carica leggero agrumato amaro medio non molto intensa ma piacevole
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Aug 2017
at 17:52
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at The Lyric. It pours clear amber - brown with a medium off-white head. The aroma is quite fresh, juicy, sweet tropical fruit character, pineapple, orange peel, apricot, mango, brown bread and resin. The taste is bitter - sweet, rather juicy actually, peach, apricot, pineapple, grapefruit, resin, pine, black tea, brown bread and a touch of spice with a firm and dry finish. Medium body and soft carbonation. Took me suprise a bit. It has a classic bitter malt base with American fruity hop character. Not that I normally drink pints, but this is a quality sessioner with plenty of flavour.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Jul 2017
at 06:40