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.
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
(Cask at Akkurat, Stockholm, 21 Feb 2014) Black colour with creamy, beige head. Malty, roasted nose with coffee, dark chocolate and a touch of sour cherries. Malty, roasted taste with notes of coffee, chocolate, hints of tart fruit and a balanced coffee bitterness in the finish. Medium body, with a touch of sweetness. Fairly straightforward and tasty stout, with balanced hints of sour cherries. Nice one.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Feb 2014
at 14:04
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Cask at Kitty’s, Helsinki. Colour is reddish brown with small white head. Aromas and flavours: Dryness, hints of fruits and hints of malts. Well, this is mild.
Tried
from Cask
on 22 Feb 2014
at 11:20
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at Victoria Station Spooneriam, 19/02/14. Clear golden with a moderate off white head. Nose is light floral hop, soft bread dough, peach, orange. Taste comprises orange sherbet, bread dough, light tropical fruit punch, trace of caramel. medium boided, soft carbonation, soft grassy bitterness in the close. Solid golden blonde.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Feb 2014
at 04:58
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask @ Akkurat. Notes of chocolate and coffee with a hänt of sour cherries. Soft, smooth and refreshing!
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Feb 2014
at 13:11
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7
Cask at Oliver Twist, Stockholm. Black. Chocolaty nose with a fruity touch. Mid dry with light-medium body and soft, firm mouthfeel. Chocolate, some licorice and faint notes of cherry. Mid bitter finish. Lovely malt character, but the cherry component is really toned down.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Feb 2014
at 09:12
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6
NWAF 24 Jan 13. Gylden. Lite skum. God aprikosaroma. Smaken søt frukt. Bra fylde. Tung - litt tørr ettersmak.
Tried
on 15 Feb 2014
at 13:00
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
How: Cask.
Where: Akkurat, Stockholm.
Appearance: Black colour with a tan head.
Aroma: Roasted malt, a bit of fruit, not much cherry.
Body: Light body, low carbonation.
Flavour: Mild, malt, some fruit I suppose. No hint of cherry.
Where: Akkurat, Stockholm.
Appearance: Black colour with a tan head.
Aroma: Roasted malt, a bit of fruit, not much cherry.
Body: Light body, low carbonation.
Flavour: Mild, malt, some fruit I suppose. No hint of cherry.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Feb 2014
at 11:54
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (handpump) @ NWAF 2013, National Winter Ales Festival, The Venue, Sheridan Suite, Manchester, England.Cclear medium amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, fruity, sweet fruit, warm honey. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, fruity, caramel, warm honey sweet, tobacco - wood notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20130124]
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Jan 2014
at 08:12
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at Pontefract Castle, London, UK. Pours dark amber color. Fruit and malt in aroma. Caramel flavor. Bitter hoppy finish.
Tried
from Cask
at
Pontefract Castle (Nicholson’s)
on 24 Jan 2014
at 12:28
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Cask @ the wonderful Wellington Arms, Bedford. Colour of dark gold/amber. Decent amount of head with extreme lacing. Light fresh grassy aroma. Unremarkable but inoffensive. Taste is nicely balanced between sweet and bitter. The maltiness shines through but is tempered by the bitterness. An excellent bitter from a class brewery.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Jan 2014
at 16:02