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.
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
(Cask at Pikkulintu, 20130716) The beer poured mahogany coloured and clear. Its head was small and white. Aroma had citricness, fruitiness and malts. Palate was medium bodied with low carbonation. Flavours were fruitiness, citricness, malts and bitterness. Afteraste was bitter. The aroma was superb but the taste, especially its midlness, was disappointing.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Jul 2013
at 11:41
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at Ealing. Frothy off-white good mostly lasting head. Black colour. Moderate malty and light hoppy aroma. Moderate bitter flavor. Average moderate bitter finish. Oily palate.
Tried
from Cask
on 11 Jul 2013
at 12:45
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at Black Door, Helsinki. Colour is clear orange with small white head. Aromas and flavours: Fruits, citrus, dryness, hops and malts.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Jul 2013
at 11:12
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Smell of hops, spruce and flowers. Amber colour, beige head. Nonexistant carbon. Aroma of hops and flowers, much milder than the smell. Nice character for such a mild beer. Well balanced.
Tried
on 29 Jun 2013
at 14:04
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask (gravity) @ The 18th Reading Beer and Cider Festival 2012, Reading, Berkshire England.Clear medium orange yellow colour with a small to average, frothy and open, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted, caramel, fruity, light hoppy. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to light moderate bitter with a average to long duration, riped fruit, malty. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20120504]
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Jun 2013
at 10:03
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask-conditioned at the JDW at Victoria Station, 28/5/2013. Golden with a slight white head. Grapefruit and mago aroma with some decent hops. Flavour had some biscuity, slightly creamy malts, more tropical fruit and a decent, bitter finish. Very good.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 May 2013
at 08:07
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
On cask @ the Melville Inn, near Dalkeith, Edinburgh. Dark golden to amber with a decent head. The nose has malty biscuit with a faint hint of apple. More apple on the taste with still good malt profile. Medium bodied creamy fairly fresh on the palate with a big malt profile. A solid bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 May 2013
at 14:20
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at the Claude Du Vall, Camberley, 11/05/13. Clear golden with a thin off white head. Nose is caramel, grass, fruit notes. Taste comprises light caramel, hints of orange, light sugars, malt. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, touch of bitterness in a dryish finish. Adequate bitter.
Tried
from Cask
on 13 May 2013
at 10:04
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
(Cask at Pikkulintu, 20130427) The beer poured amber and clear. Its head was medium bodied and white. Aroma had toffee, malts and sweet hops. Palate was medium bodied with low carbonation. Flavours were malts, sweet hops, toffee, nuts and bitterness. Aftertaste was malty and bitter. A decent bitter
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Apr 2013
at 12:19
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7.5
Cask at the Earl of Essex - London. Pours clear, ripe copper-gold with a fine, creamy white head. Some smoked malts in the nose, light honey, bread. Medium sweet flavor with more smoke, candied ham, faint leafy bitterness. Medium bodied with soft carbonation; not in awesome condition. Lightly sticky sweet to finish with further smokey-sweet ham, light fruits, honey, more bread. Decent but the lack of condition holds it back.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Apr 2013
at 04:24