Triple fff Brewery
Microbrewery
in
Four Marks,
Hampshire,
England ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
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 2008โs 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 2008โs 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.
7.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Triple fff Comfortably Numb (by Triple fff Brewery):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 5/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 13/20, MyTotalScore: 3.5/5
2/IV/2012 - on cask @ Dean Swift (London) - BB: n/a (2012-310)
Clear amber beer, very small off-white head, unstable, adhesive leaving a nice lacing. Aroma: cow stable, hay, some caramel, hazelnuts, toast, little bready, yeast. MF: no carbon, medium body. Taste: caramel, nutty, hay, chestnuts, soft bitter. Aftertaste: hops, toast, little caramel, very English touch.
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 5/5, Taste: 6/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 13/20, MyTotalScore: 3.5/5
2/IV/2012 - on cask @ Dean Swift (London) - BB: n/a (2012-310)
Clear amber beer, very small off-white head, unstable, adhesive leaving a nice lacing. Aroma: cow stable, hay, some caramel, hazelnuts, toast, little bready, yeast. MF: no carbon, medium body. Taste: caramel, nutty, hay, chestnuts, soft bitter. Aftertaste: hops, toast, little caramel, very English touch.
Tried
from Cask
on 02 Apr 2012
at 09:10
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at London Drinker 2012. Pours clear, golden-brown with a small, bubbly head. Some dirty earth and light, burnt grass in the nose. Faintly sweet flavor with burnt malts and earthy bitterness. Light bodied with soft carbonation. Semi-dry finish, light tang, faint plastic, dirt, and burnt grass. Very light cocoa. Uninspiring.
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Mar 2012
at 11:00
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
(Cask at Angleterre, 20120306) The beer poured amber and clear. Its head was small and white. Aroma had toffee, hops and malts. Palate was medium bodied with medium carbonation. Flavours were herbalness, malts, toffee, molasses and bitterness. Aftertaste was malty, herbal and bitter. Quite complex taste and not only nice.
Tried
from Cask
on 06 Mar 2012
at 10:24
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask gravity @ The Falcon, Clapham Junction SW11. Pours a black color with a small off-white head. Has a roasted malty hoppy bitter licorice aroma. Roasted malty hoppy bitter citrus flavor with hitns of licorice. Has a roasted malty hoppy bitter citrus finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Feb 2012
at 03:20
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
cask at haymarket bar ... deep black... thin tan head ... soft coffee dark roast nose ... big mellow coffee roast ... light bitter pin hop back bone ... mellow coffee and pine linger
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Feb 2012
at 08:11
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(Cask at Kuikka, 20120127) The beer poured dark brown and clear. Its head was medium sized and white. Aroma had roasted malts and chocolate. Palate was medium bodied with low carbonation. Flavours were roasted malts, burnt malts, sweetness, hops and bitterness. Aftertaste was malty, burnt and bitter. A tasty mild.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Jan 2012
at 10:57
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Cask at Akkurat, Stockholm. Near black. Chocolate meet aniseed. Near full body with firm meaty mouthfeel. Black pepper, fudge and licorice. Peppery bitter finish. Full flavoured, warming and full of character. Really good!
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Jan 2012
at 06:09
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (gravity) @ The 17th Reading Beer and Cider Festival 2011, Reading, Berkshire England.Clear medium amber colour with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, toasted - caramel, light to moderate hoppy, flowers, citrus - orange notes. Flavor is moderate sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, lemon - citrus notes. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20110429]
Tried
from Cask
on 08 Jan 2012
at 13:30
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at The Hawkley Inn, Hampshire, A really well build amber bitter. Well balanced, good malttastes and citric hops, dry finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 18 Dec 2011
at 13:48
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at The White Hart, Nicholsonโs, London. Pours dark brown with a bubbly, foamy and off-white head. Looks good. Holds a lovely aroma of pine, grapefruit and moderate roasted malts. The flavor isnโt quite as nice as the aroma but itโs still decent. Some semi-hard roasted malts, light baking cocoa, pine and grapefruit are all in there. Medium bodied with fine, smooth carbonation. Moderate roast finish with short bitterness, some light sweetness, definite saltiness, light resins and some dark fruits creeping in. A respectable black IPA.
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Dec 2011
at 15:58