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.
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Cask at Oliver Twist, Stockholm. Copper colour. Spicy hoppy nose. Mid dry with soft, vital mouthfeel. Mildly roasty with a whiff of coffee under spicy, hay-like hops. Medium bodied with light notes of butter. Good spicy bitterness. Lovely!
Tried
from Cask
on 09 Dec 2010
at 07:09
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask (handpump) @ The Hope Tap, 99-105 Friar Street, Reading, Berkshire, England RG1 1EP.Clear medium amber color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate hoppy, grapefruit, orange - citrus, fruity, flowers - chamomile flower. Flavor is moderate to light light heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration, spicy hops - chamomile flowers. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20100429]
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Nov 2010
at 09:30
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
From cask. Pours clear and golden orange with a small white head. Aroma is mild fruity and slight peachy to mango. Fruity and crisp fruity into the finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Nov 2010
at 01:45
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at Claude du Vall (JDW), Camberley.ABV stated as 5% Reddish chestnut with a loose beige head; toffee aroma; malty caramel flavour; dry finish with some earthy hops and burnt sugar. A trifle thin, but otherwise very enjoyable.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Oct 2010
at 09:15
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask at the Harp, London. Pours a clear, rich amber with a creamy film head. Light malt aroma. Flavor is sweet, with semi dark, toasted malts, ripe fruits, light toffee and faint, citrus and herbal bitters. Light bodied with soft carbonation. Finishes sweet and malty with a very mild hop presence. Good stuff.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Oct 2010
at 06:34
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Cask at the White Lion, Aldershot. ABV 4.8% An attractive reddish copper colour with a loose off-white head; aroma of blackberries; sweet autumn fruit flavours, but rather thin; then a dry and nutty finish. Pleasant and warming on an autumn evening.
Tried
from Cask
on 19 Oct 2010
at 13:01
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the ’Grape and Grain’ beer festival, Crystal Palace. Amber pour with a white head. Light malt aromas with caramel and some citrus. Quite a sweet taste. Caramel and citrus dominate the flavour. Malty, hoppy finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 Oct 2010
at 09:03
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 9
Cask at the Harp. Pours a hazy, amber-gold with a short, white head. Sharp cereal malt aroma with some faint, floral hops. Lightly sweet and very bready, perhaps pumpernickel. Also has some restrained bitterness of earth and mild citrus. Very nicely balanced. Light to medium in body with fine carbonation. Finishes with more bready malts and some lingering, earthy bitters. The cloudiness clears up after a few minutes. Really good.
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Sep 2010
at 12:21
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask at a Nicholson pub. Pours clear amber with a creamy head. Nice, spicy hop aroma with soe bready malts. Sweet flavor with earthiness, along with grass and dandelion bitterness. Medium in body with fine carbonation. Finishes bitter with hay, grass and light caramel. Good.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Sep 2010
at 03:20
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
(Cask at Bree Louise, Euston, London, 8 Aug 2010) Golden colour with brief, white head. Fruity nose with notes of grass, citrus and biscuity malt. Fruity, slightly biscuity taste with citrus, grass and a fairly dry finish with a zesty, citrussy bitterness. Rather light body, with balanced sweetness. Quite nice.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Sep 2010
at 14:23