Triple fff Brewery Moondance – new on at The Fox Inn at Fox Corner.
Triple fff Brewery Moondance
One of Triple fff’s original recipes brewed since 1997, a pale ale with copious amounts of American Cascade hops. Wonderfully aromatic floral nose balanced by a gentle bitterness with a hint of sweetness. No wonder this beer has won the most awards of all the beers in their range.
ABV 4.2%
Awards
CAMRA Hampshire Runner Up 1998
CAMRA Southampton Overall Winner 1998
Also CAMRA Southampton Winner Pale Ale 1999
and CAMRA Poole Second Overall 1999
Farnham Beer-ex Beer of the Festival 1998
SIBA South East Overall Winner 2001
CAMRA Bristol Overall Winner 2003
SIBA South East Gold 2003
SIBA National Bronze 2004
Gold Local Beer (Bitter 4-4.4%) of the Festival Reading 2006
CAMRA Supreme Champion Beer of Britain BRONZE Great British Beer Festival 2006
Alton Beer Festival Winner 2007
Alton Beer Festival Silver 2008
CAMRA Cotswolds Overall Winner 2009
CAMRA Cotswold Overall Champion GOLD 2009
SIBA National Best Bitter SILVER 2009
SIBA South East Best Bitter SILVER 2010
Also SIBA National Best Bitter BRONZE 2010
and SIBA South East Best Bitter GOLD 2012
and SIBA South East Overall Champion BRONZE 2012
CAMRA Hampshire Beer of the Year Joint RUNNER UP Southampton 2014
CAMRA Southampton Silver 2014
SIBA South East Bronze (Cask Session Pale Ale) 2022
Notes
Sweetness, fruity, nutty
Aromatic, malty, toffee, floral
Amber
Brewing
Cara gold malt
Maris otter malt
Black. Malt
American cascade hops
Triple fff Brewery
The brewery was launched in 1997 by Graham Trott, a cabinet maker by trade who was a keen home brewer. The most popular question they are asked is ‘What is Triple fff?’. As many of you know all their beers (Alton’s Pride aside) are either song or album titles. Triple fff in music stands for fortississimo and means very very loud.
The beer names came from song titles of many of the 60’s 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 60’s did not spawn a song called Alton Pride (3.8% ABV) but that joined the lyrical portfolio and is their number one seller following its success at 2008’s Great British Beer Festival having been voted Supreme Champion Beer of Britain.