Brakspear Triple – a glass apart
Liquid indulgence in a bottle

Brakspear Triple, the 7.2% abv bottle conditioned ale first brewed in 2005 to celebrate Brakspear’s return to Oxfordshire, goes from strength to strength with listings in Sainsburys and Waitrose supermarkets at £1.99 per 500ml bottle.

Brewed in Brakspear’s celebrated ‘double dropped’ fermentation system, Brakspear Triple will be promoted between October and Christmas via a neck collar offer, giving purchasers the chance to buy a bespoke Brakspear glass at £4.99 with 3 bottle tops.

Rupert Thompson, managing director of Wychwood comments:

“Brakspear Triple has been a powerful success story for us and a great addition to our Brakspear range which already includes Brakspear’s Organic at 4.6% abv - which is Britain’s fastest growing organic ale - and the classic Brakspear Bitter at 3.4% abv.

Brakspear’s Head Brewer Jeremy Moss started working on this new brew as soon as Brakspear returned to Oxfordshire in June 2004, his intention being to create a higher strength beer to show off Brakspear’s customary depth of flavour, but in a highly drinkable modern fashion.

Jeremy explains:
“Brakspear Triple is based on a grist of Maris Otter pale malt and Crystal malts. It’s then hopped three separate times with Northdown and Cascade, to give flavour, complexity and freshness. The final hopping takes place when the beer has been “dropped” into the dropping vessel. This blend of hops and malts creates a highly aromatic strong beer, which delivers its rich vinous complexity with flavours akin to rum and Madeira, at 7.2% abv.

Once this initial fermentation has finished, the beer then starts a slow fermentation and maturation period, prior to it being bottled with fresh yeast. The final maturation will continue for many months, or years, and it will be interesting to see how this beer develops with age. This is the joy of ‘Triple’. It is a dynamic beer that will keep on changing slowly in the bottle. Initially it will have the impertinence of youth, but this will eventually metamorphose into broad, round, mellow flavours proclaiming the wisdom of age."

Brakspear Triple carries the ‘CAMRA says this is real ale’ label of authenticity.

Brakspear is one of the last established traditional brewers in the UK to use this Double Drop method for the production of its regular brews. The classic fermentation for this brew starts in the top vessel, dropping to a lower one to complete its primary phase. Here it stays to complete its secondary fermentation, during which more cascade hops are added. Finally it is bottled with its yeast and the third fermentation starts. The flavour of this beer will go on to develop further complexity as it matures in bottle.

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For orders call brewery sales direct on 01993 890 890

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