Thwaites has labelled two different beers as Triple C over the years. The current version, described as "A full, smooth and balanced beer with an intense citrus hop aroma", is a 5.3% American Pale Ale hopped with Chinook, Citra & Centennial, hence three C's. The previous recipe (produced until 2012) was an English single-hop IPA using Cascade - in this case the "triple" referred to using Cascade for all three stages of hopping: bitterness, flavour and aroma. It was sold at 4.2% in cask and 4.4% in bottles.