Beacon
Burning Sky Brewery in Firle, East Sussex, England 🏴
Pale Ale Regular|
Score
7.21
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European style pale ale with a snappy malt profile and an assured bitterness. Hopped throughout with Celeia, Strisselspalt, Saaz and Centennial for a layered textural quality. Aromas of cut grass, light citrus fruits and a delicate peppery note.
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6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can at Home. Lightly hazed pale yellow golden colour with a white head. Aroma and taste are dry peppery and some pine. Medium body.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Dec 2024
at 19:46
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Hazy golden, white head. Smell and taste the same: like zesty pales but with the qualities of Burning Sky's excellent saisons. Good balance, very nice.
Tried
on 10 Dec 2024
at 19:38
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can from Lupe Pintos. Hazy pale golden body with a thick white head. Steady carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of grass, basil and shortbread. Flavour of grapefruit peel and steel with a crisp, bitter finish. Medium body with a smooth texture. Light fizz. Clean and herbal. Decent.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Dec 2024
at 10:10
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can from Meads Wine Shop, Meads. Very tasty pale ale. Sweet straw. Deep grassy bitterness.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Dec 2023
at 21:18
7/10
Tried
on 15 Dec 2023
at 21:38
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can at home, from HOTM online, 02/12/23. Moderately hazed golden blonde with a decent white head. Nose is pale malts, grass, tangerine, herb, mandarin, citric tinged straw. Taste comprises lemon rind, herb, pale malts, toasted grains, orange peel, melon, citric tinged straw. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spiked with balanced hop bitterness. Decent enough easy drinking pale.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Dec 2023
at 18:14
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can. Online shop. Hazed straw yellow. Very fluffy lasting white foam. Pretty herbal up front. Lots of lemon peel and zest. Light and mineraly. Clean malt backdrop. Comes across slightly tangy and fairly dry, with a bright zesty bitterness. Light and airy overall with nice burp inducing rolling carbonation. Lean and crisp finish.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Nov 2023
at 19:13
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can at home in Hackney - sourced from BS online. Pours very slightly hazed yellow with a fluffy, pure white head. Light sweet flavour, fairly dry, with lean pale malts, crisp cereal, straw, bread crust, grass, lemon peel. Light bodied with massaging carbonation. Clean finish, lightly drying, more fresh biscuits, cereal, grain husk, grass. A slow starter but, once you dig in, there’s a really nice subtle complexity here.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Nov 2023
at 21:05