Burning Sky Brewery
Microbrewery
in
Firle,
East Sussex,
England 🏴
Associated Venue: Burning Sky
Associated Webshop: Burning Sky
Established in 2013
Contact
Description
Burning Sky, a brewers dream. The dream of a long term brewer with a love of both punchy hop forward pales and of the beautiful Belgian beer tradition. A brewers brewery, we are fortunate to be blessed with a talented team.
Whilst industrial units are convenient, they seldom inspire, so we chose to locate ourselves within the beautiful and inspirational South Downs, occupying refurbished farm buildings in a slightly quirky village. A true farmhouse brewery.
Producing our first beer in the Autumn of 2013, we were rewarded far beyond our expectations – not just with a couple of orders but with Mark being voted ‘Brewer of the Year 2014’ by The Guild of British Beer Writers, and the brewery being named 4th Best New Brewery in the World 2014 by Ratebeer.
Whilst ambitious, we do not wish to grow out of, or beyond the buildings we occupy. Instead we are investing heavily in the areas that we wish to grow in. The first craft brewery in the UK to install oak foudres for ageing beers in, we have just (at the end of 2016), completed the restoration of a Grade 2 listed building to expand upon this and our barrel ageing program. The beginning of 2017 saw us install a bespoke coolship in this space – a traditional vessel used for cooling hot wort. We will be using this to produce spontaneously fermented beers.
And all the while that this goes on, we continue to refine and pay particular attention to our core beers, making sure that we (and you), have something refreshing to relax and dream with at the end of the day.
Whilst industrial units are convenient, they seldom inspire, so we chose to locate ourselves within the beautiful and inspirational South Downs, occupying refurbished farm buildings in a slightly quirky village. A true farmhouse brewery.
Producing our first beer in the Autumn of 2013, we were rewarded far beyond our expectations – not just with a couple of orders but with Mark being voted ‘Brewer of the Year 2014’ by The Guild of British Beer Writers, and the brewery being named 4th Best New Brewery in the World 2014 by Ratebeer.
Whilst ambitious, we do not wish to grow out of, or beyond the buildings we occupy. Instead we are investing heavily in the areas that we wish to grow in. The first craft brewery in the UK to install oak foudres for ageing beers in, we have just (at the end of 2016), completed the restoration of a Grade 2 listed building to expand upon this and our barrel ageing program. The beginning of 2017 saw us install a bespoke coolship in this space – a traditional vessel used for cooling hot wort. We will be using this to produce spontaneously fermented beers.
And all the while that this goes on, we continue to refine and pay particular attention to our core beers, making sure that we (and you), have something refreshing to relax and dream with at the end of the day.
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at Hops d’Amour, Coventry on 31st October 2025. Dark brown with shallow, beige foam and spot lacing. Hazelnut nuttiness in aroma. Nutty in-mouth with ripe soft fruits, and a bittering spiced finish. Engaging texture, and a full body.
Tried
from Cask
at
Hops d'Amour
on 31 Oct 2025
at 19:57
8/10
Lovely balance of soft fruit and grains
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Oct 2025
at 13:14
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Cask half at Wenlock Arms, Hoxton 25/10/2025. Earthy target hops, some citrus, nicely clean, lightly dry. Towards medium body with some carbonation.
Tried
from Cask
at
Wenlock Arms
on 29 Oct 2025
at 21:11
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Can at home picked up from HOTM. A hazed brushed golden orange coloured pour with a lasting rocky white head. Aroma is odd sour milk, apricot, sicky sour, butyric maybe? , tangerine, fuzzy apricot, farmhouse yeast. Flavour is composed of tangy peach, sour milk, grapefruit, tangy citrus. Palate is sour, tangy and prickly, grapefruit, abrasive, highish carbonation. Bit of a mess.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Oct 2025
at 21:27
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Can. Pours a light gold colour with a tight white head, plenty of hops and citrus fruits in the aroma, the taste is medium bitterness with a dry bitter finish.
Tried
from Can
at
Burning Sky
on 26 Oct 2025
at 16:57
Tried
from Cask
at
Sickle
on 24 Oct 2025
at 23:00
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Can. Pours a light yellow colour with a tight white head, plenty of hops and citrus fruits in the aroma, the taste is medium bitterness with a dry bitter finish.
Tried
from Can
at
Burning Sky
on 24 Oct 2025
at 17:47
7.6/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Cask at Standing Order, Derby. Pours deep ruby with minimal tan head. The aroma is mainly fruity but with some hints of citrus too. In the mouth it is somewhat bitter but with a little underlying sweetness too, and a creamy texture. Flavours are mainly malts and red fruits plus hints of floral hops, toffee and spice. After a while a certain wateriness creeps in but otherwise this is quite nice.
Tried
from Cask
at
Standing Order (JDW)
on 21 Oct 2025
at 12:10
7/10
Tried
from Can
at
Burning Sky
on 19 Oct 2025
at 16:04