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.
7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can. Pours a light gold colour with a tight white head, plenty of hops and fruit in the aroma, the taste is medium bitterness with a dry bitter fruit finish.
Tried
from Can
at
Burning Sky
on 19 Oct 2025
at 15:19
7.5/10
Tried
from Can
on 19 Oct 2025
at 14:43
8/10
Tried
from Can
on 19 Oct 2025
at 14:42
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
Super stuff. Smooth and luscious. Nice tropical fruit vibes, tangerine, mild rindy bitterness. Mighty drinkable. Lightly dank. Excellent.
Tried
from Draft
at
Pembury Tavern
on 17 Oct 2025
at 15:09
6.5/10
Unbelievably puckering. If a farmer from Belgium, Norway, or Lithuania brewed a beer like this back in the day, he probably would've dumped it. It's a collaboration with Balance (another great brewery) so I expected some... balance. Oh well, it's not bad.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Oct 2025
at 22:16
7.5/10
Simple, vaguely farmy beer with gooseberries and elderflower.
Tried
from Can
on 15 Oct 2025
at 22:43
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 8
On tap (cask) at the Babbington, Derby Tuesday 14th October 2025 in the company of Dad and Pauline. Pours amber in colour with an excellent clarity and a tight mid sized white head. This is a solid ESB, nice malty and fruity balance, hedgerow hops and berries, with a background bitterness, not always my favourite style but this is very nice.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Babington Arms (JDW)
on 14 Oct 2025
at 14:45
Tried
from Cask
at
Bole Bridge (JDW)
on 10 Oct 2025
at 23:00
7/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 6
Flavor 6.5
Texture 8
Overall 7
Wetherspoon 2025 Autumn Beer Festival. Ale#15 of 26 untried possibilities at the fest. Clear darker golden, low bitterness special bitter, but has a lovely silky-clean texture to enjoy. Mild malts in both aroma and taste with sugars and low breadiness.
Tried
from Cask
at
Regal Moon (JDW)
on 10 Oct 2025
at 12:43
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at the moon under water Watford Jdw. A clear amber brown coloured pour with a a lasting beige cap. Aroma is subdued autumnal notes, brown sugars, berries. Brown bread. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, nutty brown bread, apple, woodland berries, nuts. Palate is semi sweet, rounded, decent cask condition. Drinks easy.
Tried
on 10 Oct 2025
at 12:34