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.
8.3/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can from Lupe Pintos. Hazy pale golden body with a white head. Lovely carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of melon rind and grapefruit peel. Flavour of white grape and bitter melon rind. Thin to medium body with a slick texture. Soft fizz. Crisp and bitter.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Sep 2025
at 11:54
8/10
Tried
from Can
on 23 Aug 2025
at 20:47
7.3/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Pours pale red with a dense head. Sourish and funky aroma of raspberries, basil and red currants. Sourish flavour with notes of raspberries, basil and blood grapefruit.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Aug 2025
at 17:29
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Burk från SB. Aningen disig varmrosa vätska med lågt skum. Lätt och frisk hallondoft och smak med en lätt örtighet som jag nog inte gissat på basilika i ett blindtest. Nu blir det en ”vuxen” smak som är mer än ett fruktlöst med balanserad sötma, beska, lite funk i bra balans. Mycket gott
Tried
on 23 Aug 2025
at 12:15
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Burk. Väldigt god med en djup hallonsmak, inte söt utan vild och naturlig. Basilikan bidrar med bitterhet och viss fräschör (lite Mojito-känsla nästan). Små fina bubblor. Det här är kvalitet rakt igenom.
Tried
on 22 Aug 2025
at 19:32
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
440ml can. Pours a very slightly hazed golden, frothy white head, nice lacing. Aroma of bready and biscuity malts, light citrus and grass. Taste is the same, bready and biscuity malt, light honeyed sweetness, some lemony citrus and grassy hop notes, light bitter finish. Medium bodied. Excellent.
Tried
from Can
from The Fuss Club
on 21 Aug 2025
at 19:43
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Draft at Beerarama, Eastbourne. Poured a slightly hazy reddish pink colour with an everlasting frothy milky white head. The aroma is yeasty, light damson. The flavour is moderate sour, with a fresh, smooth, earthy, tart damson palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation. Nice, but not the kind of beer that I would probably buy again.
Tried
from Draft
at
Beerarama
on 21 Aug 2025
at 18:56
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle shared at craft beer junction bermondsey tasting. Many thanks to me, a pink plum, coloured pour with a a fine pink head. Aroma is airy raspberry, blackberry, leafy. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, blackberry. Bramble, raspberry, mellow funk, melow funk. Sharp and tangy.
Tried
on 20 Aug 2025
at 19:34
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Aug 2025
at 19:32
6/10
Hapukas, puuviljane, nisune, vesine Ok.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Aug 2025
at 13:51