Burning Sky Brewery

Microbrewery in Firle, East Sussex, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated Venue: Burning Sky
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Established in 2013

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Place Barn, The St, Firle, BN8 6LP, England
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.

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8.3/10 Appearance 9 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Can. HOTM. Misted medium gold. Solid lasting white foam. Looks boss. Nose has fresh sappy hop. Touch of fusty orange peel and flesh. Nice clean semi sweet malt in the background. Taste is pretty sweet first off with a ripe citrus bitterness. Plenty of body although it drinks easy at the 6.5. Lingering bitter finish. Nice old school pow wow.
Tried from Can at House Of The Trembling Madness (Stonegate) on 08 May 2025 at 18:13

8.4/10 Appearance 9 Aroma 8.5 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Can. HOTM. Misted straw gold. Good white froth. Lots of lemon peel and some lime notes. Bright Belgo yeast. Straw and cut grass. Taste is semi sweet with a tart tangy character. Super fresh with high-ish foamy carbonation. Makes an easy drinking good weather beer. Nice one.
Tried from Can at House Of The Trembling Madness (Stonegate) on 08 May 2025 at 17:52

7.9/10 Appearance 9 Aroma 8.5 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 8
Can at home picked up from HOTM. A mostly clear deep plum purple coloured pour with a lasting rocky candy floss pink head. Aroma is nice fresh earthy red berries, blackberry, blackcurrent, hedgerow fruit, dusty funk, some yogurty funk. Flavour is composed of super sharp, tangy berries, bitter damson, lemon juice, super bitter, green leaves, underripe blackberries, Palate is dusty, super sharp, tangy, pinch of acid, highish carbonation. Enjoyable, little too acidic.
Tried from Can on 05 May 2025 at 20:49

7/10
Tried from Draft on 03 May 2025 at 17:45

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Draft. Hazy golden beer with a cream head. Light tropical fruit aroma. Light tropical fruit and light citrus flavor. Medium bodied. Tropical fruit and light citrus linger.
Tried on 02 May 2025 at 20:00

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 8
Can at home picked up from hotm. A clear deep plum red coloured pour with a lasting pinkish small head. Aroma is nice tart leafy raspberry, blackberry, mellow funk, horsey funk, some creamy wheat. Flavour is composed of sharp and tangy lemon rind, leafy raspberry, spicy hibiscus mellow farmhouse funk,. Palate is super sharp, citric pinch prickly abrasive carbonation. Packs a big punch for the abv. Some lingering tangy blackberry, sour milk.
Tried from Can on 26 Apr 2025 at 20:25

8/10 Appearance 9 Aroma 8 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 8
Can at home from RAD. Deep mohogany colour with a tan head. Aroma and taste are Mary and sweet. Some chocolate. Rich full body.
Tried from Can from RAD Beer on 25 Apr 2025 at 21:49

7.5/10
Tried from Can on 20 Apr 2025 at 16:08

8/10
Tried on 18 Apr 2025 at 15:47

7.4/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Cask at The Star & Garter, Bromley. Bromley.
Nose is lemon zest,lime, gooseberry jam, quite floral. Taste is very similar, touch of white grape & green apple coming through. Spicy sweet with a light bitter backbone.
Tried from Cask at Star & Garter on 12 Apr 2025 at 19:43