Burning Sky Brewery

Microbrewery in Firle, East Sussex, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
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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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Tap@ Patricks. A surprisingly well made session IPA, had no expectation just grabbed one to enjoy at the patio a warm evening. Hazy golden with a decent white head. Fresh fruity aroma and same with the flavor. Some pleasant bitterness as well and all in all a rather well balanced one for a session ale. Even fine body and nice aftertaste.
Tried from Draft on 12 Mar 2025 at 12:51

7.6/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 8 Texture 7 Overall 8
Keg at Queen's Head, Kings X. It pours slightly hazy golden - blonde with a thick, fluffy white head. The aroma is bright, zingy, orange peel, peach, fragrant, floral, orange blossom and kumquat. The taste is crisp, dry, snappy, tart, tangy, light acidity, orange peel, kumquat, peach, nectarine, mango, marmalade, floral and a touch of funk with dry finish. Light body and moderate, fluffy carbonation. Crisp, bright and zingy.
Tried from Draft on 04 Mar 2025 at 23:33

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Funky, tart, a little citric. Decent salinity. A little pale wood, grass. Sound.
Tried from Can on 28 Feb 2025 at 23:37

7/10
Quaffable, slightly grassy, crisp
Tried from Draft on 25 Feb 2025 at 19:17

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 10 Overall 6.5
Clear gold, creamy white head. Nice nose, grass and lime and flowers. Flavor same. Dough. Super soft and creamy. 6 4 7 5 13
Tried from Draft on 24 Feb 2025 at 16:00

8/10
Magnifico
Tried from Can on 23 Feb 2025 at 19:04

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
(Draught at King's Arms, Bethnal Green, London, 23 Nov 2024) Black colour, with hints of ruby when seen through light. Foamy beige head. Malty, roasted, slightly fruity nose with chocolate, coffee and dark fruit. Malty, roasted, slightly fruity taste with notes of chocolate, coffee, dark fruit, oak wood and a mild roasty bitterness. Almost full body, with a touch of sweetness. Slightly vinous and woody hints of old ale. Complex and well balanced. Very nice.
Tried from Draft at Kings Arms on 18 Feb 2025 at 20:19

8/10
Lovely stuff. Creamy, oaky, tart, lightly vinous. Lovely lovely stuff.
Tried on 16 Feb 2025 at 03:31

6.5/10
Pint in The Mounting Stone, Bramhall. A nice stout.
Tried from Cask on 15 Feb 2025 at 20:48

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From tap at Borefts ’15. Aroma of herbs and spices, vegetables, hint of sour fruits. Flavour is moderate sour with a moderate to medium bitter finish. Body is light to medium. Decent.
Tried from Draft on 13 Feb 2025 at 05:02