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 9
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
[Cask at the Back of Beyond (JDW), Reading] A bright reddish copper pour with a tight cream head; spicy malt aroma; sweet and syrupy in the mouth with some caramel and barley sugar, nicely balanced by a gentle bitterness. A soothing cough syrup of a beer.
Tried
from Cask
at
Back of Beyond
on 27 Jan 2025
at 11:17
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can, most likely present from Mum & Si. Cheers!
Aroma is quite pub floory. Light haze look. Taste is interesting - citra IPA mixing with a more meaty APA and British hops. Somewhere in between brilliance and astringent. Unsure.
Aroma is quite pub floory. Light haze look. Taste is interesting - citra IPA mixing with a more meaty APA and British hops. Somewhere in between brilliance and astringent. Unsure.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Jan 2025
at 21:20
8.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
On tap at Beer Shop Folkestone .hazy gold colour lasting white head. Aroma between a full blown funk farmhouse beer and a saison. SAISON lemon flavour. Lost somewhere between Folkestone and east Flanders. Sour but properly sour. From the natural yeasts. Some tart apple some lemon flavour. Warm wheat background. Awesome.
Tried
from Draft
on 25 Jan 2025
at 17:37
6.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 5
Overall 6
Pours hazy golden with large but weak head. Lots of citrus on the nose with notes of cookie dough. Body on the thin side. Flavour is lots of citrus; lime, lemon and grapefruit. The citrus gets a bit too much in the long run.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Jan 2025
at 15:32
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Cask at The Lion & The Unicorn Wetherspoons, Waterloo, London. A dark brown coloured pour with a medium off white/beige head on top. Roasty, malty, caramel, dark fruit taste and aroma. Tasty old ale and in really good conditon in this Spoons.
Tried
from Cask
on 25 Jan 2025
at 10:24
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
440ml can from M & S. Pours cloudy yellow with a white head. Aromas & tastes of grapefruit, mango, passion fruit, lemon, pine & hops. Medium body. Dry light bitter finish. Well balanced. Highly enjoyable.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Jan 2025
at 08:36
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
can at ashs ....deep brown ...thin tan lacing ..soft earthy coffee roast malts nose ...dark sweet chocolate ...deep bitter chocolate roast malts earthy chocolate roast malts
Tried
from Can
on 20 Jan 2025
at 14:22
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can thanks to cagarvie.
Appearance - deep brown to black and opaque. Tan head.
Nose - sweet chocolate and roast. A slight hint of freshly milled coffee.
Taste - more coffee, dark chocolate and roast again.
Palate - medium bodied, roasty finish.
Overall - good.
Appearance - deep brown to black and opaque. Tan head.
Nose - sweet chocolate and roast. A slight hint of freshly milled coffee.
Taste - more coffee, dark chocolate and roast again.
Palate - medium bodied, roasty finish.
Overall - good.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Jan 2025
at 14:21
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7
Can at home. hazy pale yellow colour with a white head. Aroma and taste are light crisp and citrus fresh. Light to medium body.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Jan 2025
at 20:40
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Shared courtesy of Grumbo with ITFCDan. Aroma of berries, vanilla and liquorice. Taste is bitter and has hints of charcoal.
Tried
on 12 Jan 2025
at 09:36