Burning Sky Brewery

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

Contact
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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[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

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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.
Tried from Can on 26 Jan 2025 at 21:20

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.
Tried from Can on 20 Jan 2025 at 14:21

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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

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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