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.
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 03 Jul 2026
at 14:16
7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Loose white head on a hazy dull golden coloured body.
Grapefruit, zesty & sour orange aroma.
Medium bodied, sharp with a softer clean back.
Zesty orange, gooseberry, yeast - lemon tastes with a tart finish.
Top drawer.
Grapefruit, zesty & sour orange aroma.
Medium bodied, sharp with a softer clean back.
Zesty orange, gooseberry, yeast - lemon tastes with a tart finish.
Top drawer.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Jul 2026
at 20:01
8/10
Tried
on 28 Jun 2026
at 10:36
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Cask at The Kingston CAMRA Beer & Cider Festival, Kingston upon Thames. A golden/orange, yellow coloured pour with a medium bubbly white head on top. Hoppy, citrus, grapefruit, orange, rye, tropical fruit taste, aroma is something similar. A decent enough pale ale.
Tried
from Cask
on 27 Jun 2026
at 11:30
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Exceptional stuff, in great shape on cask. Lovely rich southern hem hop expression, tropical fruits, bit of pee, dank was, mild rindy bitterness, background pale malts. Juicy but not cloying. Wonderfully cohesive and massively drinkable.
Tried
from Cask
at
Craft Beer Co - Clerkenwell
on 26 Jun 2026
at 15:54
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Cask at The Kingston CAMRA Beer & Cider Festival, Kingston upon Thames. A dark golden coloured pour with a medium bubbly white head on top. Sweetish, hoppy, passion fruit, orange, mango, tropical fruit taste, aroma is something similar. An extremely drinkable pale ale on cask. Will look for this again, really good.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Jun 2026
at 14:07
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
440ml can. Hazy golden orange with a small white head. Aroma of lemon and lime, grape, peach. Taste is citrusy, lemon and lime, melon, grape, peach, slightly dank, low bitterness. Medium bodied, soft.
And it's yet another WCBF collab that is absolutely world class in terms of AF beer. Cracking effort.
And it's yet another WCBF collab that is absolutely world class in terms of AF beer. Cracking effort.
Tried
from Can
from RAD Beer
on 22 Jun 2026
at 19:56
7/10
Tried
from Can
on 21 Jun 2026
at 12:55
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can at home, from HOTM online, 20/06/2026.
Pinkish orange topped with a lasting faded crimson cap.
Nose is tarte berries, herb, hedgerow, grains.
Taste comprises tangy ted berries, damp wood, herb, modest funk, berry skins, damson chimes.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a light pickering edge.
Tidy refresher.
Pinkish orange topped with a lasting faded crimson cap.
Nose is tarte berries, herb, hedgerow, grains.
Taste comprises tangy ted berries, damp wood, herb, modest funk, berry skins, damson chimes.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a light pickering edge.
Tidy refresher.
Tried
on 20 Jun 2026
at 14:31
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Can at home picked up from hotm. A translucent golden orange coloured pour with a fine white head. Aroma is semi sweet, midget gems, tangerine, floury wheat, pineapple. Flavour is composed of floury wheat, spicy citrus, midget gems, lime, white grape, spicy. Flavour is composed crisp bready wheaty grains, some chalk,mineral, tangerine. Some farmyard notes. Decent.
Tried
on 17 Jun 2026
at 21:05