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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Keg at Borefts Beer Festival, De Molen, Bodegraven Friday 25th September 2015 in the company of Jackie and Light gold in colour with a clingy white head. Soft in the mouth, great bittersweet balance. this is the best beer so far. Nice sweet orange, really moreish, a little dry on the finish. A8 A4 T8 P4 Ov16 4.0
Tried on 25 Sep 2015 at 07:08

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On tap Borefts 2015. Clear gold lasting white head. Really tasty clean ipa. Grapefruit. Rather excellent. Good bitterness. Excellent.
Tried from Draft on 25 Sep 2015 at 05:46

7.9/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 10 Overall 7.5
Keg from The Beerhive. Hazy pale golden body with a thin white head. Steady carbonation. Light lacing. Aroma of toasted coconut, pineapple and mango. Flavour of lemon, orange peel, biscuit and coconut (Sorachi Ace?) Medium body with an oily mouthfeel. Soft fizz. A tasty IPA with a nice coconut edge.
Tried on 21 Sep 2015 at 16:47

7/10
Tried from Cask at Salopian Bar on 19 Sep 2015 at 20:10

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Easy drinking session IPA. Pours golden with decent head. Some hint of bubblegum. Light booze. Pours pale golden with ok head. Light bitter finish. Tap at Churchkey.
Tried from Draft on 18 Sep 2015 at 18:56

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
4 oz pour on draft at ChurchKey. Hazy straw yellow with off-white head. Aromas of lemon lime citrus and floral notes. Tastes of herbs, spice, citrus. Medium-light body with a dry finish.
Tried from Draft on 15 Sep 2015 at 22:20

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Small glass, draught at Nedre Foss Gård in Oslo. Pale golden body, film-type layer, crocheted lacing. Fruity aroma of pineapple and ripe lemon. Fruit hoppy taste of orange, pine, and lemon. Bittering citrus peels to the ending. Well balanced and nice (07.09.2015).
Tried on 10 Sep 2015 at 13:45

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Bottle. Opened with barely a hiss. Pours completely flat, lifeless, cola brown. Why go to such tremendous effort to brew a beer like this, and then not put the cap on the bottle properly? Gets on my wick, especially when I’ve paid the best part of a fiver for the dubious privilege. Looking beyond that, it’s not hard to see there’s a decent beer in here. Trouble is, it’s already got a score way below it probably deserves in good nick. Fuck’s sake...
Tried from Bottle on 05 Sep 2015 at 17:17

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330ml bottle. Clear, yellow-ish, pale golden colour with average to huge, frothy to macropore, half-way lasting, minimally lacing, white head. Citrusy hoppy aroma, lime and lemon notes, some apple, hints of elderflower, a dusty touch of hay. Taste is citrusy hoppy, initially notes of lemongrass, lemon, apple, later some penetrating elderflower; rather light and with extensive watery sections.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Aug 2015 at 10:08

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On tap @Mad for Beer (Rome). Pours pale yellow, a bit unclear, with a medium white head. Aroma of yeasts, light spices, fruits, light sourish notes. Flavour is light sweet with a good bitter end, easy to drink and refreshing. Light body, medium to light carbonation. Ok, but a bit poor.
Tried from Draft on 30 Aug 2015 at 07:56