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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6.5/10
Tried on 28 Aug 2015 at 18:28

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Keg at the Hope, Carshalton. It pours clear gold with a decent white head. The nose is fresh, floral, pine needles, white bread, grass and juicy grapefruit. The taste is crisp, bitter, straw, pine, gooseberry, lychee, grapefruit, pithy lemon, grass, floral and minerals with a dry finish. Light - medium body and moderate carbonation. Great balance and ludicrous drinkability. I totally and utterly devoured my half!
Tried on 24 Aug 2015 at 14:33

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Keg at the Hanging Bat. Pours very pale yellow, light haze, thin white head. Aromas of funky peppery saison, bread. Taste is more white pepper and bread, honey, light funk. Dry finish.
Tried on 24 Aug 2015 at 11:30

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Lukt: Humle, malt og noe hvete.
Utseende: Dunkel gulbrun farge.
Skum/kullsyre: Tynt skum, heng langs kant.
Smak: Sursøt frukter, noe citrus.
Hvor: Kjøpt/Nydt@Melkebaren Sandenes.
Medium: Tapp@100ml, ABV@5,6%, Når@23.08.2015
Tried from Draft on 23 Aug 2015 at 16:20

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Bottle thnx to Kurt. pours unclear blonde, no real head. smell is bit funky . Taste is wattery, no real funk, bit sweet. Bit harsh, some non-working lambic aspects... Not really a succesfull blend for what I’m concerned..
Tried from Bottle on 19 Aug 2015 at 03:23

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Cask at GBBF. Burning Sky Plateau 3.50% beautiful clear light gold with an eggshell white head of foam. Fantastic aroma of prickly hops that give floral & fruit notes with maybe a dash of cheesiness. Smooth soft body with a bracing minty dank bitter hop finish. Clean tasting sessionable hoppy beer - great.
Tried from Cask on 15 Aug 2015 at 05:20

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Kick 110815. Golden colour with a white head. Aroma is funk, citrus, malt, yeast, pine. Flavour is citrus, malt, funk, yeast, pineapple, fruit. Nice beer.
Tried on 14 Aug 2015 at 06:04

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Keg @ The Raven. Hazy light golden, white head. Nose is fruity, esters, yeasty. Flavour is fruity, yeasty, some malt sweetness. Smells good. Ok saison.
Tried on 13 Aug 2015 at 13:48

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Keg at thebHarp. Cloudy pale gold, close to pastel, fine head. Huge citrus hope nose, crisp crackery malts. Lemon, grapefruit, Grass. Dry and hoppy, crackery malt. Crisp and very refreshing. Very nice.
Tried on 10 Aug 2015 at 05:34

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle from Cotteridge Wines; hazy amber pour with a big frothy white head, aroma has tart cider apples and a hint of sourness, taste has a hint of straw, light citrus, some sour yogurt, a hint of apple.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Aug 2015 at 11:11