Burning Sky Brewery

Microbrewery in Firle, East Sussex, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated Venue: Burning Sky
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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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6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
(Draught at Craft Beer Co Covent Garden, London, 26 Apr 2015) Hazy yellow colour with frothy, white head. Fruity nose with a touch of wheat, citrus, grass, peaches and vanilla. Fruity taste with notes of lemon, grass, peaches, gentle flavours of yeast and a low bitterness. Medium body, with a touch of sweetness. Tasty and refreshing. Quite nice.
Tried on 16 May 2015 at 12:08

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cask at The Harp, Covent Garden, London. A dark golden coloured pour with a healthy white head on top. Fresh, hoppy, tropical fruit aroma. Tastes similar, hoppy, tropical fruit, citrus, some pine with a bitter finish. Easy drinking APA.
Tried from Cask on 15 May 2015 at 16:07

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Keg at the Earl of Essex, 14/05/15. Reddish amber topped with a decent crimson swirl. Nose is tarte red berry, cherry skins, wood must, damp hay, acidic notes, funk. Taste comprises tarte raspberry, grape skins, wood must, straw, vanilla essence, red berry balsam. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Solid flavoursome red, balanced acidity, moderate puckering close, good all round depth and balance.
Tried on 15 May 2015 at 02:52

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Keg at Earl of Essex. It pours hazy reddish with a decent off-white head. The nose is earthy, funky, musty, touch of jammy berry and very light lactose. The taste is crisp, light tartness, juicy jammy fruits, berry, plum skin, red fruits, soft, creamy malt, woody and funk with a short, dryish finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Not as tart as expected, but nice balance and drinkability.
Tried on 14 May 2015 at 13:07

8/10
Tried on 14 May 2015 at 13:06

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Draft @ Tilquin English beer festival, 2015. Dorée, fin blanc. Arôme est suret, fleuri et houblonné noble avec une impression de houblonnage à cru. Brett pour un léger funk rappelant un peu un lambic. Palais est aigrelet, citronné et agrumes, palais moyen restant assez belge dans l’inspiration, grains, râpeux en fin de bouche, note brett avec encore un fini boisé modéré qui offre une impression de lambic par son agencement des grains et sa légère acidité.
Tried from Draft on 08 May 2015 at 11:50

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Draft @ Tilquin English beer festival, 2015. Brune foncée, col blanc-cassé. Arôme malté, grillé, brûlé, léger rétro boisé - ajoutant une effluve épicée, houblonné reste plus modéré et un peu léger noble en rétro. Palais offre un profil solide au niveau des malts, plein de caramel, grillé, léger chocolaté avec un fini un peu sec.Amertume perce en retrait et reste dans une inspiration anglaise assez noble. Je n’ai pas spécialement trouvé grand chose dans le boisé, si c’est le cas ici.
Tried from Draft on 07 May 2015 at 14:46

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Draft @ Tilquin English beer festival, 2015. Dorée-pâle, col blanc. Arôme au bouquet un peu belge dans la levure, rétro portant plus l’accent IPA avec de belles effluves de houblons nobles, fleuris et citronné tirant sur un caractère plus anglais noble. Palais est malté, pâle, UK assez prononcé, houblonné perce en retrait, fleuri et herbacé avec un petit côté EKG.
Tried from Draft on 07 May 2015 at 13:32

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 7
Cask @ Tilquin English beer festival, 2015. Dorée, pâle, col blanc minimaliste. Arôme reste assez banale et presque neutre, note un côté ESB houblonné noble et malté anglais. Palais est léger montrant peu en terme d’effervescence quais plate, note de drêche, fini sec sur un ^coté pils et finement fleuri.
Tried from Cask on 07 May 2015 at 11:47

7.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Cask (gravity) @ EBF18 2014, 18th Egham Beer Festival, Egham United Services Club (EUSC), 111 Spring Rise, Egham, Surrey, England TW20 9PE. [ As Burning Sky Arise ].Light unclear medium orange yellow color with a average, frothy - fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, moderate to light light heavy hoppy, pine, grapefruit, lemon - lemon grass, fruity. Flavor is moderate sweet and moderate to heavy bitter with a long duration, citrus, lemon grass, fruity, dry. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20140807]
Tried from Cask on 06 May 2015 at 02:37