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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6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Keg at the hanging bat. Pours hazy yellow, nose is floral, funky, fruity, taste is dry, light funk, floral.
Tried on 26 Mar 2015 at 10:38

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Keg at the Hanging Bat. Pours clear red-brown with the merest wisp of head. Aromas of oak, red wine, red grapes. Something almost spicy. Taste is fruity, sour, tangy, dry finish. Will be interesting to see how it develops.
Tried on 26 Mar 2015 at 10:28

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Keg at the Hanging Bat. Pours hazy pale gold with a thick white head. Aromas of sherbet lemons and yoghurt, some yeast funk, bread. Taste is sour sharp lemon, creamy texture. White wine notes. Dry finish.
Tried on 26 Mar 2015 at 10:27

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Keg at the hanging bat... Light hazy yellow... Thin white lacing... Sharp zezty fruits nose.. Soft funk.. Soft orange fruits.. Juicy fruits.. Soft zezty orange.. Light dry fruit linget
Tried on 25 Mar 2015 at 13:08

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Keg at the hanging bat... Deep red.. Thin white lacing... Big funky fruit nose... Very soft body.. Juicy fruits... Very sweet fruits... Soft sweet fruits.. Oily fruits.. Big fruits... No sourness.. Quite interesting interesting
Tried on 25 Mar 2015 at 12:51

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Cask at the hanging bat, as vatted porter. Pours dark brown, thin beige head. Aromas of chocolate, roasted notes, light red wine. Taste brings all this together. Light sweet with cocoa, more roast.
Tried from Cask on 25 Mar 2015 at 12:48

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask at the hanging bat. Pours clear pale gold, thin white head. Big hop aromas, orange, pine, almost mint herbal notes. Taste is bitter, creamy texture, thin finish.
Tried from Cask on 25 Mar 2015 at 12:46

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Keg at the hanging bat... Hazy amber.... Thin white lacing... Soft floral funky fruit Nose Sharp tart lemon orange fruits.. Soft fruity wine tones
Tried on 25 Mar 2015 at 12:34

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Cask at the hanging bat... Dark malts.. Sweet chocolate.. Oat Roast... Soft sweet fruits roast.. Dry roast.. Odd lactic hints... Dark roast... Ok not sure,.. Interesting.. Definitely not unpleasant.. But its failing to hit the right. Spots blind at bat ... dark brown .. thin tan head .. soft chocolate roast malt nose .. dark malts .. light bitter chocolate ... ligth fizz ... dry roasy .. light brettt funk 3.7
Tried from Cask on 25 Mar 2015 at 12:18

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Keg at the hanging bat. . Copper... Thin tan lacing... Soft sweet fruits.. Soft big juicy berries nose.. Sweet fruits.. Over fizzy.. Light red licorice laces.. Soft fruits
Tried on 25 Mar 2015 at 12:18