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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Bottle - Lots of barnyard funk, lemon and hay. Cloudy yellow with a big frothy white head. Grassy, herbal and lots of funk with a crisp clean finish with a hint of yeast. Fruity, grassy, tastes like Brett. Nice beer.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Jan 2015 at 11:28

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle from Beer Central, Sheffield. I was unaware there was such a thing as a white wine barrel aged version of this, but that’s what the label says, so that’s what I’m rating. Anyhow, it’s hazy, green tinged, straw coloured. Bright white, tight, lasting head. Yeast. Lime. Some vanilla. Some wood. Hint of grass. Taste is lemon tartness. Bone dry. Very bitter. Smooth, creamy palate. Dry, bitter, crunchy finish. Loads of taste. (This a re-rate after the beer was aliased, and then re-added. Don’t know the date I had it, or the scores I gave, other than 3.7).
Tried from Bottle on 30 Jan 2015 at 06:42

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle split at Bruce’s pad, thanks to Kenny, 12/05/14. Bottle #802/900. Hazed orange/yellow with a moderate of white covering. Nose is punchy citrics, light smoke, bitter orange, spice, apricot, mandarin. Taste comprises bitter orange, green berry tarte, light peach, funky undertones, woody vanilla rinse, straw. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, grassy close. Solid BA saison.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Jan 2015 at 06:03

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Keg at Spitfire. Pours clear pale golden, nose is fruity, orange, grapefruit, pine, taste is dry, toffee, light fruit, bit flat and grassy in the finish.
Tried on 13 Jan 2015 at 01:51

6.4/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 7.5
Cask @ Sparrow Bier Cafe, Bradford. Mostly clear but with a haze, blonde and a very thin head. Has a very full tropical fruit aroma and taste, although not the greatest of bodies, but palatable enough.
Tried from Cask on 06 Jan 2015 at 13:21

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Keg at Borefts beer festival day 1 26/09/2014. Attractive beer, pale yellow / straw coloured pour with a lasting sticky white head. Aroma is perfumed floral lemon and kaffir lime. Flavour is crisp refreshing Base malts and some doughy malts, nice perfume lemon and lime. Palate is crisp citrus, nice refreshing, crisp tasty beer.
Tried on 02 Jan 2015 at 15:12

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Keg at Borefts beer festival day 1 26/09/2014. Opaque dark caramel coloured pour with a lasting off white head. Aroma is sour milk, tart fruit, apricot, sour. Flavour is composed of cinammon, weed, plastic phenol, woody funk and dry rot. Palate is semi sweet, highish carbonation, some woody tannin. Bit of a weird beer.
Tried on 02 Jan 2015 at 15:10

7/10
Tried on 01 Jan 2015 at 22:48

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
on tap oro velata buona schiuma piuttosto persistente bretta poco corpo buona secchezza non molto intensa amaro medio
Tried from Draft on 01 Jan 2015 at 18:37

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On tap @Mad For Beer (Rome). Pours light amber with a medium white head. Aroma is citrus, grass, pine, some herbs, malt. Flavour is balanced between malt (caramel) and hops, perhaps too much "malty" and alcoholic. Medium body, high carbonation. So so...
Tried from Draft on 30 Dec 2014 at 14:25