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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7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Keg at the Hanging Bat, Edinburgh, 05/10/24. Hazed orange topped with an off white cap that retains well. Nose is melon, tangerine, mixed tropical fruits, grass, stone fruit nip. Taste comprises mango, soft malts, pine needle, grass, stone fruit, papaya. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spliced with balanced juice laden hop bitterness. Tidy kit.
Tried on 15 Dec 2024 at 13:23

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Hazy golden, white head. Smell and taste the same: like zesty pales but with the qualities of Burning Sky's excellent saisons. Good balance, very nice.
Tried on 10 Dec 2024 at 19:38

8/10
Can 2024-12-07 web SB Göteborg AR: crackers, really fresh tropical fruits, citrus AP: hazy yellow, frothy head F: crackers, really fresh tropical fruits, citrus
Tried from Can on 07 Dec 2024 at 19:41

7.5/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Can from Lupe Pintos. Hazy pale golden body with a thick white head. Steady carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of grass, basil and shortbread. Flavour of grapefruit peel and steel with a crisp, bitter finish. Medium body with a smooth texture. Light fizz. Clean and herbal. Decent.
Tried from Can on 07 Dec 2024 at 10:10

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cask gravity at Pigs Ear BF 2024. Clear dark brown beer. Lasting beige head. Slightly sour dark fruit aroma. Good levels of dark fruits plums damsons Some ginger. Some spice. Rather a nice dark old ale. Certainly wintery. Bit too much spice for me.
Tried from Cask on 05 Dec 2024 at 14:02

7/10
Tried on 04 Dec 2024 at 18:16

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Gravity cask at day 2 of the 40th Pigs Ear Beer festival, Round Chapel Hackney, 04/12/24.
Deep mahogany brown topped with a lasting beige head.
Nose is stewed fruit, liquorice, honey, dark malts, red berry skins.
Taste comprises dark malts, floral notes, blackcurrant and honey, toffee, spice, bramble berry.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close.
Solid complex cask affair.
Tried on 04 Dec 2024 at 00:00

7.5/10
Nice stuff, fruity and some kind of umami going on.
Tried on 03 Dec 2024 at 14:12

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Can from HOTM at home. Deep pinkish colour with a pale head. Aroma and taste are tart berry fruity. Medium body
Tried from Can on 30 Nov 2024 at 21:23

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
Hazy yellow with a full head. Mango and slight pineapple aroma. Also taste of mango and pineapple, backed by a reasonable malt body and a balanced bitterness.
Tried on 29 Nov 2024 at 17:38