Burning Sky Brewery
Microbrewery
in
Firle,
East Sussex,
England 🏴
Associated Venue: Burning Sky
Associated Webshop: Burning Sky
Established in 2013
Contact
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.
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.
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
From tap. Pours cloudy yellow with a white head. Aroma is zesty lemonish. Fruity, dry and slight lemonish citric. Ends dry and slight bitter.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Oct 2014
at 23:00
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
From tap. Pours hazy yellow with a small white head. Aroma is estery, yeasty and light peppery. Smooth fruity, light estery and mild spiced. Smooth fruity and crisp estery finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Oct 2014
at 22:59
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
From tap. Pours hazy yellow, small white head. Aroma is mild and crisp citrusy to grassy hoppy. Bitter, crisp fruity and smooth hoppy. Lingering fruity and crisp bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Oct 2014
at 22:58
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From cask. Pours clear and golden yellow to orange with a small white head. Aroma is mild fruity, slight herbal hoppy. Bitter, light fruity. Pine and slight grapefruity. Bitter and dry hoppy finish.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Oct 2014
at 22:58
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From tap. Pours pale yellow, no lasting head. Aroma is mild fruity, toasted malty and light grainy. Toasted, light fruity and mild bitter. Medium dry and light fruity finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Oct 2014
at 22:57
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
From tap. Pours hazy orange with a small white head. Aroma is greasy, oily hoppy. Bitter, light pine and mild fruity hoppy. Oily hoppy and dry fruity finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Oct 2014
at 22:56
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
From tap. Pours hazy yellow with a small white head. Aroma is wineous, fruity and light estery. Smooth fruity, bretty, peachy and light mango. Estery, light yeasty. Lingering fruity and crisp hoppy finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 12 Oct 2014
at 22:55
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
[9/27/14] Draught sample at Borefts Beer Festival 2014 in Bodegraven. Clear yellow. Nice aroma, fruity and oaky, with mild funk and white wine. Sourish flavor, vinous, fruity and oaky. Medium-bodied.
Tried
on 12 Oct 2014
at 11:59
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
[9/27/14] Cask sample at Borefts Beer Festival 2014 in Bodegraven. Clear yellow. Aroma of fruity and “green” hops and a bit of socks. Hoppy flavor, dry, fruity and grassy, with a bitter finish. Quite light-bodied. Easy-drinking.
Tried
from Cask
on 12 Oct 2014
at 11:48
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
[9/27/14] Draught sample at Borefts Beer Festival 2014 in Bodegraven. Pale yellow. Aroma of citrus and some citrus peels. Sourish-bitterish flavor, citric, with some nice hoppiness. Light-bodied. Refreshing.
Tried
on 12 Oct 2014
at 11:42