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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[9/26/14] Draught sample at Borefts Beer Festival 2014 in Bodegraven. Slightly hazy yellow. Aroma of yeast, funk, fruits, wood and a bit of earth. Flavor has a light sweetish touch, yeast, fruits, mild spiciness, an earthy note and a dry finish. Medium-bodied. Decent.
Tried on 11 Oct 2014 at 15:30

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[9/26/14] Draught sample at Borefts Beer Festival 2014 in Bodegraven. Clear pale yellow. Pleasant hoppy aroma with lots of tropical fruits. Flavor is quite dry with fruity hops and medium bitterness. Quite light-bodied. Refreshing.
Tried on 11 Oct 2014 at 15:30

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[9/26/14] Draught sample at Borefts Beer Festival 2014 in Bodegraven. Dark brown. Aroma of roast and some chocolate. Bittersweet flavor, roasty, with some chocolate. Medium-bodied. Decent.
Tried on 11 Oct 2014 at 15:04

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Tp at de molen 2014... Ugh golden yellow... Small white head... Sweet zezty dry lemon fruits... Dry bitter kemon pith.. Soft zezty.. Keg at bat... Think i like this more but its wayway tooo fizxy so just 3.7 as loses. ..0.2 over fizz
Tried on 11 Oct 2014 at 01:04

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Keg at BBF 6, 26/09/14. Hazed light golden with a good sized white covering. Nose is spice, citric rind, tangerine, hoppy tang. Taste comprises spice, straw, lemon rind, citric pith, tangy apricot, grassy notes. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, crisp refreshing close. Decent clean tasting saison.
Tried on 10 Oct 2014 at 15:50

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Keg at Mother Kelly’s - London. Pours clear, pale yellow with a creamy, white head. The nose has a bit of lemon zest, some rind, musty hay, pale bread, soft funk. Light sweet flavor with hints of spruce and ginger, some further lemon rind and zest. Light bodied with lively carbonation. Finishes with more lemon zest, mild lime essence, grass, rind, straw, dry biscuits. Decent.
Tried on 10 Oct 2014 at 13:36

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On tap at borefts 2014 Almost no head or carbonation. Pale golden pour. Nice bitterness. Soft carbonation
Tried from Draft on 10 Oct 2014 at 09:51

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Keg at BBF 6, 27/09/14. Clear light golden with no head. Nose is citric peel, woody notes, bitter orange, straw. Taste comprises bitter lemon, sweet notes, rather 1D, straw, citric rinds, light spice, hint of grapefruit. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Ok saison but a little 1D - not Burning Skys best by a good margin.
Tried on 09 Oct 2014 at 14:52

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Keg at BBF 6, 26/09/14. Lightly hazed pale golden with moderate off white spotting and edgework. Nose is juicy citrics, orange pith, mandarin, citric sherbets. Taste comprises floral notes, citric zest, elderflower. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, semi drying close. Decent radler, carries some depth and flavour and refreshes.
Tried on 09 Oct 2014 at 14:31

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Keg at BBF 6, 26/09/14. Extremely dark mahogany brown with moderate khaki spotting and edgework. Nose is dark berry fruits, earthy, bitter notes, light cocoa rub, tangy berries. Taste comprises soured berry fruits, spice, straw, damp hay, toffee, earthy. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Ok sour but not a huge amount of depth.
Tried on 09 Oct 2014 at 14:29