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.
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap at Borefts 2014. Poured a hazy straw colour with a thin broken white head. The flavour is moderate bitter with a yeast, grass nettle hop bitter palate. Moderate to light bodied with average carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Sep 2014
at 11:36
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at Borefts 2014. Pours clear golden with a small white head. Aroma of grapefruit, caramel malt, grassy hops and citrus. Flavour is light sweet and over moderate bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Sep 2014
at 09:57
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Tap at Borefts 2014. Pours clear dark brown with a bubbly ring tan head. Aroma of tart fruit, some funk, chocolate, caramel, soy and roast. Flavour is moderate sweet and bitter. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Sep 2014
at 09:51
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
At BBF14 . Pours clear, watery yellow , small white head . Smell is fresh , bitter , lemon-ish . Taste is bitter, lemon , bit sour . Bit of hops . Alright , but a bit soapy .
Tried
on 29 Sep 2014
at 08:44
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 9
At BBF 2014 . Pours rather clear amberblonde , small white head . Smell is mashing malts and fresh, green hops . Taste is green hops , herbal , bitter . Really natural . Very nice and balanced IPA , with a great intensity .
Tried
on 29 Sep 2014
at 05:14
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 9
At BBF 2014 . Pours almost black , no real head. Smell is cherry (?) , roasted malts, bit bitter . Taste is sharp , bitter , fruity ( cherry ) , oaty . Dark malts in the back . Thin mouthfeel , but good carbo .
Tried
on 29 Sep 2014
at 04:04
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at Buskers in Rome. Pale yellow cloudy, frothy white head. Nose is ok, citrus and sadly a residual metallic note (!). Refreshing mouth, balanced bitterness. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Sep 2014
at 02:52
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
@ Borefts 2014. Dark brown colour, medium carbonation. Aroma of roasted malts with hints of coffee and chocolate. Sour notes and hoppy finish. Strange combination.
Tried
on 29 Sep 2014
at 02:50
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6
@Borefts 2014, bleek gouden met witte kraag. aroma kruidig, iets funky, zuur/brett, pilsmouten. smaken zijn zwak zuurtje, matig zoet, zwak bittertje, redelijk kruidig, lichte boerderij funkyness. afdronk was aardig maar iets zwakke body. --- Beer merged from original tick of Burning Sky Saison à la Provision on 25 May 2018 at 15:28 - Score: 7
Tried
on 28 Sep 2014
at 12:48
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 7
Sampled @ Borefts 14. Clear pale yellow colour with a small white head. smells lots of hops, grapefruit, fresh, sweet, apricot, very nice. Tastes bitter, hops and quite watery. Thin body, nice carbo.
Tried
on 28 Sep 2014
at 11:30