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.
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
sampled @ Borefts Beer Festival 2014: trübes goldenes Bier mit geringer weißen Schaumkrone. Geruch malzig, würzig, fruchtig. Geschmack fruchtig, etwas hopfig, Gewürze.
Tried
on 28 Sep 2014
at 06:46
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
sampled @ Borefts Beer Festival 2014: strohgelbes Bier mit sehr schöner weißen Schaumkrone. Geruch grasig, hopfig, fruchtig. Geschmack fruchtig, hopfig, grasig, trocken.
Tried
on 28 Sep 2014
at 06:44
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
sampled @ Borefts Beer Festival 2014: dunkelbraunes fast schwarzes Bier mit geringer bräunlichen Schaumkrone. Geruch fruchtig, röstmalzig, holzig. Geschmack mild fruchtig, röstmalzig.
Tried
on 28 Sep 2014
at 06:43
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
sampled @ Borefts Beer Festival 2014: trübes orangegoldenes Bier mit wenig Schaum. Geruch sehr hopfig, fruchtig, grasig. Geschmack bitter fruchtig, hopfig, grasig.
Tried
on 28 Sep 2014
at 06:41
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
sampled @ Borefts Beer Festival 2014: goldgelbes Bier mit ordentlicher weißer Schaumkrone, keine Kohlensäure. Geruch hopfig, Limetten. Geschmack fruchtig, hopfig, trocken.
Tried
on 28 Sep 2014
at 06:29
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Tap at Borefts 2014. Pours clear amber with an off white head. Aroma of grapefruit, cheesy hops and caramel malt. Flavour is moderate sweet and over moderate bitter. Medium bodied with light carbonation.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Sep 2014
at 02:40
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Imported from my RateBeer account as Burning Sky Monolith (by Burning Sky Beer):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 14/20, MyTotalScore: 3.6/5
27/IX/14 - on tap @ Borefts 2014 (Bodegraven) - BB: n/a (2014-1149) Thanks to Benzai, fonefan and cgarvieuk for sharing today's beers!
Clear red brown beer, creamy irregular beige head, little stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: dried fruits, roast, some caramel, malty. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: bitter start, coffee, roast, little sour, hoppy bitterness. Aftertaste: roast, coffee, sourish, hops.
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 7/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 14/20, MyTotalScore: 3.6/5
27/IX/14 - on tap @ Borefts 2014 (Bodegraven) - BB: n/a (2014-1149) Thanks to Benzai, fonefan and cgarvieuk for sharing today's beers!
Clear red brown beer, creamy irregular beige head, little stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: dried fruits, roast, some caramel, malty. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: bitter start, coffee, roast, little sour, hoppy bitterness. Aftertaste: roast, coffee, sourish, hops.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Sep 2014
at 13:02
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft @ Borefts 2014. Just a solid IPA. Quite bitter and with a nice hoppy taste. Bit fruity, but mostly bitter.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Sep 2014
at 12:42
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Draft @ Borefts 2014. Thin body, beer is a bit watery. Has a hoppy and fruity taste of course, but it doesn’t last. Too flat.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Sep 2014
at 12:39
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Keg at the de molen festival 2014... Deep brown black... Pinky tan head... Soft sweet fruits nose... Odd herbal toffee fruit... Soft bitter roast...3.0 Keg at the bat... Deep brown.. Thin tan lacing... Soft funky fruit nose... Dark roast.. Soft funk malts 3.3 Keg at bat March 15...Deep brown.. Thin tan lacing.. Dark fruits... Soft chocolate.. Soft funk nose.. Soft sweet chocolate.. Dark roast... Soft funk malts... Odd roast fruit 3.3
Tried
on 27 Sep 2014
at 03:37