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.
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tap @ Borefts 2014, small sample. Slight hazy golden color, short head. Aroma of hoppy grapefruit and bit pine. Medium bitter in taste, bit dry. Nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Sep 2014
at 01:28
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap @ Borefts 2014, small sample. Slight hazy yellow color, short head. Aroma of grapefruit, pine, nettle, citrus. Bitter in taste, quite dry. Quite good.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Sep 2014
at 01:00
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap @ Borefts 2014, small sample. Slight hazy pale yellow color, short white head. Grassy, brett, funky, bit citrus. Dry, bitter, crisp. Lovely.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Sep 2014
at 00:53
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Had this at Borefts BF, Bodegraven, Netherlands, Friday 26th September 2014. Pours black with filmy edge/rim. Soft in mouth drinks very easy for 8%. Streaky, citrus, soft mouthfeel even a little lingering dark chocolate. Good beer. A7 A4 T8 P3 Ov15 3.7
Tried
on 26 Sep 2014
at 21:39
5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Burning Sky Saison Anniversaire (by Burning Sky Beer):
Aroma: 5/10, Appearance: 2/5, Taste: 5/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 10/20, MyTotalScore: 2.5/5
26/IX/14 - on tap @ Borefts 2014 (Bodegraven) - BB: n/a (2014-1055) Thanks to Benzai, 77ships, fonefan and cgarvieuk for sharing today's beers!
Clear pale yellowish watery coloured beer, no head. Aroma: pencil scrapings, metallic, sourish, lemony, wood notes, more of that pencil stuff. MF: ok carbon, medium body. taste: pretty funky, floral, very soapy, little sourish, weird. Aftertaste: soft bitterness, very soapy, bit floral, lemon peel.
Aroma: 5/10, Appearance: 2/5, Taste: 5/10, Palate: 3/5, Overall: 10/20, MyTotalScore: 2.5/5
26/IX/14 - on tap @ Borefts 2014 (Bodegraven) - BB: n/a (2014-1055) Thanks to Benzai, 77ships, fonefan and cgarvieuk for sharing today's beers!
Clear pale yellowish watery coloured beer, no head. Aroma: pencil scrapings, metallic, sourish, lemony, wood notes, more of that pencil stuff. MF: ok carbon, medium body. taste: pretty funky, floral, very soapy, little sourish, weird. Aftertaste: soft bitterness, very soapy, bit floral, lemon peel.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Sep 2014
at 13:01
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap at borefts. Thin white head. Hazy blond pour. Nice bitterness. Good for the abv.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Sep 2014
at 12:49
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Had this at Borefts BF, Bodegraven, Netherlands, Friday 26th September 2014. Pours very pale gold with an island of fimliness atop. Really refreshing alongside the mighty Kaggen.Fresh, fruity, a little dry, quite gentle floralness. Like it. A7 A4 T7 P3 Ov14 3.5
Tried
on 26 Sep 2014
at 06:56
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Had this at Borefts BF, Bodegraven, Netherlands, Friday 26th September 2014. Pours gold with a bubbly white head. Lovely soft carbonation, a bit like sweeties, maybe a touch of lavender not sure. Tastes stronger than 6.5%. Lovely. A6 A4 T7 P4 Ov14 3.5
Tried
on 26 Sep 2014
at 06:40
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Had this at Borefts BF, Bodegraven, Netherlands, Friday 26th September 2014. Warm gold edging towards light amber with a haze, white filmy head atop. Eggy, cheesy nose with hops. Zippy hops, rubbing a hoppy furryness around the gums, superb. Wonderfully citrussy, lots of grapefruit, superb. A6 A4 T9 P4 Ov17 4.1
Tried
on 26 Sep 2014
at 06:38
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Sampled @ Borefts 14. Clear amber colour with a small to medium sized white head. Smells sweaty, tuinbonen, hops. Tastes quite bitter, hops, fruity. A bit thin, nice carbo though.
Tried
on 26 Sep 2014
at 06:04