Burning Sky Brewery

Microbrewery in Firle, East Sussex, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
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Established in 2013

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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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Hazy pale yellow color, small white head. Smell and taste lightly malts, very herbal and spicey, fennel, oregano. No, don’t like it.
Tried on 16 Aug 2014 at 16:40

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Cask at Great British Beer Festival 2014, Olympia, London. A light golden coloured pour with a medium white head on top. Hoppy, citrus fruit aroma. Tastes hoppy, citrus fruit, quite bitter and zesty.
Tried from Cask on 16 Aug 2014 at 03:16

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8th August 2014
RBESG pt 9. Kings Arms. Hazy pale gold beer, small white head. Palate is dry and crispy and very light. Airy malts. Herb accentuated floralness. Light citrus fruits, zingy. Light dry finish. Decent saison.
Tried on 13 Aug 2014 at 03:11

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On tap at Mother Kelly’s, Bethnal Green. Dark amber pour with a white head. Aromas of wet grass, coconut toffee, caramel and spice. Flavours of chives, citrus, stewed veg and fresh herbs. Long bitter-hop finish.
Tried from Draft on 12 Aug 2014 at 09:43

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Draft - Sweet caramel and candy floss hops. Pale gold with a decent white head. Earthy, resinous hops with a nice caramel sweetness.
Tried from Draft on 11 Aug 2014 at 10:42

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Draft - Pale malts and earthy hops. Pale gold with little head. Earthy hops and pale malts. Solid.
Tried from Draft on 11 Aug 2014 at 10:39

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Draft - Sweet Pine and grapefruit. Cloudy gold with a thin white head. Pine and resinous bitterness. Sweet backbone. Balanced big flavours, floral and nice.
Tried from Draft on 11 Aug 2014 at 10:35

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Draft - Tart citrus and grape, light banana and grass. Cloudy gold with a white head. Lots of funk, citrus, grape and peach. Always impressive.
Tried from Draft on 11 Aug 2014 at 10:18

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Cask - Lemongrass and some weedy hops. Hazy gold with a thin bubbly head. Grapefruit and lots of pithy bitterness throughout. Light and easy drinking, but overwhelming bitterness.
Tried from Cask on 07 Aug 2014 at 02:57