Burning Sky Brewery

Microbrewery in Firle, East Sussex, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated Venue: Burning Sky
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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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Keg at Craft Beer Co - Clerkenwell cons 2014-07-15 London AR: fresh citrus, gooseberries AP: pale hazy golden, wee frothy head F: sour gooseberries (yeah there are sweet ones aswell), dry, fizzy, citrus juice
Tried on 17 Jul 2014 at 01:09

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Bottle at home from Bottle shop Canterbury. Hazed golden coloured pour with a small lasting white head. Some sediment. Aroma is quite unique, the normal saison yeast with a delicate floral, orange sweet, cough sweet, like an orange strepsil. Flavour is orange marmelade, sweet base malts and a touch of caramel and some good solid saison yeast character. Delicate yet interesting flavours. Lingering floral and orange flavours. Medium sweet with moderate carbonation.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Jul 2014 at 14:11

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Cask at Craft Covent Garden; clear amber with a thin off white head, grapefruit and citrus aroma, taste had biscuity malts, light grapefruit, decent level of bitterness.
Tried from Cask on 12 Jul 2014 at 05:07

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Keg at CASK. It pours golden orange with a foamy white head. The nose is fresh, spicy, wood, dough, brioche and citrus peel. The taste is crisp, bitter, minerals, peppery grapefruit and lemon rind with a refreshingly dry finish. Light body and moderate carbonation. Crushable stuff.
Tried from Cask on 12 Jul 2014 at 02:20

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Keg at The Hanging Bat. Pours hazy gold, thin white head. Nice peppery aromas, some lemon and funk. Taste has more fruity notes, apple, grape. Light sweetness, more white pepper. Dry finish. Very nice.
Tried on 09 Jul 2014 at 09:38

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Tried on 07 Jul 2014 at 12:33

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Tried on 07 Jul 2014 at 12:33

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Tried on 07 Jul 2014 at 12:32

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Cask (handpump) @ Hanging Bat Beer Cafe, 133 Lothian Road, Edinburgh, Scotland EH3 9AD. [ As Burning Sky Aurora ].Clear medium amber orange color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, nutty - grass, light to moderate hoppy, grass - nutty, leather notes. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a long duration, pale malt, fruity, hop bitter. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20140316]
Tried from Cask on 06 Jul 2014 at 09:56

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
Cask (Marble Arch, Manchester) - Golden with a white head. Grapefruit, peach, mango and melon in the aroma. Tangy and hoppy taste with grapefruit, peach and lemon detected. Lovely.
Tried from Cask on 03 Jul 2014 at 09:07