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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7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Burning Sky Devil's Rest (by Burning Sky Beer):
Aroma: 7/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.8/5

23/V/14 - 33cl bottle @ home - BB: 10/IX/14, bottled: 10/III/14 (2014-525) Thanks to JefVerstraete for sharing the bottle!

Cloudy amber beer, irregular big creamy yellow head, little stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: fruity, citrus, very piny, resinous, bubble gum, fruity, sweet, bit sugary, passion fruits, mango. MF: ok carbon, medium body. Taste: very bitter, some citrus, dry, grassy, bit malty, hops. Aftertaste: very dry, bitter, grassy, grains, bit of a medicinal bitterness, sweet malts, bit sugary, very English style ipa.
Tried from Bottle on 23 May 2014 at 12:08

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Cask hand pump at the Gun Docklands spring haze beer fest. Clear light golden colour with a steadfast white head. Aroma is earthy straw with a light citrus zing. Some English yeast on the nose. Flavour is base pale malt, light toast. Hops are earthy and citrus with solid clean bitterness. Palate is medium full body, moderate carbonation. Good balance malt / hops.
Tried from Cask on 23 May 2014 at 09:47

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Draft @ På Besök, Malmö. Pours a hazy yellow color with a small white head.Has a frfruity malty yeasty citrus hoppy aroma. Fruity malty spicy yeasty bitter flavor with hints of citrus. Has a fruity malty spicy bitter yeasty finish.
Tried from Draft on 21 May 2014 at 11:48

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
How: Draught.
Where: Babajan, Stockholm.
Appearance: Hazy pale golden colour with a white head.
Aroma: Grass, perfume, fruit, some smoke.
Body: Medium body and carbonation.
Flavour: Fruit, citrus, a bit sour, a bit bitter. Something odd in the aftertaste.
Tried on 20 May 2014 at 22:37

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle from Hop Hideout, Sheffield. Fresh into the shop. Which, from reading previous ratings, may be relevant. Anyhow, it’s hazy, dark orange, with a thin, sticky, lasting, off white head. It has that thick, sweet, fusty mandarin, toffee thing going on. Juicy, minty and lightly medicinal. Taste is sweet, for a nanosecond, then loads of pink grapefruit bitterness. Oily, chewy, palate. Long, zesty, bitter finish. Lovely.
Tried from Bottle on 20 May 2014 at 12:37

6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Draught at Rover 2014-05-20 Göteborg AR: wet socks, wet feets AP: hazy coppery, frothy snow white head F: fizzy, dry lemon meat, old buttery, peppery, grainy
Tried on 20 May 2014 at 10:56

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Keg at The Rover, Göteborg. Cloudy golden, small head. Sweaty grapefruit and grain aroma. Mid sweet, medium body, grapefruit. Long bitter finish.
Tried on 20 May 2014 at 10:53

6.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Draught at Rover 2014-05-20 Göteborg AR: sour, herbal Tea, citrus AP: hazy yellowish, wee bubbly stouthy cream white head F: fizzy, herbal Tea, lemonade, watery,
Tried on 20 May 2014 at 10:11

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Keg at The Rover, Göteborg. Cloudy yellow, small head. Buckwheat, coriander, citrus and elderflowers. Light bodied with clean mouthfeel. Dry, juicy, somewhat grainy. Bitterish finish.
Tried on 20 May 2014 at 09:58

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
12th May 2014
Tasting at Bruce’s pad. Very hazy gold beer, good size pale cream coloured head. Palate is crisp and light with good fine carbonation. Lightly bitter yeast and orange peel kick off. Gives way to a very nice white wine tang on the back end. Trace of bitter wood. Light dry finish. Nice job!
Tried on 15 May 2014 at 23:49