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 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7
Can from Beer52. Cloudy pale gold with small white top. Aroma is fruity and slightly funky with citrus, overripe mango and herbs. Taste has a certain mixed citrus zest and pith, some tartness, passionfruit, pale malts, with a drying herbal and bitter finish. Light to medium bodied, slick, crisp fine carbonation. Certainly a good SIPA. Not sure its a top 10% one as the scores currently suggest but I'm not complaining - enjoying this while typing.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Jan 2025
at 03:04
7/10
Nice. Bit hazy, but not in the taste. Creamy. Light fruitiness.
Tried
on 01 Jan 2025
at 12:58
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle shared at the CBJ BIG BOOSTY XMAS tasting, thanks to LKS, 13/12/23. Moderately hazed golden orange topped with an off white cap. Nose is dusty fruit rinds, funk, barnyard nip, lemon rind, damp straw. Taste comprises grass, herb, hedgerow, light white peppery spice, lemon rind, grape must, vinous. Medium bodied, fine massaging carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced acidic spike. Solid.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Dec 2024
at 19:05
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can. Pours bright red. Blackberry, tart, funk, minerally, blackcurrant, lemon juice, grain. Medium body. Very nice.
Tried
from Can
on 31 Dec 2024
at 14:49
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap at Borefts’14: Black colored brew with an nice subtle sour taste and some coffee like hints.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Dec 2024
at 11:34
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Tap at Borefts 2015: Golden colored brew with an dry bitter taste and hnts of lemons and citrus.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Dec 2024
at 11:21
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Keg @ North Westward Ho, Manchester. Lighter golden colour with a head. Clear golden with a carbonation. Stated saison, although its fizziness isn't so apparent once in the palate. Fruit and a tad sour.
Tried
on 25 Dec 2024
at 19:51
7.5/10
Tried
on 23 Dec 2024
at 22:38
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can at Home. Lightly hazed pale yellow golden colour with a white head. Aroma and taste are dry peppery and some pine. Medium body.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Dec 2024
at 19:46
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Tap @ Mig & Ølsnedkeren. Hazy deep red with a white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, plum, red berries and light tart. Flavor is quite sweet and light acidic. Dry and light acidic finish. 201224
Tried
from Draft
on 20 Dec 2024
at 12:03