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.
8/10
Tried
on 20 Mar 2014
at 15:07
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at the Cask, Pimlicoville, 26/02/14. Hazed pale yellow with a moderate off white covering. Nose is punchy citrics, light tropical waftings, mandarin, straw, light spice, pithy orange. Taste comprises tangerine, straw, lemon rind, dose of brett, spice, tartened pineapple rings. Medium bodied, fine carbonation. Solid saison, solid brewery!
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Feb 2014
at 14:08
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
On tap at Craft Clerkenwell. Cloudy pale gold lasting white head. Perfumed saison aroma. Good bretty style flavour with a little apple flavour in the mouth. Stingy hop bitterness on the finish. Good lemon bitterness. Some leafy lime flavour too. Tasty saison. Good. Lovely hop on a building finish. Complex and excellent
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Feb 2014
at 05:12
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 8
Keg at the vintage... Big hazy yellow... Thin white lacing... Soft sweet floral fruits... Soft dry floral fruits... Light sweet almost banana... Light dry zezty hop...
Tried
on 26 Feb 2014
at 04:36
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Keg at CPK - London. Pours cloudy, yellow-gold with a firm, cream white head. There’s a good dose of brett on the nose, some baby diapers, ripening tangerine, light pine needles. Light sweet flavor, fairly dry, with probounced brett character, a bit of grassy and rindy bitterness, some mango and melon. Light bodied with fine to average, massaging carbonation. Super clean to finish with further drying brett, more restrained bitterness, decent citrus, some tangerine, more melon, light grapefruit, subtle musty hay. Exceptionally well balanced. This is the best thing I have had from Burning Sky.
Tried
on 24 Feb 2014
at 07:49
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @ Old Gate, Hebden Bridge. Amber with a frothy head. Its strength is evident but there’s still enough tropical fruitiness to make this an enjoyable heavier texured ale.
Tried
from Cask
on 24 Feb 2014
at 07:38
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Keg at Craft Clerkenwell; hazy light amber pour with small white head, funky aroma, crisp citrus, hint of brett, slight malts, sour cheese.
Tried
on 23 Feb 2014
at 23:58
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap at Cask Pub & Kitchen Pimlico. With Garthicus. Funky aromatic aroma. Bready yeasty authentic funk. bready yeasty. Good
Tried
from Draft
on 15 Feb 2014
at 09:14
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Keg at the hanging bat... Golden amber... Soft zezty herbal nose... Grassy pine and lemon... Dry zezt
Tried
on 10 Feb 2014
at 08:33
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the Cask, Pimlico, 04/02/14. Clear pale blonde with a well appointed white had that stays for the show. Nose is toasty malts, grassy, citric tones, lemon sherbet, bread dough. Taste comprises, bitter orange, lemon zest, toasted malts, popcorn. Medium bodied, soft carbonation, grassy closure with light hop bitterness. Decent low ABV GB affair.
Tried
from Cask
on 05 Feb 2014
at 03:57