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 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draught @ Tap East, Stratford, London
Pours clear golden with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel, citrus, grape, orange, pine and peach. Taste is medium sweet and light to medium bitter with a long fruity finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Pours clear golden with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, caramel, citrus, grape, orange, pine and peach. Taste is medium sweet and light to medium bitter with a long fruity finish. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Dec 2013
at 12:57
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg at Lyric, soho. It pours hazy golden with a small white head. The nose is earthy, barnyard, toast, manure, candy, sherbet and tinned peach. The taste is crisp, earthy, toast, spice, hay, juicy fruits, apricot, sherbet, minerals and peach with a dry finish. Medium body and fine carbonation. Crisp, interesting and damn tasty. Rather impressive.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Dec 2013
at 12:55
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
On tap at Cask Pub & Kitchen Pimlico. Hazy pale gold lasting white head. Bretty funky aroma. That brett dry buscuit aroma gives me tingles in my perineum. Now that is bretty. I mean it’s not a light saison made with say a Dupont yeast. It’s like a brett golden ale. Some hop presence onthe finish some good orange zest flavour. It’s good.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Dec 2013
at 02:22
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Cask handpull at Cask Pub & Kitchen Pimlico. Clear amber colour lasting beige head. Big hoppy and what you want from a big ipa. Grapefruit. Toffee. But on cask it’s still git quite a light mouthfeel. Good hops and bitterness on the finish. Pink grapefruit. Pretty good
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Dec 2013
at 02:21
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Cask handpull at Cask Pub & Kitchen Pimlico. Clear gold lasting off white head. Piney tropical aroma. Pretty tasty in the mouth. Not sure about the tropical/pine/resin cross over it’s just all a bit much. Some bitterness on the finish but quite muted. Apas for me need to be quaffable and this if anything has too much going on. Certainly tasty. 3.6/5. Re rate cask gravity at Firkin Ale House Folkestone. Clear gold lasting white head. Glorious hoppy beer.
Tried
from Cask
on 03 Dec 2013
at 02:13
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
On tap at Tap East Stratford. Clear pale gold lasting white head. Sherberty hop aroma. Soft in the mouth. Reminds me of Hophead on top form. Easy drinking and delicious. Good quality beer with no faults fir such a light abv pale ale. Pretty good 3.7/5 Re rate cask gravity at Firkin Alehouse several times, excellent top notch easy drinking but challenging session ipa.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Dec 2013
at 02:12
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask at the Hand in Hand Brighton. It pours pale golden yellow with a small white head. The nose is hay, grain, orange peel, grass and herbal notes. The taste is crisp, grassy, floral, herbal, grain, light soap and bitter citrus rind with a dry finish. Light-medium body and soft carbonation. Crisp and drinkable. Decent golden.
Tried
from Cask
on 30 Nov 2013
at 04:22
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Cask at EBF XVI, 07/11/13. Clear golden amber with a thin off white swirl that stays for the show. Nose is hop forward, caramel, grass, orange, grapefruit. Taste comprises orange pith, grapefruit, bitter hops, caramel malt, straw. Medium bodied with a little pinch, fine carbonation, semi aggressive hop bitterness in the finale. Very good cask IPA.
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Nov 2013
at 15:11
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
19th November 2013
Craft Islington. Keg. Hazy gold beer with no real head. Minerally crisp palate. Nice blend of slightly tart citrus, peel, floral notes and mellow candy sweets that are lightly sherbet. Finishes light, crisp and citrussy. Flavours are in goods balance. In the ever increasing Saison market, this one stood out for me.
Craft Islington. Keg. Hazy gold beer with no real head. Minerally crisp palate. Nice blend of slightly tart citrus, peel, floral notes and mellow candy sweets that are lightly sherbet. Finishes light, crisp and citrussy. Flavours are in goods balance. In the ever increasing Saison market, this one stood out for me.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Nov 2013
at 10:18
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
19th November 2013
Craft Islington. Cask. Bright clear gold beer with a bubbly off white head. Light palate, smooth with fine carbonation. Smooth pale malt. Strong marmalade hops that bring hops spice and a good amount of bitteness. It’s mostly a orange peel bitterness. Touch of lemon and a bitter floral note. Finishes smooth with a long bitter linger. Quite a muscular cask beer!
Craft Islington. Cask. Bright clear gold beer with a bubbly off white head. Light palate, smooth with fine carbonation. Smooth pale malt. Strong marmalade hops that bring hops spice and a good amount of bitteness. It’s mostly a orange peel bitterness. Touch of lemon and a bitter floral note. Finishes smooth with a long bitter linger. Quite a muscular cask beer!
Tried
from Cask
on 21 Nov 2013
at 10:12