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.
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can at home in Hackney - picked up from BS online. Pours very pale yellow with a fluffy, white topping. Light sweet flavour with breezy tartness, lemony twang, green pepper aspect from the elderflower, a little white pepper. Light bodied with active carbonation. Clean and lightly tart to finish. Nice, highly drinkable.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Aug 2024
at 15:13
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can. Raynville. Slightly gloopy pour as is the way lately with BS. Sits hazed pale straw gold. Firm white head. Nose has pithy lemon. Orange rind. Whiff of brett. Light clean oak. Bit of sweet pear too. Taste has a little up front sweetness. Gets a tad tart and juicy. Some hop bitterness. Foamy and slick. Light bitter finish. Good gear. Bit gloopy though.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Aug 2024
at 19:03
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can at home in Hackney - sourced from Caps and Taps. Pours faintly hazed gold with a creamy, white head. Light sweet flavour with lean pale malts, some pine needles, citrus peel, decent bitterness, a little melon. Light bodied with average carbonation. Dry and bitter to finish, further pine and rind, crisp pale malts. Sound.
Tried
from Can
on 25 Aug 2024
at 23:40
7/10
Tried
on 24 Aug 2024
at 22:26
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Keg @ Admiral Benbow Beer Invasion with Soph after receiving her first British passport! Misty pink appearance, white head. Crisp, cutting, refreshing.. moderate raspberry character.. just what was needed after today.
Tried
on 24 Aug 2024
at 18:27
8.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Can at home in Hackney - picked up from BS online. Pours an attractive, clear honey-ruby with a lasting, frothy off-white topping. Medium sweet flavour with rich, toasted malts, caramel, ripening citrus fruits, melon, pine. Medium to full bodied, lightly oily and chewy, with fine carbonation. Mellow warmth to finish, further citrusy notes, hearty resinous pine, toasted malts, pale grain, dry caramel. Delicious stuff. Nails the throwback US BW style.
Tried
from Can
on 21 Aug 2024
at 19:47
7.5/10
Quite citrusy, quite bitter. Not so saisony, but it’s interesting. Bit creamy.
Tried
on 20 Aug 2024
at 13:13
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can at home picked up from HOTM. A light haed brushed gold coloured pour with a lasting sticky white head. Aroma is rustic grains, leafy pine, little farty, orange leaf, tea. Flavour is composed of grassy pine, rustic grains, rusty penny, green veg, dirty pine, bark, mineral chalky finish. Palate is crisp, chalky, highish carbonation. Disaapointing.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Aug 2024
at 22:57
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can from Cork & Cask. Hazy deep amber/pink body with a light pink head that fades. Steady carbonation. Patchy lacing. Aroma of raspberry and oak. Flavour of bitter lemon and tangy raspberry. Thin to medium body with a slick texture. Light fizz. This is a fantastic, summery beer.
Tried
from Can
on 16 Aug 2024
at 15:44
6/10
Tried
on 15 Aug 2024
at 21:13