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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5.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 8 Overall 5
11th August 2024
Panda thanks to Cloin. Just a very light haze on this gold beer, decent bubbly pale cream colour head. Light palate, mildly dry, decent fine minerally carbonation. Slightly lager like malts, whisper of grain. Light cooling pine. Very light citrus, bordering insipid. Light finish. Inoffensive but pretty underwhelming.
Tried on 11 Aug 2024 at 17:57

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Tap at mad Squirrel watford. A light hazed peachy pink coloured pour with a lasting pinkish head. Aroma is leafy strawberry, tart red berries, summer berries. Flavour is composed of, tart, leafy, strawberries,, raspberry, light and refreshing. Palate is super crisp, light tart, refreshing, fine carbonation,
Tried from Draft on 10 Aug 2024 at 21:49

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Tight white head left a creamy top on an unclear golden coloured body. Lemonade, malt & berry aroma. Medium bodied, foamy dry & clean. Malt, resin, pine orange & juicy tastes with a bitterly hopped finish. Great refresher.
Tried on 07 Aug 2024 at 20:21

8.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
75cl bottle @ final beer tasting, Chez Sophie, Aug 24. Pours a misty gold, large white head. Lovely full fresh wild aroma.. brilliant full wild character, with great complex wild elements, soft fruity shades with gentle apricot notes. Excellent.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Aug 2024 at 19:33

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Tried from Draft on 07 Aug 2024 at 19:17

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Monday 5th August 2024, the last Minutemat led Shrewsbury Beer Gathering, five guys, loads of beer and bollox. Cheers Mark for the 75cl bottle of this. Hazy golden orange, white wisp on top. Sour puss with an apricot feel, farmyards and herbal fields for everyone, pity I wasn't a fan of this!
Tried from Bottle on 07 Aug 2024 at 11:01

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Can from Elusive online. Pours almost clear yellow to gold with white foam. Aroma: bready hints, tea leaves, bergamot, lemon, floral. Taste: light sweet with low bitterness, spritzy, lightly dry. Light body with foamy carbonation. Cracking flavours for the ABV.
Tried from Can on 02 Aug 2024 at 09:00

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Can from Cork & Cask. Hazy golden body with a few flecks beneath a thin white head. Steady carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of pear and grapefruit. Flavour of honey and lemon. Medium body with an oily texture. Soft fizz. A solid west coast IPA.
Tried from Can on 31 Jul 2024 at 00:04

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
(Draught at Akkurat, Stockholm, 9 June 2024) Black colour with hints of ruby. Brief beige head. Fruity, malty nose with oak wood, balsamic vinegar, red wine and dark chocolate. Fruity, tart taste with notes of coffee, chocolate, oak wood, red wine, sour cherries, funky yeast and a dry and tart finish with low bitterness. Almost full body, dry. Tart, woody, fruity and roasty. Complex and really tasty. Very nice.
Tried on 30 Jul 2024 at 20:33

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Can 440ml @ Patrick's Pours amber golden with an off white head. Aroma has notes of malt, citrus, caramel, orange and grape. Taste is light to medium sweet and heavy bitter with a long malty and citrus bitter finish. Body is full, texture is oily, carbonation is soft
Tried from Can on 29 Jul 2024 at 08:29