Burning Sky Brewery

Microbrewery in Firle, East Sussex, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated Venue: Burning Sky
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Established in 2013

Contact
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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Draught @ Mig & Ølsnedkeren Pours almost clear amber with a off-white head. Aroma has notes of malt, yeast and hint of citrus. Taste is light to medium sweet and light bitter with a long yeasty, malty and light citrus finish. Body is medium, texture is thin to oily, carbonation is soft
Tried on 29 Jul 2024 at 07:53

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Bottle at home in Hackney - picked up from BS online. Pours clear honey-gold with a small, foamy white head. Light sweet flavour with lovely lemony salinity, soft funk, a little citric acidity, subtle bitter straw. Light bodied with fine, massaging carbonation. Clean finish, tart, quenching, more pleasant citric bite. Excellent.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Jul 2024 at 21:29

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Can. Beer Stop Dronfield. Hazed pale gold. Decent white foam is leggy and lasting. Sweaty grain. Ripe orange peel. Taste is dry first off with a tangy pithy bitterness. Fairly thin on the palate with brisk carbonation. Dry and thin pithy bitterness to finish. Could be a supermarket beer.
Tried from Can on 27 Jul 2024 at 20:13

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Burk. Väldigt syrligt, ganska torr, något söt. Bärkärnor, trä, vanilj. Krispig. Kanske lite för edgy med syran, döljer lite komplexitet.
Tried on 27 Jul 2024 at 19:59

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Bottle at home in Hackney - picked up from BS online. Pours mostly clear yellow-gold with a foamy, white head. Light sweet flavour with ample notes of white pepper, lemon peel, subtle funk, pale wood. Light bodied with fine, massaging carbonation. Finishes with further peppery notes, slight woody dryness, vague funk and grass. Nice overall.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Jul 2024 at 20:09

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Tried from Can on 26 Jul 2024 at 18:49

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Bottle online from Rad Beer. Bottled March 2017. Pours hazed orange gold with dissipating beige bubbles. Aroma: tangy citrus, lemon, gooseberry, white wine barrel, brett. Taste: light to moderate tart, light sharp, dry on the palate. Medium body with light carbonation.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Jul 2024 at 19:33

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Bottle at home in Hackney - picked up from BS online. Pours mostly clear, honey-gold with a modest, foamy white head. Light sweet flavour with subtle funky melon, salty pale wood, a little lemony tartness. Light to medium bodied with fine, massaging carbonation. Tart, quenching finish, fairly dry, nice salinity, restrained pale wood, decent citric bite. Super drinkable. Sound.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Jul 2024 at 18:37

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Can at home, from HOTM online, 23/07/24. Almost clear golden orange with a good sized lasting off white head. Nose is grass, orange peel, citric tinged straw, grapefruit, pine needle. Taste comprises grapefruit, orange peel, grass, pine nip, ripe melon, papaya, airy malts, apricot. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close spiked with juicy come grassy hop bitterness. Decent enough pale although I expected a little more from BS.
Tried from Can on 23 Jul 2024 at 18:58

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Bottle at home in Hackney - picked up from BS online. Pours mostly clear deep brown with a tight, frothy khaki head. Light to medium sweet flavour, a little funky, some cocoa, roast, berries, ash, cellar, musty wood, earth. Medium bodied with fine, massaging carbonation. Lightly warming finish, subtle roast, red wine, barrel funk, berries, cobwebs. Great stuff overall. Nice depth and highly drinkable for the strength.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Jul 2024 at 18:47