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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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

8.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Bottle online from Rad Beer. Pours clear golden with white foam. Aroma: funky, grape must, sour apple, lemon, hay, vinous, oak. Taste: light tartness, dry, crisp, lemon, gooseberry, white wine, oak. Medium body with foamy carbonation. Up to standard!
Tried from Bottle on 20 Jul 2024 at 20:31

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Can from Middle Farm. Light smell and light look. Interesting hop profile providing almost smoked taste. Easy going and quite bitter.
Tried from Can on 20 Jul 2024 at 18:09

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Can from the Low Cost Beer online shop. BBE 100724. Pours hazy deep yellow with a thick white head. Aromas of light spicy yeast esters, grains and floral hops. Taste has some pineapple and citrus, but not loads. Thin finish.
Tried from Can on 20 Jul 2024 at 15:16

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Bottle at home in Hackney - picked up from BS online. Pours clear deep honey-gold with a small, dissipating white foam head. Light sweet flavour with restrained acidity, a little citrus, salty bite, woody dryness, nips of grass. Light to medium bodied with delicate, massaging carbonation. Cleansing finish, dry and quenching, accents of citrus, more drying pale wood, subtle funk. Very drinkable stuff.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Jul 2024 at 19:23

8.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Bottle at home in Hackney - picked up from BS online. Pours lightly hazed gold with a frothy, off-white topping. Light sweet flavour with nice salinity, mellow pale wood dryness, a little zippy lemony acidity. Light to medium bodied with massaging carbonation. Clean finish, quenching, some citrus peel, a little wood and grass, oak. Great balance. Highly drinkable.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Jul 2024 at 20:20

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440ml can from The Fuss Club. A hazy/murky golden/yellow coloured pour with a medium white head on top. Soft, hoppy, citrus, fruity, mango, melon, tropical fruit taste and aroma. Decent enough IPA.
Tried from Can on 18 Jul 2024 at 16:53

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Cask at The Star & Garter, Bromley. Clear gold pour with a white head. Bitter citrus, pear drops & pine aromas. Nutty fruity flavours, grapefruit dominant. Sharp bitter kick.
Tried from Cask on 18 Jul 2024 at 16:47

7/10
Nice malty beginning. Floral hops, lots of malt, a bit sweetish with not too much bitterness. Nice floral, malty body, sessionable with a malty sweetness in the back.
Tried from Cask on 14 Jul 2024 at 21:57