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.
7/10
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
8.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
440ml can. Clear golden, big frothy white head lasting the duration. Aroma of floral grassy hops, bready malts, citrus. Taste of bready malts, biscuit, floral, grassy, zesty citrus, nice bitterness. Medium bodied, soft carbonation. That's an outstanding Pilsner, comfortably up there with the best I've had.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Jul 2024
at 14:56
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can from the Low Cost Beer online shop. BBE 270624. Pours hazy yellow gold with a few floaters and a thin white head. Aromas of light white grape and gooseberry. Taste is more of the same. Thin finish.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Jul 2024
at 17:38
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can thanks to my bro. It pours lightly hazy yellow - blonde with a small fluffy white head. The aroma is fresh, green, grassy, damp herbal vibes, pine needles, resin, grapefruit and blood orange. The taste is crispy, dry, firm, restrained bitterness, bitter - sweet, sappy, resinous, green, grassy, herbal, spicy, grapefruit and some bready malt base with a drying and spicy/grassy finish. Average body and fine+ carbonation. Decent drinker but perhaps lacks wow factor I have come to expect of burning sky.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Jul 2024
at 16:39
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
(Draught at King's Arms, Bethnal Green, London, 11 May 2024) Golden colour with frothy, white head. Malty nose with notes of bread, grass, hay and herbal hops. Malty taste with bread, grass, hay, a touch of citrus and a gentle herbal/grassy bitterness in the finish. Medium body, dry. Crisp and clean, with a fresh herbal hop character. Very nice.
Tried
on 11 Jul 2024
at 20:15
7.4/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
5/7/2024. Keg at 27th Festival of Beer and Brewing, Stowmarket. Pours cloudy murky mustard orange gold with a frothy white head. Aroma is citrus, straw, herb, stone fruits, husky notes. Very drinkable.
Tried
on 05 Jul 2024
at 13:16
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tap at craft beer junction. A translucent golden yellow coloured pour with a a fine white head. Aroma is nice big dank nz hop, wheat. Grass, tarmac,. Nice nz hop, tarmac.. Flavour is composed of crisp light. Lovlwy.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Jul 2024
at 20:23
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
29th June 2024
Panda thanks to Cloin. Near clear brown beer, good bubbly tan head. Airy palate, a very mild dryness, decent fine carbonation. Thinnish malts but a decent creamy sweetness with a light biscuity chocolate vibe. Touch of smooth cappuccino on the back end. Nicely delivered straight up stout.
Panda thanks to Cloin. Near clear brown beer, good bubbly tan head. Airy palate, a very mild dryness, decent fine carbonation. Thinnish malts but a decent creamy sweetness with a light biscuity chocolate vibe. Touch of smooth cappuccino on the back end. Nicely delivered straight up stout.
Tried
on 29 Jun 2024
at 16:43
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cask. Nose is lightly hop. Taste is malt gentle floral bitter leading to fruity citrus. Soft Mouthfeel. Absolutely superb
Tried
from Cask
on 28 Jun 2024
at 20:37
8.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
This style shouldn’t work well. The fact BS can have the right amount of fruit and saison is amazing.
Tried
on 28 Jun 2024
at 11:28