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 6
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8.5
Can from Middle Farm I imagine. As always with Burning Sky's Saisons you get a top quality product leaning to the geuze style. This one was a little bit light and sickly for me though. (27/6/24).
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Can from somewhere, thanks Si. Geuze like nose. Good sourness. Calss act. 7.5 to 7.9. (2/11/25).
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Can from somewhere, thanks Si. Geuze like nose. Good sourness. Calss act. 7.5 to 7.9. (2/11/25).
Tried
from Can
on 27 Jun 2024
at 10:54
7/10
Fruity, light, clean
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Jun 2024
at 17:18
8.4/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Light golden color. Tight carbonation. Frothy head. Hay, oak, peaches and lots of funk. Very tart. Minerally palate with tons of fruit and funk. Excellent carbonation and mouthfeel. Superb
Tried
on 23 Jun 2024
at 08:00
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
440ml can. Another weirdly hazy westie from Burning Sky, big white head. Aroma of zesty orange and grapefruit, lightly floral/grassy, pine. Taste is the same, zesty citrus, mandarin, grapefruit, floral/grassy and a nice piney bitter finish. Medium bodied. As good as Elusive's version but I'm really not a fan of Burning Sky's WC IPAs being so hazy now. I've had actual NEIPAs with less haze than this!
Tried
from Can
on 19 Jun 2024
at 19:47
8/10
keg at fyne fest 2024 ...soft sweet funk fruit peach nose ..juicy fruit ..earthy peach ..Light funk fruit ..soft sour fruit
Tried
on 17 Jun 2024
at 12:30
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Keg @ Admiral Benbow. Pours a misted gold, small white head. Doughy brioche notes join with a soothing saison sweetness mingling with myriad mixed ferm elements, just prickly enough, wonderful balance. Magical.
Tried
on 09 Jun 2024
at 16:22
9.2/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9
Can from The Beerhive. Golden body with a light haze and an off-white head. Steady carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of brett, lime and grapefruit. Flavour of lemon, lime, zingy yeast and a very dry finish. Medium body with a slick texture. Light fizz. This is delicious, it’s hard to imagine a 4.4% brett pale being better than this. Looking at the previous reviews, I’m assuming this is a new batch which is totally dialled in.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Jun 2024
at 08:41
7/10
keg at fynefest 2024 ...Light hazy amber ...soft dry herbal floral fruit nose ...soft sweet orange citrus ..juicy early grey ..kuggr6dry pithy fruit
Tried
on 06 Jun 2024
at 14:00
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
750ml, corked bottle, kindly shared by Finn at a session with him, Synny, and lmojoh. Declining white head, near-clear, tiny layer at the surface, poor lacing. Farmyard and ripe lemon on the nose, quite promising. Drying taste profile of lemon, wood, and yeast. Drying close. Decent palate cleanser. (Tromsø, 04.06.2024).
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Jun 2024
at 11:42
6/10
Delvis klar orange med lett hvitt skum som forsvinner. Aroma epler viny. Smak eple druer hvitvin fatpreg. Fyldig, syrlig, balansert, frisk. Flaske delt med Synny, Finn og Rune
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Jun 2024
at 18:30