Burning Sky Brewery

Microbrewery in Firle, East Sussex, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Associated Venue: Burning Sky
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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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440ml can. Clear amber with a small beige head. Aroma of bready malts, toffee, dried fruits. Taste is sweet, bready malts, caramel, toffee, fruit cake, raisins, brown sugar, mild bitterness. Medium bodied, very soft. Very nice.
Tried from Can from RAD Beer on 06 Apr 2026 at 22:28

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Tried from Can on 05 Apr 2026 at 16:05

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Tried from Can on 03 Apr 2026 at 18:05

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6.5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
3/4/2026. Can at the Good Friday ITFC beer share. From Seven Cellars, Brighton. Pours well, big head. Aroma is caramel, brown bread, twiggy, berries, raisins. Moderate sweetness, medium to heavy bitterness. Moderate body, average carbonation. Burnt toffee brown sugar finish. Interesting but thought I’d like it more.
Tried from Can from Seven Cellars @ Seven Dials on 03 Apr 2026 at 17:56

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Tried from Can on 03 Apr 2026 at 17:55

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Can from Middle Farm, Alfriston. Interesting how the aroma is a in the end a bit like a NZ pale ale as you blend these US and British varieties. Interesting sweet with a good hop backing. Complex.
Tried from Can on 03 Apr 2026 at 17:19

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On tap at The Rusty Bucket, Eltham.
Grapefruit, passionfruit & sweet herb aromas. Taste is peach,gooseberry jam, passionfruit, papaya, more sweet herb. Herby bittersweet aftertaste.
Tried from Draft at Rusty Bucket - Eltham on 02 Apr 2026 at 12:52

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Can. Pours a hazy orange colour with a tight white head, plenty of hops and fruit especially orange in the aroma, the taste is medium bitterness with a dry bitter finish.
Tried from Can on 29 Mar 2026 at 17:53

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Right in the Burning Sky wheelhouse. Quite clean, soft acidity, mellow funk. Light salinity. A little pale wood, oak, hay, lemony accent. A slow burner. Great depth without being showy. Excellent.
Tried from Bottle at Burning Sky on 28 Mar 2026 at 19:30

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Can. Pours a dark gold colour with a tight white head, plenty of hops and citrus fruits especially peach in the aroma, the taste is medium bitterness with a dry bitter fruit finish.
Tried from Can on 28 Mar 2026 at 18:10