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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7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 9
Excellent porter. Complete black pour and a fine beige head Looks fine and inviting Ok intensity in the aroma Balanced sweetness and bitterness. Semi dry ending. Fine carbonation level. Easy to drink. Dark malt, herbal, coffee and roast in the flavor [Can from Mjorud Christmas Calendar 23]
Tried from Can on 03 May 2024 at 08:32

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Panda thanks to Cloin: Poured a straw golden with a white head that dissipated to form frothy jello. Aroma is funky, woodsy, oak, apples, fruity, yeasty. Taste is tart fruits, light cereal, oaky, woodsy, yeasty.
Tried on 03 May 2024 at 00:55

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Can at home picked up from the fuss clube. A light hazed orange gold coloured pour with a a rocky white head. Aroma is tart green apple, bark, mellow funk, apple orchard, damp straw, Victoria plum. Palate is semi tart, mild pucker, pinch of salt, acid, mellow carbonation. Flavour is composed of super tart fruit, plum, green apple, autumnal notes, vanilla apple custard, prickly, spicy finish. Not that drinkable.
Tried from Can on 01 May 2024 at 20:56

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Can at home picked up from Fuss clube. A light hazed golden straw coloured pour with a fluffy white cap. Aroma is lovely fragrant tea leaves, chamomile, lavemder, floral, soft white breead. wit vibes. Flavour is composed of drying flaked grains, wheat, wit bread, lavender, chamomile, tea leaves, fragrant, light mineral. Palate is super crisp, light, spritzy carbonation. Super chuggable. Refreshing, The tea is integrated very well.
Tried from Can on 30 Apr 2024 at 21:47

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Can at home in Hackney - picked up from BS online. Pours black-brown with a thick, creamy khaki head. Light-medium sweet flavour, soft roast, creamy chocolate, some earthy hops, raisins. Medium bodied with fine, massaging carbonation. Balanced finish, bittersweet cocoa, more earth, nip of ash, sturdy roast. Highly drinkable.
Tried from Can on 30 Apr 2024 at 20:47

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Can at home picked up from Fuss Club. A transluicent golden orange coloured pour with a big ol' rocky white head. Aroma is big dank grassy hop, weed, soft wheat, bready. Flavour is composed of soft bready wheat, danky weedy hop, grass, little green fennel, firm grassy bitterness. In no way is this west coast. Defo more east coast. Palate is soft and fluffy, fizzy carbonation,
Tried from Can on 28 Apr 2024 at 18:45

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Can from Great Grog. Pours black with a thin tan head. Aromas of dark chocolate and nuts. Roasty flavour with dark fruit notes too. Hint of liquorice. Chewy finish. Good.
Tried from Can on 27 Apr 2024 at 11:29

8.2/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 8
Can at home picked up from Fuss Club. An attractive clear golden yellow coloured pour with a big ol' fluddy white head. Aroma is semi sweet, bready grains, funky green citrus, lime, fennel tips, green liquorice vibes, rustic grains. Flavour is composed of rustic grains, spelt, bready, nz vibes, green liquorice, grassy hop, firm bitterness. Palate is lovely massaging carbonation, light grains, Really well put together.
Tried from Can on 26 Apr 2024 at 22:06

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
440ml can. Hazy golden, white head. Aroma of tropical fruits, grapefruit, vinous Nelson. Taste is tropical, mango, grapefruit, white wine and grape, a bit of dank herbal stuff, good bitterness. Solid NEIPA from a non-NEIPA brewery.
Tried from Can on 26 Apr 2024 at 19:17

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Can from Wine Reserve, Cobham. Aroma has a bitter fruit streak light herbs. Underlying creamy vanilla porridge. Hazy orange. Foamy white head. Medium bitter. Resin. Vinous. Herbal. Fruity streak. Hi ts of underlying creaminess. Light-medium bodied. Slick verging on creamy. Flat carbonation. Long dry slightly astringent finish. Great stuff... a NZ Hazy.
Tried from Can on 26 Apr 2024 at 19:14