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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. 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

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Tried on 25 Apr 2024 at 20:52

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Can from Against The Grain. Pale golden body with a light hazy and a huge white head that holds well. Steady carbonation. Faint lacing. Aroma of grass and flower petals. Flavour of lemon and floral hops. Medium body with a slick texture. Soft fizz. Floral and moreish. This is excellent.
Tried from Can on 22 Apr 2024 at 16:18

7.9/10 — Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle from Drinkmonger. Hazy ruby/pink body with a thin off-white head. Lively carbonation. Patchy lacing. Aroma of grape and blueberry. Flavour of tart raspberry, salted lemon and a wine-like finish. A classy and tasty beer. The sharp flavour is unique, interesting and nicely subtle.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Apr 2024 at 16:05

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Magnum bottle thanks to Vincent. Pours a cloudy yellow with small white head that lasts. The aroma is funk and mineral. Slick body, lemon zest, funk, mineral, light tartness, very good.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Apr 2024 at 19:05

8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Can. An almost clear one deep golden in color, with a nice looking white head. The aroma has lots of hops, pine cones, resin and grapefruit, with a good maltiness. Toffee, bread. It's full bodied, lightly warming and softly carbonated, with a heavy but nice bitterness. The flavor has bread, toffee and some lightly roasted malts. Lots of hoppy flavors, pine cones and citrus zest. Everlasting finish. Delicious, especially the bitterness. 240418
Tried from Can on 18 Apr 2024 at 16:29

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440ml can. Very hazy golden, big white head. Aroma of grapefruit, peaches. Taste of grapefruit, peach, lemon, tropical fruits, some rather light and gentle piney bitterness. Medium bodied with relatively heavy carbonation. This is nice but... west coast? Really? A weird one to rate because while I actually rather enjoyed the beer, it seems be a poor interpretation of the style. Why is it so hazy? Where's the bitterness? Where's the typical piney, resinous hop flavour that's basically a hallmark of the style? And what exactly did Track contribute here? Their own westies are brilliant, always crystal clear and having plenty of bitterness. Honestly, Burning Sky is not a brewery I'd have expected to produce such an odd subversion of the style.
Tried from Can on 16 Apr 2024 at 21:20

5.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
440ml can bought at Vinmonopolet Langnes. Shared with Finn at his place. A two-finger thick white head slowly diminishing over an opaque golden-orange body, good lacing. Moderate smell of orange and dusty hops. Citric moments to the taste character, hints of peaches, and juicy wheat. Medium bodied. Pretty decent. (Tromsø, 05.04.2024).
Tried from Can on 15 Apr 2024 at 18:37

8.2/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 9
Can at home in Hackney - picked up from BS online. Pours mostly clear yellow-gold with a slight, foamy white head. Lightly effervescent. Light sweet flavour with notes of flakes wheat, a little Earl grey tea, bergamot, lemon peel, straw, nips of yeast. Light bodied with average carbonation. Clean finish, more flaked wheat, lemon peel. Devious stuff, wildly drinkable. Really takes me back to the Partizan grisettes from about 10 years ago. This is a great beer, and so were those Partizan beers.
Tried from Can on 13 Apr 2024 at 23:26