Burning Sky Brewery

Microbrewery in Firle, East Sussex, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
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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 8 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Panda at home, thanks to Kenneth, 24/01/2026.
Pale golden blonde topped with a lasting white head.
Nose is juicy citric flesh, pine resin, dank, stone fruit blast, NZ hoppage.
Taste comprises pissy green berries, lychee, stone fruit, grass, guava.
Medium bodied, fine carbonation, drying close punctured with grassy Kiwi laden hop bitterness.
Solid.
Tried on 24 Jan 2026 at 19:08

7.1/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
440ml can from Middle Farm, Firle. Poured a slightly hazy golden colour with a lasting frothy white head. The aroma is grainy, like pineapple. The flavour is moderate bitter, with a fresh, crisp, lime, grapefruit, light pepper spice, hop bitter palate. Medium bodied with average carbonation. A very fresh and sessionable beer!
Tried from Can from Middle Farm Cider Centre on 19 Jan 2026 at 15:50

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
17th January 2026
Can. A mild haze on this orangey gold beer, good bubbly pale cream colour head. Airy palate, mildly dry, decent fine minerally carbonation. Soft pale malts, a mild creamy sweetness. Light smooth cooling pine. Slightly tangy and very slightly earthy citrus hops. Orange and a little mandarin - tangerine. Not like US hops but, you know, more British reserve. A hop spice nip on the close. Tidy and I appreciate the effort showcase Target as a hop. The addition of other hops muddies the waters. I just think it needs a few more bags of hops in the brew to really get this going. Drinkable IPA nonetheless.
Tried from Can on 17 Jan 2026 at 19:17

7.5/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Enjoyable overall. Has an easygoing fruity vibe to it, low bitterness, mild aromatics, some peach, lemon, gummy fruits, pale bread. Nicely balanced, well and drinkable.
Tried from Can from Clapton Craft on 16 Jan 2026 at 22:56

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
750ml bottle at Little Rascals, Edinburgh. Pours clear straw gold with a thin white head. Aromas of light spice, hay, funk, faint malt, sherbet, oak. Taste adds some white wine and wood. Clean finish. Nice.
Tried on 13 Jan 2026 at 15:23

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Tried from Can on 11 Jan 2026 at 17:08

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Tried from Can on 11 Jan 2026 at 17:06

7.5/10 Appearance 9 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Can at home picked up from HOTM. A light hazed pale yellow straw coloured pour with a lovely rocky white head. Aroma is soft wheat, fluffy, peach melba, tangerine, grass, meadow, Flavour is composed of soft and fluffy wheat grains, grassy citrus, peachy, light rubber. Palate is soft fluffy , airy carbonation, fluffy. good.
Tried from Can on 09 Jan 2026 at 21:51

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
7th Jan 2026
Can. Bright clear pale gold beer, small bubbly pale cream colour head. Light palate, surprisingly, does not feel overly thin. Good superfine minerally carbonation. Light pale malts, a pleasant ephemeral sweetness. Chameleon hops, aka Eggers, presenting here as slightly floral, a little lemony citrus, very mild skunk, the ubiquitous cooling pine and a very mild nip of hop spice. Light crisp finish. Pretty quaffable.
Tried from Can on 08 Jan 2026 at 00:23

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Tap at the kernel brewery taproom bermondsey. A clear amber red coloured pour with a lasting fine off white head. Aroma is semi sweet, nutty, brown sugars jammy fruits, cinnamon, cracker. Flavour is composed medium sweet, layered malts, nutty, liquorice, layered malts, some warming alcohol. Bruised grape. Brown sugars, palate is semi sweet, rounded, moderate carbonation, nice.
Tried from Draft on 07 Jan 2026 at 20:32