Firebird Brewing Co.

Microbrewery in Rudgwick, West Sussex, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2013

Contact
Rudgwick Brickworks, Lynwick Street, Rudgwick, Rh12 3UW, England
Description
We are an award winning craft brewery, producing an impressive selection of delicious Craft Beer.

Born in 2013, Firebird was created by Bill and Richard who re-established an old friendship which began at The University of Birmingham’s Brewing School. Both studied for an M.Sc in Brewing Science and Technology and on completion went their separate ways. Bill to join and eventually run family firm King and Barnes in Horsham and Richard to continue his career with Courage and then a move into the Wines and Spirits Industry.

On making contact again in 2012 it didn’t take too many beers to realize that a joint venture in brewing was the only sensible thing to do! Soon a site was found in an old converted brickworks in Rudgwick and a brewing plant was purchased and installed. The first commercial beer Heritage XX was sold at the end of June 2013. 10 years later Firebird produces a large range of award winning beers and has a thriving shop and bar as well.

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6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
Cask at the Paisley beer festival... Amber... Thin white lacing.. Dry herbal banana fruit nose... Herbal fruit.. Soft sweet banana
Tried from Cask on 22 Apr 2017 at 08:57

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask at praf 2017. Pours clear amber, nose is lemon, orange, toffee, taste is similar, sweet
Tried from Cask on 21 Apr 2017 at 08:02

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Cask at The Keep, Guildford. Pours dark amber with a small lasting off-white head. Aroma of caramel, hop and malt. Medium sweetness and bitterness. Medium body, sticky slightly thin texture, soft carbonation.
Tried from Cask on 02 Feb 2017 at 12:26

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Keg at Tilly Shilling, Farnborough. Bitter banana aroma. Golden. Hazy but not overly so. Creamy but weak head. Served very cold which takes away from it, but a sharp bitterness is evident. Goes down very well, as smooth and light bodied. A real citrus kick in the dry finish. Not bad.
Tried on 21 Sep 2016 at 06:28

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Keg at the Cyclist, Bright. It pours hazy amber with a medium white head. The aroma is fresh, fragrant, spicy, chai latter, clove, ginger, cracker, cereal and banana. The taste is bitter - sweet, wheat, bread, banana, clove rock, spicy ginger, cardamom, orange peel and dried fruit with a dry, spicy finish. Medium body and moderate, tight carbonation. Balance works rather well imo.
Tried on 08 Aug 2016 at 14:10

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask at the Queens Head,Brighton. Sunset coloured (it helps to have a missus who once worked for a paint firm, it helps to come up with some exotic colours or two!) pour with a white head. Citrus, vanilla and biscuit aroma. Bittersweet fruit flavours with a whisper of vanilla. Not bad.
Tried from Cask on 01 Aug 2016 at 07:29

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 5
Cask at the Tilly SHilling (JDW), Farnborough. A slightly hazy pale amber pour with a thin white head; apple aroma; sour apple taste with a floury body; and lacking finish. Not to my liking.
Tried from Cask on 03 Jun 2016 at 04:45

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Cask at the Prince Arthur (JDW), Fleet. A rather flat looking pale amber pour with a ring of white head; floral aroma; thin in the mouth, with a weak fruit squash taste; quite acidic with a touch of cider apple; and a dry finish. Very indifferent.
Tried from Cask on 09 May 2016 at 08:59

6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask (gravity) @ Nottingham Robin Hood Beer Festival (2014), Nottingham Castle, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 6EL. [ As Firebird Marynka ].Clear medium yellow color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting to diminishing, white to off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, fruity, pale malt. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, pale malt, fruity. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20141010]
Tried from Cask on 24 Mar 2016 at 17:23

5.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask (gravity) @ Nottingham Robin Hood Beer Festival (2014), Nottingham Castle, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England NG1 6EL. [ As Firebird Heritage ].ABV: 4.0%. Clear medium orange yellow color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, apple, light caramel. Flavor is moderate sweet with a average duration, apple, sweet malt, pale malt. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. [20141010]
Tried from Cask on 27 Jan 2016 at 07:48