The People Behind: Burning Sky
We currently have an incredible box live from Burning Sky. It features 10 of their finest brews, and a sensational branded glass! Although you may have heard of Burning Sky, you might not know too much about the small team behind it, so we wanted to introduce you!
Burning Sky was founded by Mark Tranter in 2013. His brewing career started in 1996 when whilst working as a chef and having a beer with friends, he was unexpectedly offered a job with Dark Star based on the quality of his home brewed beers. Mark was awarded Brewer of the Year by the Guild of British Beer Writers in 2014 and is currently the Brewers Congress Brewer of the Year. Joining Mark, is a small, highly talented team of miscreants all dedicated to creating the best beer possible, from cool cask beers to mixed fermentation farmhouse beers, via IPA's & Porters, then all the way back again.
The brewery is located in refurbished farm buildings in a beautiful village called Firle in the foothills of the South Downs. Burning Sky is a true farmhouse brewery. Their beers are inspired by the history of British and Belgian brewing traditions, along with the American Craft Brewers. They produce a wide range of beer styles from fresh cask and keg ales (with a distinct devotion to well balanced hop forward beers), to barrel aged mixed fermentation beers. The team strive in a quest to make world class beers across all styles and formats – embracing brewing traditions in harmony with modern methods and tastes.
Burning Sky was the first modern British brewery to invest in large oak vats for ageing beers and also the first to install a coolship for making spontaneously fermented beers in the tradition of the lambic breweries of Belgium. They have won many awards over the years, including the BBC Food and Farming Awards, the World Beer Cup, many SIBA industry awards - the most recent one being the best UK beer overall in small pack.
And here are three stand-out beers that you can expect in the 10-pack, with tasting notes from the team!
Arise
'Cos it's our mainstay and we make (and drink) a fair amount of it! A sessionable pale ale brewed with Pilsner and wheat malts. Backed up with a charge of Citra, Centennial and Amarillo hops to give peach, pine and resinous aromas - full of flavour but so easy to drink.
Robust Porter
Shows our command of the dark side. Maris Otter barley and a complex range of roast and crystal malts, it's complex but totally balanced Hopped with UK varieties, this rich and satisfying beer will fortify you.
Petite Farmhouse
Because no one else in the UK really does this. It's a mixed fermentation small beer, light and easy drinking. Aged in white wine barrels and then dry hopped for a refreshing finish before canning. It made the top 50 UK beers earlier this year, voted for and by brewers.
