Burning Sky

Mark Tranter spent fifteen years as head brewer at Dark Star Brewing Co before establishing Burning Sky. The brewery occupies refurbished Victorian farm buildings on the Glynde Estate, housing a dedicated barrel-ageing room alongside a coolship used for spontaneous fermentation, a process in which the beer is exposed to wild airborne yeasts rather than a cultured strain added by the brewer. This gives the core range a distinctly traditional character unusual in a small independent producer.

Burning Sky entered the alcohol-free category in 2023 with its first low-ABV IPA, a hop-forward addition from a brewery whose reputation rests on mixed-fermentation and barrel-aged work. The AF offering suits sober-curious drinkers who want a genuine independent craft background behind their low-alcohol choice. Distribution is through specialist alcohol-free retailers rather than mainstream supermarket channels, reflecting the brand's selective approach to where its beers appear. The low-ABV IPA sits alongside the wider Burning Sky portfolio of farmhouse and barrel-aged beers, representing a deliberate if modest step into the alcohol-free category.