Vault City Winter Berry Crumble

Winter Berry Crumble

 

Vault City in Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

  Sour / Wild Beer - Flavoured Winter
Score
6.98
ABV: 6.0% IBU: - Ticks: 37
A silky-smooth seasonal sour with a vibrant mix of winter fruits combining ripe pear, tart sloe berries, jammy strawberries and juicy blackberries with warming pastry spice.
 

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7.5
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

440ml can from Waitrose in Jersey. Pours a dark red/brown with a white head. Aromas & tastes of blackberry, pear, strawberry, cinnamon & vanilla. Medium body. Tart finish.

Tried from Can on 16 Mar 2026 at 07:27


7.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Can as an Xmas present and drunk at home. Murky dark red colour lasting pink beige head. Spice on the aroma and some fruit. Decent enough. Some sweetness. Its somewhere between a sour and a sweet fruit beer. Spice throughout some bitterness on the finish. Fruit is lovely. Yes i can see this being the fruit filling in a fedtivf crumble. Pretty decent.

Tried from Can on 10 Feb 2026 at 18:17


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

44cl can. Vaasa tasting.
Poured murky red in color.
Cinnamon and red berries, fairly sweet, strawberry smoothie.

Tried on 08 Feb 2026 at 09:53


7.5
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Reddish hazy/murky colour with a small head. Aroma is cinnamon, red berries, some vanilla and pie. Flavour is vanilla pie, berries and some crumble tones. Also some cinnamon elements.

Tried from Can from Alko (Webshop) on 08 Feb 2026 at 00:17


2
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 1 | Flavor - 1 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 2

Can given as a gift. Nose is pot purrie, candle, air freshener, some crumble. Taste is light sour, some fruit, then car air freshener.

Without any doubt this is the worst beer I've ever drunk that wasn't off. Offensively despicable, I managed a two sips and a full can down the sink. Vault city generally make over flavoured unbalanced beers, but this is abominable.

Tried on 29 Jan 2026 at 00:10


7.9
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can from Havnens Vin Og Tobakhus. Aroma is intense blueberry, blackberry, redcurrant, cream, biscuits, and vanilla. Taste is very sweet, faint bitter, medium acidic and faint salty. Body is creamy with fizzy carbonation. Finish is long and balanced sweet and acidic with intense notes of berries, berry jam, biscuits, vanilla, and light vinegar. Very nice

Tried from Can from Havnens Vin & Tobakhus on 20 Jan 2026 at 22:26


7.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

To be fair, it does exactly what it says on the tin. And does it well. Lovely sweet and tangy and jammy berry character. Low acidity. Raspberry, strawberry. Cakey accents. Not overly sweet. Drinks quite well for what it is. Very enjoyable.

Tried from Can from Tesco Supermarket (Various locations) on 03 Jan 2026 at 18:55


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Tried on 01 Jan 2026 at 07:33


6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6

Can that Em gave me (bought from Waitrose) - thanks Em, although I know you only got it because you like stealing large tasters of my pastry sours! Murky purpley-red colour with a barely-there baby pink head. Tastes of blackberries, strawberries and rhubarb, with creamy vanilla, yoghurt and sponge cake coming through. There's a light hint of cinnamon in the aftertaste. The mild sourness balances out the fruit sweetness well, but as usual in such brews I feel that the sourness (mild though it is) clashes somewhat with the vanilla and cream. As a result this is far from being my favourite from Vault, although it's perfectly drinkable. Em loved it though!

Tried from Can from Waitrose Supermarket (Various locations) on 20 Dec 2025 at 18:07

gave a cheers!

7.5
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

440ml can @ Tim's place, Gent. Pours a hazed reddish pink, white foam atop. Smells wondrous.. stewed red berry fruits, crumble fruits, crumble.. flavour continues with prominent strawberry mush, perhaps a light cinnamon suggestion, well presented.. others weren't too keen, but I liked it. Good stuff

Tried from Can on 20 Dec 2025 at 14:38