Vault City

Microbrewery in Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Associated with 2 Venues
Associated Webshop: Vault City

Established in 2018

Contact
2 James Hamilton Way, Biocampus, Edinburgh, EH26 0BF, Scotland
Description
Mixed fermentation brewery specialising in locally sourced, heavily fruited and hop-forward beers with a sense of place and seasonality.

Big flavours and bright colours, that’s what you can expect from Vault City Brewing. We’re the UK’s biggest sour beer producer and we’ve been making fruit-forward, modern sour beers in Edinburgh since 2018.

Our mixed fermentation style and distinctive house culture create the perfect base for real fruit ingredients, which gives our beer its intense aroma and flavour, not to mention the eye-catching colours.

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7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
440ml can. Pours thick opaque orange with no head. Aroma is light sour coconut, manago and banana. Taste has mango, coconut and vanilla throughout. A little overripe mango and peach on the finish.
Tried from Can on 14 Aug 2026 at 20:43

8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8.5 Flavor 9 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
14/8/2026. Draft at the Aerocraft Brewery & Taproom, Braintree. Absolutely delightful.
Tried from Draft on 14 Aug 2026 at 13:58

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Tried from Draft on 14 Aug 2026 at 13:56

7.8/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
330ml can. Poured almost black in colour with a thin broken tan head. The aroma is roasty, nutty, hazelnut, chocolate. The flavour is strong sweet, with a rich, smooth, roasty, chocolate, sweet sugary, nutty, boozy liquorice bitter palate. Over medium bodied with soft carbonation and an oily mouthfeel.
Tried from Can on 13 Aug 2026 at 22:46

7.6/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 8.5 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
St Anne's Summer Seaside Day.Out Beer#4. Black without much head and sticky-sweet in texture and taste. Booze, chocolate, coffee, liquorice, the mix works well. Less well is my decision to order and drink in the sun on a very hot summer day. There's definitely more suitable, but this is top-notch stuff whatever the season.
Tried from Draft at The Hop Shoppe on 13 Aug 2026 at 19:26

8.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 8.5 Texture 7 Overall 8
Tried on 13 Aug 2026 at 17:41

7.4/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Tap @ Væskebalancen Bar, Aarhus. Murky purple with a small white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, strawberry jam, raspberry and light tart. Flavor is quite sweet and light acidic. Sweet and slightly acidic finish. 130826
Tried from Draft at Væskebalancen Bar on 13 Aug 2026 at 17:40

7/10 Appearance 5 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Tap @ Væskebalancen Bar, Aarhus. Hazy dark golden without head. Aroma is sweet, malty, heavy mango, pineapple and tart. Flavor is quite sweet. Light dry finish. 130826
Tried from Draft at Væskebalancen Bar on 13 Aug 2026 at 16:52

7.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 8.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Tried on 13 Aug 2026 at 16:44

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Can at home. Pours pale creamy pink, nose is strawberry, musty oreo, vanilla, cream, taste is sweet, creamy, strawberry, cookie. 8
Tried on 11 Aug 2026 at 13:09