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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8/10
Tried from Can at Puzzles on 18 Jul 2026 at 14:20

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Loved the original and this amped up version working well with big prominent berry fruity goodness, rich and vibrant, nice creamy lactose backing, nice balance of tart and sweetness into the fruity finish.
Tried from Draft at Væskebalancen Bar on 18 Jul 2026 at 13:38

8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Lovely mint chocolaty on the nose and taste follows with silky rich chocolate and very nicely balanced mint, some creamy lactose bringing more smooth sweetness, mint laced dark sweet malty finish. Top drawer.
Tried from Draft at Væskebalancen Bar on 18 Jul 2026 at 13:33

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 8
Draught keg at the Tap Tavern, Richmond. Brownish purple, fairly translucent with a quickly dissipating puce head. Aroma is full of cherry and red velvet cake, some red grape, some vanilla. Absolutely gorgeous bit struggling to place the tonka here. Taste is super sweet with touches of sour initially... and just at the finish. A little bit of tonka here in addition to other characteristics, perhaps it serves to enhance everything else rather than stand out on its own... Light body with softer carbonation. Gorgeous.
Tried from Draft at Tap Tavern on 18 Jul 2026 at 11:10

8/10
Strawberry, creamy vanilla
Tried from Can on 18 Jul 2026 at 01:44

8.9/10 Appearance 9 Aroma 8.5 Flavor 9 Texture 9 Overall 9
Keg Wee Vault 2026-07-16 Edinburgh
AR: lovely peanut butter - dark fruit jam - cherry’s
AP: ruby red, no head
F: lovely peanut butter - dark fruit jam - cherry’s
Tried from Draft at Wee Vault on 17 Jul 2026 at 20:46

7.4/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Keg Wee Vault 2026-07-16 Edinburgh
AR: sassafras, semi sweet sour
AP: bronze clear, cream beigff wee lid
F: sassafras, semi sweet sour, Swedish chewing gum Jenka
Tried from Draft at Wee Vault on 17 Jul 2026 at 20:41

8.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8
Keg Wee Vault 2026-07-16 Edinburgh
AR: thick chocolate sauce, roasted hazelnuts, wee too oversweet
AP: thick dark brown smoothie, frothy wee lid
F: thick chocolate sauce, roasted hazelnuts, wee too oversweet
Tried from Draft at Wee Vault on 17 Jul 2026 at 20:37

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Keg Wee Vault 2026-07-16 Edinburgh
AR: Irn-Bru, soda
AP: orange clear
F: Irn-Bru, soda
Tried from Draft at Wee Vault on 17 Jul 2026 at 20:33

7/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Can Wee Vault 2026-07-17 Uddingston
AR: öurberry bubbelgum, irn btu, sour
AP blur clear blue steady foam
F: öurberry bubbelgum, irn btu, sour
Tried from Can at Wee Vault on 17 Jul 2026 at 16:08