Vault City
Microbrewery
in Edinburgh,
Edinburgh,
Scotland 🏴
Associated with 2 Venues
Associated Webshop: Vault City
Established in 2018
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.
Marko (22746) reviewed Gold Standard from Vault City 2 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Tap at Winter Affair 2026. Someone had me try it while I was preoccupied with two others, hah... just noted that it's a very good hazelnutty stout. To be rerated if given the chance.
Theydon_Bois (46756) reviewed Swiss Peaks from Vault City 2 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Panda at home, thanks to Kenneth, 24/01/2026.
Black topped with a light khaki cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is chocolate, nutty, almond, dark malts, light spice.
Taste comprises cacao nibs, honeycomb, spice, dark malts, nutty, booze.
Full bodied, light oily feel, semi drying close with a balanced rising boost.
Tidy pastry.
jjsint (8701) reviewed Espresso Martini from Vault City 2 months ago
Appearance - 9 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5
Keg draught at the Needle and Pin, Loughborough. Dark brown, almost black and mostly opaque with very little head. Vinous aroma, light sourness with an overlay of coffee. Complex taste with a gooey coffee sweetness, some Marmite, cooking chocolate, Amaro bitterness. Thick, thick body with low to medium carbonation. Ooooh. Special.
Marko (22746) reviewed 24K Bling from Vault City 2 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6
Tap at Winter Affair 2026. Golden-orange body, off-white head. Yeasty aroma, coriander. Yeasty taste, coriander, bit meaty (autolysis?), sweetish, bit herbal, smooth, weird umami notes... emm... not thrilled.
Marko (22746) reviewed Dragon Fruit, Peach & Vanilla from Vault City 2 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7
Tap at Winter Affair 2026. Red, pinkish body, pinkish head. Smooth, sweet aroma, more dragon fruity than the average dragon fruit. Creamy, smooth taste, dragon fruit all over the place, the peach and vanilla backing it up, low carbonation. Tasty, if very much not beery.
Marko (22746) reviewed Iced Caramel Brown Sugar Apple from Vault City 2 months ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Tap at Winter Affair 2026. Murky orange-golden body, off-white head. Caramel-driven aroma, smooth, buttery almost. Smooth taste, heaps and heaps of caramel backed by citric notes, heading into a bit tart finish... okay, but really not something I enjoyed in the end...
Gurthnar (14774) reviewed Stuffd Cosmic Space Dust from Vault City 2 months ago
Appearance - 3 | Aroma - 3 | Flavor - 2.5 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 3
Tap at Zichovec Winter Affair 2026. Tastes literally like melted ice cream. Wtf this is disgusting.
Gurthnar (14774) reviewed Iced Caramel Brown Sugar Apple from Vault City 2 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6
Tap at Zichovec Winter Affair 2026. Smells terrible, but tastes surprisingly ok. Rather interesting than delicious though. Niceish.
Gurthnar (14774) reviewed Dragon Fruit, Peach & Vanilla from Vault City 2 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5
Tap at Zichovec Winter Affair 2026. Lots of the fruits used. Good, tasty, but nonbeery.
LordAlwold1970 (9933) reviewed Cherry Cola Float from Vault City 2 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at Brewdog Soho. Certainly a cherry cola nose, yes there's vanilla in there too. Cherry Cola flavours, vanilla backdrop. Long sweet finish. Cherry cola bottle sweets in a glass.