Vault City

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

Established in 2018

Contact
A1 Industrial Park, Unit 2, Sir Harry Lauder Road, Portobello, Edinburgh, EH15 2QA, 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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7.1/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7
Bottle: Poured a golden with a white fluffy head. Aroma is pungent fruit, sour and funky, tropical fruit. Taste is tart fruity, tropical, guava, mango, very acidic too.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Apr 2026 at 03:28

7.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Tried from Can on 25 Apr 2026 at 18:12

6.6/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
Hazy deep red / maroon wth a small bubbly pink-tinged head and a fruity chocolate aroma. Fresh and fruity, a bit of fizz, syrup, a touch of tartness and a dry but sweet finish.
Tried from Draft at Tap and Can on 25 Apr 2026 at 16:35

7.5/10
Tried from Draft at BrewDog DogHouse Manchester on 25 Apr 2026 at 11:33

7.5/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Can from Eltham Wines. Nose is strawberries & cream, vanilla, red cherries. Taste is a rich desserty mix of the above. Dry, sweet & tart.
Tried from Can from Eltham Wines on 25 Apr 2026 at 11:29

7/10
Tried on 24 Apr 2026 at 21:09

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
440ml can from Tesco Extra in Chesterfield - jet black pour with a lush frothy tan head. Milk chocolate dominates, a little sweetish, slight roasted chocolate savouryness to the finish. Velvety mouthfeel makes it smooth, and adds a little to the sweetness.
Tried from Can from Tesco Supermarket (Various locations) on 24 Apr 2026 at 19:48

8.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Can from The Rusty Bucket, Eltham. Very nice nose of blueberry jam, blackberry cheesecake, glace cherries, strawberry, red apple, touch of rhubarb crumble. Taste is a rich exceedingly tasty mix of the above. Deep long lasting sweet jammy aftertaste. Yum 😋.
Tried from Can at Rusty Bucket - Eltham on 24 Apr 2026 at 15:13

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Keg at wee vault. Pours deep reddish pink, nose is maple syrup, coffee, berries, taste is juicy berries, tart, salty, maple, coffee, some chocolate. 8
Tried on 24 Apr 2026 at 14:12

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Keg at the wee vault. Pours hazy reddish, nose is pastry, christmas spice, raisin, taste is juicy, sweet, raisin, cinnamon, buttery pastry. Yeah, just like a mince pie. 8
Tried on 24 Apr 2026 at 14:11