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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7.5/10
Tried from Can on 03 Jul 2026 at 14:12

8.5/10
Tried from Draft on 02 Jul 2026 at 06:44

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 8
Can from Sainsburys. Black body with a short-lived beige head. Low carbonation. No lacing. Aroma of chocolate and honeycomb. Flavour of toffee and honey. Medium body with a chewy mouthfeel. Soft fizz. Sweet and rich.
Tried from Can from Sainsbury's (Various locations) on 01 Jul 2026 at 08:17

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 8 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Draught keg at the Real Ale Classroom, Leicester city centre. Mid- to dark gold with a muddy haziness. A thin uneven film of off-white head. Sharp aroma of pineapple and sour mango notes. Taste is very tart and the kiwi is wonderfully overwhelming. Pineapple and spicy pepper notes as well. Thick vody with softer carbonation. Very special stuff.
Tried from Draft at Real Ale Classroom - City Centre on 30 Jun 2026 at 18:05

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5.5 Flavor 5.5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Full bod, lightish carbo. High sweet, sugary, med-light bitter. Lots of toffeeish marshmallows, milk chocolate. Lack some balancing though, simple, too sweet. Meh.
Tried from Bottle on 29 Jun 2026 at 07:40

7.5/10
Tried from Draft at Puzzles on 28 Jun 2026 at 11:00


8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 8
440ml can.  Pours like orange juice, no head.  Aroma is mango puree, orange and pineapple juice.  Taste has orange juice throughout with mango puree and pineapple on the finish.  Super thick.
Tried from Can on 26 Jun 2026 at 17:56

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6.5 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
440ml can at Benny’s Place, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Poured d a murky golden colour with a thin broken white head. The aroma is juicy lemon lime, light coffee. The flavour is moderate sweet and sour, with a light, crisp, tart, zesty lemon, light herbal, spicy coffee palate. Medium to light bodied with average carbonation. A gimmick “beer”. Tasted like a radler shandy with some minor hints of coffee.
Tried from Can on 26 Jun 2026 at 16:30

6.8/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
Can Het Biermeisje 2026-06-25 Göteborg
AR: sour, smoked, salty, Tayberries, tart
AP: bronze, wee of-white lid
F: sour, smoked, salty, Tayberries, tart
Tried from Can from Het Biermeisje on 25 Jun 2026 at 19:43