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.
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.
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Can from Eltham Sainsburys. Nose is chocolate, red fruits, vanilla. Bit of a black forest gateaux vibe, lots of chocolate. Not bad.
Tried
from Can
from
Sainsbury's (Various locations)
on 13 Mar 2026
at 12:55
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 6.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
can at sids ... dark black ...thin tan lacing ..massive sweet caramel toffee fruit nose ..juicy sweet caramel toffee fruit ...dark sweet caramel toffee chocolate roast malts ..big sweet vanilla chocolate roast malts
Tried
on 12 Mar 2026
at 15:50
Tried at home
Tried
from Can
on 12 Mar 2026
at 00:00
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
Draught Keg at the Real Ale Classroom, Leicester City Centre. Cream coloured and thick/hazy with a beige head. Vanilla aroma, some banana, a little bit of coconut. The coconut is stronger in the mouth, with more banana and maybe a touch of lemon. French vanilla and some lime posset in the finish. Thick body but not impossibly so. Pretty sexy.
Tried
at
Real Ale Classroom - City Centre
on 10 Mar 2026
at 19:14
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 10
Overall 7
Draught keg at the Real Ale Classroom, Leicester city centre. This pour, wow... purplish red and impenetrable thick/hazy. Sharp, bright berry aroma. The blackberry comes through so cleanly and I feel like I'm imagining raspberry too. Good sour berry taste (again more of the blackberry than anything else) followed by a dollop of fresh coconut milk sweetness. Body is thick and soupy. Lovely. A great sour.
Tried
from Draft
at
Real Ale Classroom - City Centre
on 10 Mar 2026
at 18:51
5.3/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 5.5
Texture 5
Overall 5
Can from Urbansprawl. Caramel brown with no real head. Aroma of ginger. Flavour is warm ginger, chocolate coffee on a sweet syrup base.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Mar 2026
at 22:49
6/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 6
Flavor 7.5
Texture 6
Overall 5
This would be a lovely cocktail. Lots of fruit, nice tart base, creamy texture, tastes really nutty ce, just doesn’t taste like a beer.
Tried
from Can
on 07 Mar 2026
at 20:59
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 7
On tap at The Craft Beer Cabin, Bromley. Nose os of course Iron Bru, sweet spice, orange Starburst. Taste is all of the above. Sweet fruity finish.
Tried
from Draft
at
Craft Beer Cabin BR1
on 07 Mar 2026
at 14:04
5.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 5.5
Texture 7
Overall 5
440ml can @ Benzai's Anti-Carnival Valentine's Day Tasting, Feb 26. Nice paired with a crunchie but not much of the flavours present in the beer, just a standard stout really. Marked down for this.
Tried
from Can
on 05 Mar 2026
at 12:31
8.4/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Can from The Beerhive. Dark brown body with a thin beige head that fades. No visible carbonation. No lacing. Aroma of Ferrero Roche, caramel and toffee. Flavour of Werther’s Originals, vanilla and a hint of nuts. Medium to full body with a slick mouthfeel. Low carbonation. Very easy to drink for the ABV. It’s a bold, sweet, impressive beer.
Tried
from Can
from
Beerhive
on 02 Mar 2026
at 21:12