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.
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.
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
440ml can. Pours opaque dark brown with no head. Aroma is milk chocolate brownie, dark chocolate and a little roast. Taste has milk chocolate and yoghurt to start. Dark chocolate on the finish.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Apr 2026
at 19:27
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
CBHWS2026. Hazy orangeish golden colour with a small white foamy head. Aroma is vanilla, mango, some tropical fruits and mild herbs. Flavour is mango, tropical fruits, citrus, vanilla and some mild wooden and a bit guava tones too.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Apr 2026
at 15:45
5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 4
Texture 5
Overall 5.5
Can. Nose is cola cubes, vanilla, wheat, lactose, vanilla, ice cream, wafer.
Taste is cola cubes, light sour, ice pops, thin, damp wheat, vanilla, ice cream.
It's novelty crap
Taste is cola cubes, light sour, ice pops, thin, damp wheat, vanilla, ice cream.
It's novelty crap
Tried
on 28 Apr 2026
at 21:37
Tried
from Draft
at
Kingsmead Street Bottle
on 28 Apr 2026
at 13:34
4.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 2
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 4
Can from Drankenhandel Leiden. Sour orange juice with tart apple. Clashing flavours resulting in a bit of a soapy aspect. More of a gimmick.
Tried
from Can
from SpeciaalBierPakket.nl
on 27 Apr 2026
at 20:42
3/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 2.5
Flavor 3
Texture 3
Overall 3
Sample, thanks oh6gdx! Hazy red, small head. Aroma of custard and berry pie crumble. Artificially sweet with light to medium body and clean mouthfeel. Sloe and strawberry jam, crumble pie and custard. Saccharine like sweetness dominate the finish.
Tried
on 26 Apr 2026
at 20:28
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pours black with no head. Aroma is toffe, caramel, maple syrup, dark chocolate and licorice. THICK mouthfeel. Very sweet taste with notes of maple syrup, toffee, dark chocolate and salted caramel. This beer really is too much but I really liked it somehow.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Apr 2026
at 14:50
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
440ml can at Krafty J's in Jersey. Pours orange with a white foamy head. Aromas & tastes of pineapple & grapefruit. Moderate body. Slightly tart finish.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Apr 2026
at 11:06
7.1/10
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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
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tried
from Can
on 25 Apr 2026
at 18:12