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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7.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Can thanks to my bro. It pours murky deep reddish - purple why. A frothy pinky - white head. The aroma is sweet, sticky, sickly sweet, tangy, dandelion & burdock, plum wine, prune, blackcurrant cordial, purple soothers, medicinal tonic wine, orangey citrus and a splash of Irn Bru. The taste is sweet - sour, tart, tangy, puckering, some acidity, juicy purple fruits, plum, prune, grape, fortified wine, bramble jam, port, buckie, light tannin, dandelion & burdock and fairly well hidden alcohol. Finish is tangy, puckering and fruity. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Good fun.
Tried from Can from Rosemount Market on 22 Jan 2026 at 20:09

7/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Can thanks to my bro. It pours cloudy deep milky red - magenta with a fluffy pinky head. The aroma is an interesting combo, toasted oat, porridge, cacao nibs, coffee, cascara, rather fruity, jammy, fruit compote and maple syrup glazed donut. The taste is smooth, sweet - sour, sour candy, sherbet, puckering, plenty of berry, blueberries, raspberries, verry jammy, porridge with maple syrup, light acidity, hint of alcohol and only a dull coffee/cacao note in the backdrop. Medium body and average carbonation. Definitely one of those that you can taste all the individual ingredients. Well realised.
Tried from Can from Rosemount Market on 22 Jan 2026 at 19:18

7.9/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 8.5 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Can from Havnens Vin Og Tobakhus. Aroma is intense blueberry, blackberry, redcurrant, cream, biscuits, and vanilla. Taste is very sweet, faint bitter, medium acidic and faint salty. Body is creamy with fizzy carbonation. Finish is long and balanced sweet and acidic with intense notes of berries, berry jam, biscuits, vanilla, and light vinegar. Very nice
Tried from Can from Havnens Vin & Tobakhus on 20 Jan 2026 at 22:26

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Panda at home, thanks to Kenneth, 20/01/2026.
Black topped with a khaki cap that thins to a swirl.
Nose is chocolate, dark malts, coffee bean, maple syrup.
Taste comprises espresso martini, dark malts, light roast, chocolate shavings, raisins, brown sugar melt.
Full bodied, oily feel, semi drying close with a balanced rising boost.
Fun pastry affair.
Tried on 20 Jan 2026 at 19:36

7.5/10
can at home, tart to sweet cheery and some malty sweet chocolate. rich berry fruity body.
Tried from Can at Strait And Narrow on 17 Jan 2026 at 19:11

7.4/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
can at home ...dark black ...thin tan lacing ..soft sweettiew fruity nose ..big sherbert sweeties ..big fruit ..big sweet .. tropical
Tried on 17 Jan 2026 at 19:00

7.6/10
Tried from Can on 17 Jan 2026 at 16:03

7/10
Tried from Draft on 17 Jan 2026 at 15:14

7.4/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Cloudy pinkish amber with a bubbly white head and a strawberries & cream meringue aroma. Fresh and fruity, strawberries of course, a touch of white chocolate, some tartness and a dry fruity finish.
Tried from Draft at RAD Beer Tap Room on 16 Jan 2026 at 17:00

7.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Can from The Unbarred Online store. Nose is peach, apricot, mango, banana. Taste is a fair mix of the above, would accompany a bowl of cereal of a morning very nicely. Rich fruity grainy action.
Tried from Can at UnBarred Beers & Ales on 16 Jan 2026 at 16:25