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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8.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 8.5 Texture 9 Overall 9
Draught @ SKAAL Sønderborg. Pours cloudy very dark brown with little dark tan head. Clear aroma of cake, caramel, and malt, with hints of yeast. Intensely sweet flavour of caramel, with touches of malt and alcohol and notes of egg liquor. Roasty and fudgey aftertaste. Warming alcohol presence. So sweet that it must be every teddy bear’s favourite. Yummy but heavy. Goodnight :)
Tried from Draft on 20 Mar 2026 at 22:35

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Can at Old Dairy Taproom Tenterden. Cloudy pink colour. Lasting white head. Raspberry flavour. Cm taste the frosting on top of the cake. Some sourness on the finish. Some vanilla. Some raspbery. It works . Shouldn't but
Tried from Can on 20 Mar 2026 at 13:38

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
On tap at Cardinal, Stavanger. Hazy yellow colour, moderate white head. Aroma of apples, cinnamon and mango. Rich smoothie mouthfeel. Flavour like the aroma, also notes of honey. Hints of chili warmth.
Tried from Draft at Cardinal on 19 Mar 2026 at 23:08


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Can at Drinkoteka, thx Adam V! Murky dark red body, pinkish off-white head. Sugary doughnut jelly berry aroma. Lean, dry, perfumey tonka & berry taste, some vanilla... Well... it is what it is... Some might love it, for me it was way too much.
Tried from Draft from Drinkøtéka on 18 Mar 2026 at 22:01

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keg at the wee vault ...dark black ...no head ..sweet coffee chocolate roast malts nose ..deep thivk smooth chocolate roast malts
Tried on 18 Mar 2026 at 15:55

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keg at the wee vault ...hazy pink ..thin white lacing ..soft sweet rhubarb and custard sweet nose..big vanilla soft fruit..meh but then a nice tart rhubarb finish
Tried on 18 Mar 2026 at 15:52

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keg at the wee vault ...hazy pink ..smells of fizzy Rainbow belts ...wow ..Just tasts of liquid sherbert come love hearts
Tried on 18 Mar 2026 at 15:48

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deep purple ..thin purple lacing ..soft vanilla berries .. big juicy 6...sweet sweet fruit ..Light blueberries ..lighr yogurt ..lovely
Tried on 18 Mar 2026 at 15:44

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keg at the wee vault ...hazy amber ..thin white lacing ..soft dry fruit nose...lbLight pithy fruit ..big passion fruit6
Tried on 18 Mar 2026 at 15:40