Vault City

Microbrewery in Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Associated with 2 Venues
Associated Webshop: Vault City

Established in 2018

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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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7.4/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
Can at home. Pours hazy orange, nose is orange sure enough, floral, bit of lemon zest, taste is juicy sweet orange, refreshing. 7/7/8/8/7
Tried on 13 Mar 2026 at 20:14

7.4/10
Sweetish, fruity and slightly tartish with some berries, candy sourness, licorice powder and spiciness. Not as aggressive with licorice and sourness as other Turkinpippuri sours, surprisingly easy going
Tried from Draft on 13 Mar 2026 at 18:49

6.9/10 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 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 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 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 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 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 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