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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6.3/10 Appearance 2 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Can courtesy of Ken1. Muddy orange with a small white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, chocolate, strawberry and tart. Flavor is medium sweet nd light acidic. Sweet and slightly acidic finish. 280326
Tried from Can on 28 Mar 2026 at 15:14

7/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Keg at The Antelope, Godalming. Opaque amber. Thin foamy white head doesn't quite manage full coverage. Aroma is low key - light smoke, then delicately sour berries. Flavourwise it's sour but not overly so. There's a smokiness which kinda takes the edge off. Marmalade tang. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Soft-fizzy carbonation. Light-medium bodied. Slick. Soft-fizzy carbonation. Long dry astringent finish. Interesting. Sour but smokey and somehow delicate with it.
Tried from Draft at The Antelope Taproom and Bottle Shop, Godalming on 26 Mar 2026 at 21:22

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 7 Overall 7
Thick rosy-cream head over indeed pitch black beer. Black cherries, black chocolate, raspberries, chocolate icecream with strawberry/raspberry/vanilla flavours. Very lightly sourish fruitflavours, on top of black, if not very bitter chocolate. Lactose is also obvious in taste and MF. Well-filled, creamy and good carbonation. However, it feels lighter than a 6.5% stout would warrant. Oh well. Certainly not my idea of a sour whatever.
Tried from Can from Borger Bottles on 22 Mar 2026 at 09:21

8/10
Tried from Can on 21 Mar 2026 at 22:00

6.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Utseende: Mørk rødlig.
Lukt: Jordbær.
Smak: Jordbær.
Skum/kullsyre: Tynt Dekkende skum, heng.
Medium: Rating:8-6-6-6-6=6.3, Draft@250ml, ABV@4.5%, Når@2026.03.21.
Hvor: Mellombels Ølstove, Bryne
Navn: Chocolate Dipped Strawberries
Stil: SOUR / WILD BEER - FLAVOURED
Bryggeri: Vault City
Tried from Draft at Mellombels Ølstove on 21 Mar 2026 at 16:39

7/10
Tried on 21 Mar 2026 at 13:20

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Dose 0,44l: Kräftiges Orange, glasklar, sehr kräftiger + sehr stabiler feinporiger Schaum; frische +, sehr fruchtige Nase, kräftige Süße, leichte fruchtige Säure, dezente Zitrusnoten, Mandarinen, kräftig nach "Irn Bru", etwas Malz, süße-fruchtige Bitterkeit; frischer + fruchtiger Körper, leichte Süße, kräftige fruchtige Säure, Zitrusnoten, Limetten, Orangen, Mandarinen, deutlich aber nicht penetrant nach "Irn Bru", etwas Malz, spritzig, moderate Kohlensäure, etwas Vanille; fruchtig-säuerlicher Nachgang
Tried from Can from Craftbeer Shop on 21 Mar 2026 at 07:46

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

7/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
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