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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7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Keg at the hanging bat... Hazy amber... Thin white lacing.. Soft sharp cheesy funk.. Soft sharp tart.. Juicy orange.. Soft funk.. Pinnapple fruit

Tried on 14 Jan 2019 at 13:28


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Keg at the hanging bat. Pours murky orange, nose is funk, pickled onion, citrus, taste is salty, juicy citrus, tart.

Tried on 14 Jan 2019 at 08:31


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Keg at Beaverex '18 Day I, 07/09/18. Pink grapefruit juice in colour with a light crimson cap. Nose is tangy pink berries, straw, sharp citric peel. Taste comprises strawberry yoghurt, grass, green berry must, light funk. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Ok sour.

Tried on 10 Jan 2019 at 09:39


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

On cask at the Hanging Bat. Appearance - jet black with the look of crude oil. Thin fawn head. Nose - treacle cake. Brown sugar and dried fruit. Light whiff of booze. Taste - more treacle, raisins and prunes. Dark chocolate and something savoury. Palate - medium to full bodied. Rich and creamy middle. Long elegant finish. Overall - lovely stuff.

Tried from Cask on 06 Jan 2019 at 16:06


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Keg at brewdog Lothian road. Pours deep orange, nose is pineapple, mango, taste is juicy pineapple,tart, funky, pithy.

Tried on 31 Dec 2018 at 13:53


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Keg at brewdog Lothian road. Pours hazy orange, nose is pineapple, peach, funk, taste is taste is juicy melon, citrus, pineapple, funk.

Tried on 31 Dec 2018 at 13:53


6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

On keg at the Hanging Bat. Appearance - murky golden orange. Thin head. Nose - resin, green plant stalks and lime pith. Very green. Taste - still very green and dry. Thai lime leaves, stalky again. Palate - dry and sour. But dry is dominant. Fairly good length but very challenging. Overall - a bit challenging.

Tried on 31 Dec 2018 at 13:01


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

On keg at Brewdog Lothian Rd, Edinburgh on 27/12/18. Appearance - cloudy yellow. Thin head. Nose - citrus and funk. Taste - pineapple, not as sour as expected. Palate - light bodied and tangy though not as sour as the brewery's earlier offerings. Overall - tasted this alongside overworks Sleekit which was very good. Even though it didn't compare well to it, it's still very drinkable. The staff weren't sure what exactly was in it.

Tried on 29 Dec 2018 at 21:55


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle 375ml. @ [ Pre-Borefts tasting 2018 ] by kermis in Kim Jong-Un Buurtcentrum Zaandam, Noord-Holland. [ As Vault City Citrus Sour ].Hazy - murky matt medium orange yellow colour with a small, open and fizzy, fair lacing, fully diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, sweet malt, tart, citrus, sour, moderate yeasty, fruity yeast, celery. Flavor is moderate sweet and light acidic with a long duration, tart, citrus, sour, celery, lemon - lime. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20180920] 7-3-7-3-14

Tried from Bottle on 22 Dec 2018 at 15:20


8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9.5

Keg at brewdog Lothian road... Dark black.. Thin tan lacing... Soft sweet caramel chocolate sweet roast malts nose... Dark chocolate roast malts.. Light soya.. Big sweet chocolate.. Tiny licorice Cask at the hanging bat.. Dark black... Dark black.. Small tan head.. Soft sweet chocolate roast malts.. Dark roast.. Heavy malts.. Rich soft body... Again tiny soya.. Dark roast.. There something hinting at an early de Molen for me.. Ok... Sneaking up to 4.2Cask at the hanging bat... Dark black.. Thin white lacing lacing... Dark rich toffee chocolate.. Soft sweet rich chocolate roast malts.. Big soft sweet chocolate roast malts.. Big rich and sweet 4.5

Tried from Cask on 20 Dec 2018 at 15:39