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.
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.
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Keg at wee vault. Pours clear deep ruby amber, nose is classic cola, caramel, brown bread, lemon, taste is zesty juicy lemon, cola, sweet, malty, sharp funk in the finish. 8/8/8/7/7.5
Tried
on 17 May 2026
at 16:06
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Keg at wee vault. Pours hazy purple pink, nose is grape, funk, floral, taste is juicy, floral, artificial grape, some citrus zest 8/8/7/7/7
Tried
on 17 May 2026
at 16:06
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Keg at wee vault. Pours clear deep amber, nose is caramel, vanilla, polish, taste is similar, a hint of sourness funk. 6
Tried
on 17 May 2026
at 16:05
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Tried
from Can
on 16 May 2026
at 23:04
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
[44cl can from Waitrose.] A cloudy blackcurrant coloured pour with a thin white head; aroma of berries and winter spices; sour berry fruit taste; followed by some cinnamon and vanilla.
Tried
from Can
from
Waitrose Supermarket (Various locations)
on 16 May 2026
at 19:01
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Can from Eltham Sainsburys. Aromas of pineapple, grapefruit, pawpaw, tangerine, mango. Flavours of grapefruit, mango, pineapple, papaya, peach, tangerine, spot of lime. Refreshing fruity bittersweet brew.
Tried
from Can
from
Sainsbury's (Various locations)
on 16 May 2026
at 17:16
6.5/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Tried
from Can
on 16 May 2026
at 16:29
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Tried
from Can
on 16 May 2026
at 16:29
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Wild stuff. Really is like a pure tropical fruit smoothie. Can’t detect much of any booze. Lots of mango, tangerine, guava, grapefruit. Low acidity. Nip of citric bite. Very tasty, if a little nutty.
Tried
from Can
from
Waitrose Supermarket (Various locations)
on 15 May 2026
at 21:39
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 7
Overall 6.5
Tap at Drinkoteka. Hazy yellow body, white head. Huge vanilla and brown sugar aroma, huh. Vanilla, heavy yogurty notes, light tart pear. The body isn't the best, pastry sour to the max, got amused by how it's a Table Beer on the yellow app.
Tried
from Draft
from
Drinkøtéka
on 12 May 2026
at 19:42