About
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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Theydon_Bois (48345) reviewed
Rybena Session Sour from Vault City
5 years ago
7.2/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle thanks to Adrian, split at the mini Tipple lockdown tasting, Hazlemere, 29/08/20. cherry red topped with a big ole vibrant crimson cap. Nose is tangy raspberries, grass, bitter red berries. Taste comprises berry pips, tangy blackcurrant, sharp Ribena notes, hay bale. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, light drying close with a mellow acidic climax. Fun enough sour ... does what it says on the tin.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Nov 2020 at 09:12
reidyboy (4534) ticked
Strawberry Session Sour from Vault City
5 years ago
6.5/10
Not the sourest sour ever, but nicely strawberries and cream.

Oil, Shrewsbury
Tried from Draft on 31 Oct 2020 at 21:50
fombe89 (11320) ticked
Sweet Cherry Bakewell Sour from Vault City
5 years ago
6/10
On tap@Cimmeria, Oviedo. 31/10/2020 Color ambar oscuro, aromas cereza, dulce, sabor dulce, cereza, notas jarabe, cuerpo sedoso.
Tried from Draft on 31 Oct 2020 at 18:04
CraftBeerNick (11474) reviewed
Havana Mojito Sour from Vault City
5 years ago
7.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle at home, 30th October 2020. Pours a light hazy orange. Aroma is tart fruit, lime, lemon and mint. Taste is sour, tart fruit, lots of mouth puckering lime, lemon, and mint is also evident. It’s punchy, 330ml was enough, but it’s refreshing
Tried from Bottle on 31 Oct 2020 at 15:28
cagarvie (40318) reviewed
Cheeky Vimto from Vault City
5 years ago
7.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle at home ... Oct 2020 ... Murky red pink ... no real head ... soft sharp tart fruit nose ... big dry berries ... dry fruit ... big big berries ... sharp tart fruit
Tried from Bottle on 30 Oct 2020 at 20:42
cagarvie (40318) reviewed
Pear & Vanilla Sour from Vault City
5 years ago
8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle at home ...Oct 2020... massive pear aroma as soon as oppened ... murky amber ...dry pear ... light funky nose ... massive tart pear... dry pear ... dry tannins ... long dry fruit ... massive dry pears ... Real interesting
Tried from Bottle on 30 Oct 2020 at 20:18
theplanck (7492) ticked
Dark Fruits Bakewell Sour from Vault City
5 years ago
7.6/10
Great use of fruit, has that chewy round taste with a good dose of sourness. Really solid fruit sour. Strange brew athens
Tried on 29 Oct 2020 at 18:54
Nisse666 (18521) reviewed
Farm to Fermenter - Blueberry from Vault City
5 years ago
8.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Bottle web sys 2020-10-29 Göteborg AR: sour blueberries, AP: pale hazy reddish, frothy white head F: sour blueberries, tart, wee bubbly carb.
Tried from Bottle on 29 Oct 2020 at 17:53
CraftBeerNick (11474) reviewed
Strawberry Session Sour from Vault City
5 years ago
7.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
Bottle at home, 25th October 2020. Pours a very pretty opaque hazy pink, with a white bubbly head. Aroma is strawberry, wild strawberry, candy, strawberry and cream. Taste is light tart, strawberries, creamy mouthfeel, stewed strawberry, a light sour berry finish. Easy drinking and very pleasant
Tried from Bottle on 25 Oct 2020 at 18:33
CraftBeerNick (11474) reviewed
Mandarina Mandarin from Vault City
5 years ago
8.2/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 6 Overall 9
Bottle at home after a filthy curry at Xenuk, 23rd October 2020. Pours a pithy orange beer, murky and full of bits. Aroma is fresh orange, mandarin, citrus. Taste is orange, mandarin, smooth, tangy and zesty, medium tart, could be more sour, but this works, it’s well balanced and delicious
Tried from Bottle on 23 Oct 2020 at 19:41