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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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7.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 9
Bottle at home, 17th October 2020. The last rater, sounds like He had a problem, not sure it’s right for a grievance and such a low mark, due to this. This beer pours a lovely blue hazy colour. Aroma has berries, vanilla and tart notes. Taste is smooth light tart blueberry and the vanilla come through well, with a hint of cinnamon, not overly tart, but enough and well integrated with the other flavours.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Oct 2020 at 19:46

6.5/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
375ml bottle Sophies Beer Store. Pours murky orange, no head. Light grapefruit aroma. Taste presents crisp bright grapefruit, moderately sweet.. robust bitterness throughout, good juicy moments - perhaps a mirage-like milkiness - but not veering too much beyond a grapefruit and pithy prickly citrus character. Alcohol seems to boost its sweetness, but otherwise hidden nicely.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Oct 2020 at 18:07

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Draft. An unclear red-amber beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma has notes of lemons, strawberries, funk, and wheat. The flavor is sour with notes of strawberries, lemons, funk, and wheat, leading to a tart finish.
Tried from Draft on 16 Oct 2020 at 14:58

8/10
--- Beer merged from original tick of Cloudy Lemonade - Session Sour on 15 Oct 2020 at 17:14 - Score: 8
Tried from Draft at Biererei Bar & Vintage Cellar on 15 Oct 2020 at 17:14

7/10
bottle at home Oct 2020... murky pink.. thin white lacing... soft tart raspberry tart fruit nise... Light dry lactic like raspberry.. big tart fruit
Tried from Bottle on 14 Oct 2020 at 16:15

8/10
Tried from Bottle on 13 Oct 2020 at 17:11

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Draft. A hazy golden beer with a thin beige head. The aroma has notes of lime, lemons, lactose, and wheat. The flavor is sour with notes of limes, lemons, hops, lactose, and wheat, leading to a tart finish.
Tried from Draft on 12 Oct 2020 at 15:10

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle split at and thanks to James, 19/09/20. Hazed yellow golden with an off white cap. Nose is big lemonade meets radler notes, grass, lemon zest. Taste comprises lemonade, refreshing lemon bite, citric tinged straw tempered with sharp lemon notes. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close. Simple fayre but does what it says on the tin and ultimately a solid refresher.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Oct 2020 at 12:44

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
7-3-7-4-15 Bottle, eleven months before bbd. Pours hazy golden, with a creamy head. Aroma is lactic notes with fruity notes of rhubarb, musty fruit peel, minerals and lots of ginger, as well as leafs, earthy spices and minerals. Creamy body, with soft carbonation. Flavour is tart fruity lactic, with hay, musty farmhouse minerals, rhubarb and bretty notes of berries and fizzy candy, as well as ginger and earthy notes.
Tried from Bottle on 09 Oct 2020 at 21:42

8/10
Tried from Draft on 08 Oct 2020 at 20:25