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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6.8/10 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

6.8/10 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

8.4/10 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

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle 375ml. @ [ Pre-Borefts tasting 2018 ] by kermis in Kim Jong-Un Buurtcentrum Zaandam, Noord-Holland. [ As Vault City Sour IPA Citra Ekuanot ].Hazy matt medium yellow colour with a small to average, frothy - fizzy and open, good lacing, mostly lasting, white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, wheat, sulfur, citrus, tart fruit, citric. Flavor is moderate sweet, light to light light moderate acidic and light bitter with a average duration, tart, dough, sulfur, citrus, citric. Body is medium to light, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20180920] 7-3-7-3-15
Tried from Bottle on 19 Dec 2018 at 17:10

6.8/10 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 Elderflower Sour ].Hazy matt medium yellow colour with a large, frothy, good lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate malty, wheat, sweet malt, tart, flowers, elderflowers. Flavor is moderate sweet and light acidic with a average to long duration, tart, wheat, elderflowers, dough. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20180920] 7-3-7-3-13
Tried from Bottle on 19 Dec 2018 at 17:05

8.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8
Keg at brewdog Lothian road. Pours black, nose is burnt toffee, chocolate, roasted, wood, taste is chewy, dark chocolate, liquorice, treacle, soy sauce, hint of marshmallow. --- Beer merged from original tick of Edinburgh Imperial Stout 2018 on 11 Jan 2019 at 12:26 - Score: 8
Tried on 19 Dec 2018 at 09:16

7.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Off white collar on a clear golden body. Sweet citrus aroma. Medium to thin bodied, smooth on the palate. Grapefruit, citrus & sour tastes. Nice one
Tried on 18 Dec 2018 at 19:28

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle 375ml. @ [ Pre-Borefts tasting 2018 ] by kermis in Kim Jong-Un Buurtcentrum Zaandam, Noord-Holland. [ As Vault City Tropical Sour ]. Murky medium orange yellow colour with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy mango, tropical fruit (peach - passion fruit), fruit juice. Flavor is moderate sweet and light acidic with a long duration, tart mango, tropical fruit (peach - passion fruit), fruit juice. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft to flat. IMO. not much beer to find here, but a lovely morning juice >;0). [20180920] 7-3-7-3-15
Tried from Bottle on 17 Dec 2018 at 15:41

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
On keg at Brewdog Lothian Rd, Edinburgh. Appearance - murky yellow with hints of brown. Thin head. Nose - elderflower and sour lemon in the same note. Taste - salty asparagus, almost samphire. Intentional or not? Palate - long and lean and tangy throughout. Overall - challenging, original and very good.
Tried on 17 Dec 2018 at 15:16

6.8/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle 375ml. @ [ Pre-Borefts tasting 2018 ] by kermis in Kim Jong-Un Buurtcentrum Zaandam, Noord-Holland. [ As Vault City Mango Sour ].Muddy medium orange colour with virtually no head. Aroma is moderate to heavy mango, mango juice, tart, sour. Flavor is moderate sweet and light to moderate acidic with a long duration, tart, sour, mango, mango juice. IMO not much to do with a beer, more like a morning juice - sour morning juice .... but a very tasty one >;0) Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is flat. [20180920] 7-2-7-3-16
Tried from Bottle on 15 Dec 2018 at 15:03