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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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7.2/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle from the brewery. It pours chunky muddy dark brown with a darkest tan head. The aroma is dark roasted malt, really nice coffee, bitter, umami, toasted coconut, smoke and charred vibes. The taste is dry, thick, rich roasted malt, charred, umami, burnt toast, bitter - sweet, toasted coconut, coconut milk, smoked action, big coffee vibes, umami, burnt toast and peppery spice with a dry, toasty finish. Full body, fine carbonation and thick mouth-feel. Really expected this to be very sweet, but it just wasn't. It ain't a looker though. Novel.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Jun 2020 at 13:22

8/10
Lots of tart peach on the nose, same continues with the taste. Sour and juicy, citrus in the finish, very nice.
Tried from Bottle on 18 Jun 2020 at 20:40

6.1/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
6/6/2020. Sample courtesy of the SHIG, cheers! Pours clear pale yellow gold with a quickly dissipating white head. Aroma of citrus, lemon, hop, touch of herb and yeast. Medium sweetness and light bitterness. Moderate body, a little thin. Not exciting but it’s ok.
Tried on 06 Jun 2020 at 20:47

7/10
More sour than ipa. Fruity and citrusy, sour and tart. Fresh and spritzy. Nice.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Jun 2020 at 19:32

6.2/10 — Appearance 2 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Draft. An unclear golden beer with a lazing beige head. The aroma has notes of dusty hops, brett, fruit, and malt. The flavor is a bit sour with notes of citrus fruits, brett, dusty hops, and malt, leading to a dry finish.
Tried from Draft on 03 Jun 2020 at 09:09

8.4/10 — Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Bottle, via the online shop. Pretty stunning, glossy, deep cherry red. Firm, dark pink head is lasting and fully lacing. Has to be a 5 for looks. Nose has Ribena cordial. Jelly cubes. Twang of sour milk. Some squeezy lemon. Taste is tart and dry, with just a smidge of fruity sweetness. Smooth on the palate with fine carbonation. Touch of acidity. Tart and fairly clean finish. Drinks way under the ABV. In fact, it’s like pop. Great stuff.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Jun 2020 at 18:44

7.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 6
bottle at home may 2020... deep red... big pink head... massive raspberry nose... Light peppery raspberry fruit.. big juicy fruit.. delightful... but its very juice... expensive drunk juice but tasty as hell 7.8

bottle at home ...boxing day 2025...murky deep red purple ..thin off white lacing ..massive raspberry nose ...dark sweet raspberry fruit nose ..tart but massive raspberries ..juicy tart fruit 8.0
Tried from Bottle on 01 Jun 2020 at 18:17

6.4/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Can: Poured a unclear yellow with a white whispery head. Aroma is citrus and lemon zest, some hops. Taste is citrus, grain, underlying hops.
Tried from Can on 30 May 2020 at 20:00

6.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Tap pour at Industry Tap, Sheffield. Pours unclear orange golden with no head. Aroma: sweet, tangy, candy, bubblegum, apricot. Plenty of Iron Bru character. Taste: moderate sweet, light tartness, gentle lactic, sugary, fruity, juicy. Medium body with no visible carbonation. Dry-ish finish. A decent fun beer
Tried from Draft on 30 May 2020 at 10:45

8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 9
Bottle in the garden, 29th May 2020. Pours a hazy murky light orange. Aroma is vanilla and topical fruit. Taste is sweet and light tart, the lactose gives a good body, nectarine is very present and the vanilla is complementary, very good.
Tried from Bottle on 29 May 2020 at 21:41