Vault City

Microbrewery in Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
Associated with 2 Venues
Associated Webshop: Vault City

Established in 2018

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2 James Hamilton Way, Biocampus, Edinburgh, EH26 0BF, 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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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

7/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Bottle 375ml. @ [ Pre-Borefts tasting 2018 ] by kermis in Kim Jong-Un Buurtcentrum Zaandam, Noord-Holland. [ As Vault City Strawberry Sour ].Hazy matt medium red colour with a small, fizzy, fair lacing, mostly diminishing, off-white head. Aroma is moderate malty, pale malt, strawberry, tart, moderate yeasty, dough, seet yeast, tart fruit - berries. Flavor is moderate sweet and light acidic with a average duration, tart, sour, dough, strawberry, tart berries - fruit. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20180920] 7-2-8-3-15
Tried from Bottle on 14 Dec 2018 at 15:41

7.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
Keg at brewdog Lothian road.. Hazy Amber...Soft sharp funk dry zezty fruit nose... Light tart fruit nose... Soft sweet tropical fruit front.. Light dry tart sherbert floral fruit
Tried on 11 Dec 2018 at 15:43

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
7th September 2018
Beaverfest. Keg. Cloudy strawberry colour beer, small apricot colour head. Palate is light and semi dry with decent fine carbonation. Nice light tart strawberry, ripe strawberry and strawberry sherbet. Light finish. Works well.
Tried on 24 Nov 2018 at 17:31

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
7th September 2018
Beaverfest. Keg. Very hazy yellowish gold beer, small pale cream colour head. Light malts, light creamy sweetness. Nice fresh orange and grapefruit, tart but never acid. Light crisp minerally finish. Nicely citric.
Tried on 24 Nov 2018 at 17:25

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Keg at the hanging bat. Pours hazy yellow, nose is pineapple, huge Orange, funk, taste is tart, juicy fruit, light funky.
Tried on 19 Nov 2018 at 07:41

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Bottle from Bow Bar. It pours crazy cloudy orange with a bubbly white head. The aroma is fresh, zingy, sherbet, refreshers, tangerine vibes, sour candy and a but of funk. The taste is crisp, dry, tart, good mouth - pucker, sherbet, grapefruit, tangerine, tropic vibes, sour candy, lactic aspect, kick of acidity and refresher with dry, tart finish. Medium body and moderate carbonation. Bright, sour and fruity. Fun stuff.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Oct 2018 at 19:31

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
A haze orange golden coloured pour with a a loose sticky white head. Aroma is honey earthy. Light lemon,. Flavour is composed perfume lemon, zippy. Pear, pineapple. Paldts is semi swert, tart, highish carbonation.. Paldts is tart and mild pucker. Ok.
Tried on 15 Oct 2018 at 20:33

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Keg at Beaverex '18, day one, 07/09/18. Murky pineapple juice yellow with a decent off white covering. Nose is tarte citric pissoi, vinegar notes, damp straw, funk. Taste comprises green berry funk, lemon rind, acidic bite, sharp citric flesh, hay bale. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with light background hops and a puckering bite. Decent.
Tried on 10 Oct 2018 at 07:20