Vault City
Microbrewery
in
Edinburgh,
Edinburgh,
Scotland 🏴
Associated with 2 Venues
Associated Webshop: Vault City
Established in 2018
Contact
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.
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.
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle at cgarvieuk's. Pours unclear yellow. Aroma is Brett stables, elderflower, leather. Body is medium, quite sour and tart, some leather and lemon peel and elderflower indeed. Fizzy carbonation, lots of candy and yoghurt. Not greatly balanced, but quite good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Oct 2018
at 21:05
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
[9/8/18] Draught at Beavertown Extravaganza 2018 in London. Day 2. Murky mango juice color. Lots of juicy mango, lacto, tart. Refreshing. Great stuff.
Tried
on 06 Oct 2018
at 11:54
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
[9/7/18] Draught at Beavertown Extravaganza 2018 in London. Day 1. Cloudy yellow. Spiciness, citrus, tart, juicy. Nice and refreshing.
Tried
on 04 Oct 2018
at 11:29
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
[9/7/18] Draught at Beavertown Extravaganza 2018 in London. Day 1. Murky yellow. Lacto, yogurt, a bit of pickled vegetables, lots of citrus, yogurt. Very nice.
Tried
on 04 Oct 2018
at 11:11
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
[9/7/18] Draught at Beavertown Extravaganza 2018 in London. Day 1. Murky yellow. Fruity hops, lacto, juicy, tart, very fruity, green bitter notes. Really good stuff. Refreshing.
Tried
on 04 Oct 2018
at 10:38
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
[9/7/18] Draught at Beavertown Extravaganza 2018 in London. Day 1. Murky pink. Strawberry, lacto, yogurt, tart, juicy. Very good.
Tried
on 04 Oct 2018
at 10:38
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle @ Borefts 2018, probably a leftover of the pre-Borefts tasting. Thanks guys! Murky pinkish red color. Light pink head. Aroma's: big strawberry, sourish. Flavor is sour, fruity, strawberry. Light bodied. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Sep 2018
at 21:03
6.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Sampled @ Borefts Pre-tasting. Unclear pale yellow color, average sized white head. Smell and taste are indeed citrus & sour. Plus some sour fruitpeel. Ok. 6-3-6-3-14.
Tried
on 26 Sep 2018
at 21:20
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Sampled @ Borefts Pre-tasting. Murky yellow color, no head. Smell and taste some fruitiness, citrussy, sourish, sharp lemon. Mwah. 6-3-6-3-11.
Tried
on 26 Sep 2018
at 20:21
5.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Sampled @ Borefts Pre-tasting. Hazy yellow color, medium sized white head. Smell and taste sourness and herbal spicy elderflower. Meh. Too sour for me. Meh. 5-4-5-3-10.
Tried
on 26 Sep 2018
at 20:12