About
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.
Filter & sort
Show
Stuu (35163) reviewed
Strawberry Skies from Vault City
7 years ago
8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle at Craig's. Pours red, nose is huge strawberry, vanilla, funk, taste is similar, creamy, tart, juicy.
Tried from Bottle on 20 Jun 2019 at 14:16
cagarvie (40318) reviewed
Bretted Elderflower Sour from Vault City
7 years ago
7.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Keg at the hanging bat... Mang orange... No head.. Mass dry brett funk fruit nose.. Soft Sharp funk.. Light tart fruit.. Soft dry brett.. Lomg elderflower
Tried on 20 Jun 2019 at 14:15
cagarvie (40318) reviewed
Sour IPA Citra Mosaic from Vault City
7 years ago
7.2/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Keg at the hanging bat... Mang orange... Light dry peach... Soft fruits nose.. Ligh pinnapple nose.. Earth funk fruit.. Lighest hop burn
Tried on 20 Jun 2019 at 14:15
Stuu (35163) reviewed
Sour IPA Citra Mosaic from Vault City
7 years ago
7.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Keg at the hanging bat. Pours deep orange, nose is pineapple, grapefruit, melon, taste is juicy fruit, tart, zesty, bitter, little hop burn.
Tried on 20 Jun 2019 at 10:15
Stuu (35163) reviewed
Bretted Elderflower Sour from Vault City
7 years ago
8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Keg at the hanging bat. Pours deep orange, nose is floral, green pepper, grassy, funk, taste is huge brett funk, sharp citrus, floral, oak.
Tried on 20 Jun 2019 at 10:13
cagarvie (40318) reviewed
Strawberry Skies from Vault City
7 years ago
7.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
bottle at home .. i can smell strawberies from a foot an a half away ... massive soft sweet strawberry fruit nose.. ligth dry fruit ... juicy fruit ....soft strawberry .. light dry tart fruit .. soft dry strawberry .. big fruit
Tried from Bottle on 13 Jun 2019 at 20:01
Fergus (32001) reviewed
Strawberry Skies from Vault City
7 years ago
8.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Bottle shared at Leightons place. Many thanks to Paul. A milky plummy pink coloured pour with a a frothy pink head. Aroma is nice mi, xed jammy berries, pez sweets, red grape, plum, cranberry. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, tart, plum, red grape, yougurty funk, mixed berry, bitter cranberries.. Palate is medium sweet, sour, airy carbonation, drying finish. Super tasty.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Jun 2019 at 21:59
Leighton (35418) reviewed
Strawberry Skies from Vault City
7 years ago
8.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Bottle shared in Hackney - cheers to Scopey. Pours unclear red with a small, creamy white head. Tasty stuff, vibrant strawberry, a little salty bite, soft acidity. Medium bodied with massaging carbonation. Juicy strawberry finish, mild tartness. Solid.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Jun 2019 at 15:15
cagarvie (40318) reviewed
Mango Habanero Sour from Vault City
7 years ago
8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Keg at ecbf 2019 Saturday afternoon... Mango... Thin lacing.. Dry rich Mango nose.. Big tart Mang... Zezty Mango... With little chilli
Tried on 28 May 2019 at 10:53
Stuu (35163) reviewed
Mango Habanero Sour from Vault City
7 years ago
8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Keg at ecbf. Pours deep orange, smells like mango Juice , funk, hint of capsicum, taste is juicy mango, funk, slightly sweet, warming spice.
Tried on 26 May 2019 at 08:29