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Vault City Brewing

🌍 United Kingdom · Known for American Wild Ale
Known for American Wild Ale

Founded in 2018 by Steven Smith-Hay, a former IT consultant and passionate home brewer from Edinburgh. Vault City's name inspired by Edinburgh's underground vaults. The highest-rated brewery in Scotland on Untappd with nearly 1 million check-ins and a 3.97 overall rating. At least 6 new flavours each month. Tagline: Modern Sour Beer. Core range: Strawberry Sundae, Cloudy Lemonade, Triple Fruited Mango. Exports internationally.

3Beers
1Styles
4.6%Avg ABV
2018Founded

Beers by Vault City Brewing

3 beers
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Cloudy Lemonade
American Wild Ale · 4.5%
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Strawberry Sundae
American Wild Ale · 4.5%
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Triple Fruited Mango
American Wild Ale · 4.8%
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Brewery DNA

The recurring character behind the beers

Drawn from all 3 beers in the catalogue.

Emerging signature · based on 3 beers
Signature
What keeps showing up across their beers.
fruityevery beer
3 of 3 beers
sourevery beer
3 of 3 beers
sweetevery beer
3 of 3 beers
refreshingevery beer
3 of 3 beers

With 3 beers, only recurring notes are shown — one unusual beer moves this a lot.

Portfolio range
How broad they brew.
Focused3 beers · 1 style family
Sour 3

Everything sits in one family — which makes the comparison below the interesting part. It isn't what they brew that sets them apart, but how.

What sets them apart
Each beer measured against others of its own style, then averaged across the range. Compared with 82 other Sour breweries.
Three beers is enough for a first read, not a full house style — one unusual beer moves this a lot.
typical for SourVault City Brewing
in no beersin every beer
sweet
in all 3 of their beers · typical Sour brewery: 1 in 5
Far more sweet than typical.
orange
in 2 of 3 · typical Sour brewery: fewer than 1 in 5
Notably more orange than typical.
dry
in none of their beers · typical Sour brewery: 3 in 5
Absent — the field expects it.
light
in all 3 of their beers · typical Sour brewery: 2 in 5
Notably more light than typical.
tart
in 1 of 3 · typical Sour brewery: all 5 out of 5
Notably less tart than typical.
Brewery performance
How their beers place in the hopIQ ranking.
Top 74%
average beer performance
0
beers in the Top 100
0 / 3
beers above the median
#3213
best ranked beer
Strawberry Sundae

Their beers place in the Top 74% of the catalogue on average, across 3 ranked beers. One clear standout well ahead of the rest.

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About Vault City Brewing

Founded in 2018 by Steven Smith-Hay, a former IT consultant and passionate home brewer from Edinburgh. Vault City's name inspired by Edinburgh's underground vaults. The highest-rated brewery in Scotland on Untappd with nearly 1 million check-ins and a 3.97 overall rating. At least 6 new flavours each month. Tagline: Modern Sour Beer. Core range: Strawberry Sundae, Cloudy Lemonade, Triple Fruited Mango. Exports internationally.

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