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Vault City Year 1 Foundations Dry-Hopped Sour

Vault City Year 1 Foundations Dry-Hopped Sour

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Producer Vault City Brewing
Country Scotland
Region Edinburgh
ABV 5%

Tasting Notes

Lemon, Green Apple, Sherbet and Soft Peach

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More About Vault City Year 1 Foundations Dry-Hopped Sour

This is Vault City’s mixed fermentation base beer, the foundation of every sour we’ve brewed since 2018. Originally brewed for our brewery launch party, it showcasing our unique house mixed culture of lactobacillus and saccharomyces, delivering a refreshing tartness with layers of fruity esters and a zingy sherbet finish. A light dry-hop of Cashmere and Bramling complements the tartness with subtle hop character.

This is where your journey into modern sour beer begins.

Meet the Producer, Vault City Brewing

Vault City Brewing

Style: Brewery

Edinburgh has produced a lot of good beer over the years. Vault City arrived and decided the city probably needed considerably more sour beer.

Founded in 2018, the brewery quickly became one of the UK's most recognisable names in modern sour brewing. Fruit-heavy kettle sours, pastry-inspired releases and heavily fruited beers sit at the centre of the range, often carrying flavours that sound slightly ridiculous until somebody hands you a glass and it somehow works.

The beers are unapologetically bold. Massive fruit additions, thick texture and bright acidity feature heavily throughout the lineup. Raspberry, mango, guava, cherry and countless other ingredients regularly find their way into releases that often blur the line between beer, smoothie and dessert.

Despite the playful side, there is a lot of technical brewing underneath everything. Balancing acidity, sweetness and fruit character without turning the beer into complete chaos is harder than it looks.

Modern sour beer has become one of the fastest-growing parts of British craft brewing. Vault City helped push that movement from niche curiosity into something much more mainstream.