Edinburgh brewer in listings boost

VAULT City Brewing has secured listings in 200 bars across the UK for its inaugural core range.

The move comes shortly after the sour-beer maker launched a crowdfunding drive to support the opening of a second pub in its home city of Edinburgh.

The core range includes two new varieties – cloudy lemonade and strawberry sundae- that will initially be sold on draught, before a canned product is rolled out later this year. Its launch marks a change in strategy by the brewer, which until now has released its products on a rotational basis. Under the previous model, Vault City would introduce new varieties, such as pineapple upsidedown cake, raspberry coconut ripple, and triplestacked breakfast waffle, every third Sunday. The brewer will continue to release such limitededition beers alongside the core range.

Co-founder Steven

Smith Hay said: “This is one of the biggest ever craft beer launches in the UK, and an even bigger step forward for Vault City that we are massively excited about.”