Beer News: Biggest Sour Beer Producer In The World / Daily Cannabis Use Now Outpaces Alcohol

American Craft Beer|August 9th, 2024|

Edinburgh-based Vault City intends to become the biggest producer of Sour Beers in the world. Weve that, “Words to Drink By” and more.

Biggest Sour Beer Producer In The World?

Following a recent crowdfunding campaign that raised £330,000, Edinburgh-based Vault City, a brewery dedicated primarily to the production of Sour Ales, has announced its expansion to another in-city location which is seven times the size of its Portobello brewery.

The expansion will allow Vault City to produce more than eight million liters of beer annually, as well as the capability to expand up to 20 times its current 34,000 sq ft site.

“Our ambition is to be the biggest dedicated sour beer producer in the world, Vault City co-founder Steven Smith-Hay told the Drinks Business. “This new site will be instrumental in achieving that.”

“Vault City is unlike most other breweries as we make mixed fermentation beers, with a live house culture. The condition and viability of this needs assessed on a daily basis in order to maintain the signature Vault City flavor profile. We also need to monitor and test all the parameters of the liquid to uphold strict quality standards. This is currently outsourced to a lab off site – bringing this on site into one place will be transformative.”

Words to Drink By

“Never be satisfied, and always push yourself. Do (or be willing to keep trying) the things people say cannot be done.” – Steve Jobs American businessman and inventor.

Daily Cannabis Use Now Outpaces Alcohol

While alcohol consumption still remains the most popular mood-enhancer in the US, new research published in the journal Addiction, has found that, “the number of Americans who use marijuana just about every day has surpassed the number who drink that often, a shift some 40 years in the making.”

Alcohol is still more widely used, according to the AP, “but 2022 was the first time this intensive level of marijuana use overtook daily and near-daily drinking, said the study’s author, Jonathan Caulkins, a cannabis policy researcher at Carnegie Mellon University.”

“A good 40% of current cannabis users are using it daily or near daily,” Caulkins said, “a pattern that is more associated with tobacco use than typical alcohol use.”

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