Vanilla Chinchilla
Little Critters Brewing Co. in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England 🏴
Porter Regular|
Score
6.82
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Originally released as SBS #10, Vanilla Chinchilla is a 5.5% Vanilla Milk Porter, we've combined a variety of delicious dark malts with delicious vanilla and lactose sugars to create a silky smooth porter, with notes of vanilla, chocolate and coffee.
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6.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at Smithfield, Derby (at 4.5%). Pours almost black with a small tan head. The aroma has a strong burst of lactose plus some underlying roasted malts. In the mouth it is decidedly sweet with a creamy texture and flavours of malts, vanilla and chocolate plus hints of coffee. Some cola comes through later but the finish is still very sweet. This is decent, but rather too sweet for my liking.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Smithfield Alehouse
on 10 Apr 2025
at 13:35
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Cask at Ribs Of Beef, just a pub in Norwich city centre, no beef needed to be consumed. Black with a small light-brown bubbly head. Its vanilla is heavy and tasty, aromatic, and lingers long. It's a dark ale without much dark character, but this matters little as it's good.
Tried
from Cask
at
Ribs Of Beef
on 06 Apr 2025
at 20:35
6.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Keg draught at the Newshouse, Nottingham. Seriously dark brown with a small uneven film of beige head. Aroma of a little chocolate/coffee and maybe a touch of stone fruit. And the aroma is pretty muted. Not impossibly so, but it honestly doesn't smell like an awful lot. Taste: OK, now we are talking. Sweet and creamy, with just enough of the vanilla. Medium body and carbonation. Good.
Tried
from Draft
at
Newshouse
on 23 Feb 2025
at 15:57
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Half pint on cask at the Hallcross. Medium creamy beige head. Clear almost blaxk pour. Light vanilla and chocolate.
Tried
from Cask
at
Hallcross
on 31 Jan 2025
at 20:44
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On cask at Bread and Bitter, Nottingham - opaque black, beige head. Chocolate, roasted nuts, vanilla ice-cream, very sweet.
Tried
from Cask
on 14 Aug 2024
at 21:51
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at Bradford CAMRA Beer Festival 2024. Pours deep brown towards black with tan foam. Aroma: chocolate, vanilla, lactose. Taste: moderate sweet with lighter bitterness. Too much vanilla! Smooth taste. Medium body.
Tried
from Cask
on 04 Mar 2024
at 22:15
7/10
Tried
on 29 Jul 2023
at 19:53
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can from the brewery at home. Black colour with a thin tan head. Aroma and taste are chocolate and slight sweet vanilla. Medium body.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Feb 2023
at 17:20