Top Rat
Rat Brewery in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England 🏴
IPA Regular|
Score
6.87
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A beer that is all about the Hops! The Nelson Sauvin variety from New Zealand give a unique "White Winey" aroma. Bitterness is high, but balanced nicely by a residual malty sweetness.
Rebranded from King Rat in June 2025.
Rebranded from King Rat in June 2025.
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8/10
White Rat but NZ hops? Yes fucking, please.
Tried
on 04 Jul 2025
at 20:53
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Half pint on cask at the Leopard.
Medium creamy white head. Clear golden pour. Light bitterness --- Beer aliased from original tick of King Rat on 30 Oct 2020 at 20:31 - Score: Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7. Original review text: 44cl can as a takeaway from Fernandes.
Thin white head. Clear golden pour. Lovely bitterness.
Medium creamy white head. Clear golden pour. Light bitterness --- Beer aliased from original tick of King Rat on 30 Oct 2020 at 20:31 - Score: Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7. Original review text: 44cl can as a takeaway from Fernandes.
Thin white head. Clear golden pour. Lovely bitterness.
Tried
from Cask
at
The Leopard
on 22 Jun 2025
at 07:58
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Large foamy white head on vivid hazy golden coloured body. Medium bodied, sharp & dry.
Pine, grapefruit, resin & pithy tastes with a bitter hoppy finish.
Rough round the edges - Northern Ale.
Pine, grapefruit, resin & pithy tastes with a bitter hoppy finish.
Rough round the edges - Northern Ale.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Apr 2025
at 16:05
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cask at the rat and ratchet. PLe golden colour with a white head. Aroma and taste are malty sweet. Slight citrus. Smooth and rich body.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Apr 2023
at 15:07
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Cask at the Rat & Ratchet, Huddersfield on 9th July 2022. Clear gold with creamy white foam and full lacing. Bitter hop aroma. Solid bitterness in-mouth and finish, with hazelnut maltiness. Smooth mouthfeel and plenty of body. Exquisite.
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Jul 2022
at 09:23
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Half-pint, well kept cask ale at Dispensary. Shared with Finn. Clear amber body, spotty lacing, firm white head. Dusty hops and bread on the nose, promising. Bread-fruity flavours, hints of caramel. Bittersweet ending. Pretty good. (Liverpool 27.01.2020).
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Feb 2020
at 19:33
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Delt med Rune. Gylden. Lavt tett skum. Vinøs aroma. Hvitvin. Myk munnfølelse. Smaken svisker & tørket frukt. Tørr avslutning.
Tried
on 27 Jan 2020
at 19:36
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Quite malty, with some noble mild hops. Soft carbonated Pleasant and easy to drink. Session able at The Pub Ok duration [Handpull @ source]
Tried
on 10 Aug 2019
at 11:30
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Dispensary, Liverpool; 29th June 2019. Hand-pulled half-pint. White crown on a clean golden body. Decent hop profile with a good bitterness throughout, some light sweetness in there too.
Tried
on 30 Jun 2019
at 02:47
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Cask at the rat and ratchet. A clear golden coloured pour with a thin creamy head. Aroma is subdued earthy sweet malts, grass, silage, light bile. Flavour is composed of semi sweet, Base malts, tangy apple, light caramel, woody hop. Palate is creamy, semi sweet light tang. Meh.
Tried
from Cask
on 29 Mar 2018
at 14:59