Top Rat

Rat Brewery in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

IPA Regular

Score

6.87

ABV: 5.0%

IBU: -

Ticks: 17

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.

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Solastalgic (4951) ticked Top Rat from Rat Brewery 6 months ago

White Rat but NZ hops? Yes fucking, please.

Tried on 04 Jul 2025 at 20:53

6.6

Deanso (15673) reviewed Top Rat from Rat Brewery 7 months ago

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.

Tried from Cask at The Leopard on 22 Jun 2025 at 07:58

7.3

simontomlinson (7969) reviewed Top Rat from Rat Brewery 9 months ago

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.

Tried from Can on 27 Apr 2025 at 16:05

7.3

Mr_Pink_152 (17201) reviewed Top Rat from Rat Brewery 2 years ago

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

lad_newton (4207) reviewed Top Rat from Rat Brewery 3 years ago

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

RuneBlix (26316) reviewed Top Rat from Rat Brewery 5 years ago

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

Finn (18112) reviewed Top Rat from Rat Brewery 6 years ago

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

Cunningham (15598) reviewed Top Rat from Rat Brewery 6 years ago

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

BlackHaddock (17284) reviewed Top Rat from Rat Brewery 6 years ago

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

Fergus (31329) reviewed Top Rat from Rat Brewery 7 years ago

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