Rat Brewery

Brewpub in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
Owned by Ossett Brewery
Associated Venue: Rat & Ratchet

Established in 2011

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The Rat & Ratchet, 40 Chapel Hill, Huddersfield, HD1 3EB, England
Description
Housed beneath The Rat and Ratchet and since the very first brew of Lab Rat in 2011, head brewer, Paul Spencer and brewer Robin Moss, have created rodent themed beers to critical acclaim. Our beers are distinctive, extreme, generally intensely hopped and anything but average, experimenting with a range of different beer styles, strengths and ingredients. Rat beer is now infecting all four corners of the UK faster than the Black Death, turning a local infestation into a national plague. White Rat in particular has emerged as the flagship beer and now sits within the Ossett core range.

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7/10
Tried on 19 Aug 2022 at 21:34

6/10
Half a pint on cask at the Leoprd. Medium creamy beige head. Clear almost black pour. Some chocolat6e. Very smooth
Tried from Cask on 21 Jul 2022 at 18:05

6/10
Half pint at the Leopard. Medium creamy white head. Clear golden pour. Light bitterne
Tried on 17 Jul 2022 at 18:41

8.4/10 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

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Cask at the Rat & Ratchet, Huddersfield on 9th July 2022. Pale gold with shallow off-white foam and full lacing. Zesty citrus peel in aroma. Soft maltiness and citrus peel in-mouth. Much the same in finish, with a few bitter notes. Smooth mouthfeel and and a fair amount of body.
Tried from Cask on 16 Jul 2022 at 09:19

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask at Hops, Crewe. Pours a very dark reddish-brown with a small cream head. Chocolate and malts to the fore in the aroma. Immediate reaction in the mouth, is how sweet and watery it is. However, flavour does come through in due course. Chiefly roasted malts but with good helpings of milky chocolate and a little coffee and hints of fruit. It’s OK, but Rat have done better beers than this.
Tried from Cask on 07 May 2022 at 20:41

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Cask @ The Pub (formerly Calans), Hebden Bridge. Very dark with a thick creamy off-white head. It has smooth tasting light roasted malts and is an easy-drinking dark malt brew.
Tried from Cask on 28 Mar 2022 at 15:03

7/10
Tried on 19 Mar 2022 at 18:57

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Hand-pulled half-pint in Skipton on 19th November 2021. Tan head on a near black body, looked good. Malty with a leather and liquorice twist in both the aroma and taste, dark chocolate arrives late in the brew.
Tried on 23 Nov 2021 at 15:01

6.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Half pint on cask at the Camra Doncaster Beer festival 2019. Thin beige head. Clear black pour. Quite smooth. Hint of vanilla. --- Beer merged from original tick of Rat Ratsteroids on 18 Oct 2020 at 11:05 - Score: Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7. Original review text: Half pint on cask at the Camra Doncaster Beer festival 2019. Thin beige head. Clear black pour. Quite smooth. Hint of vanilla.
Tried from Cask on 18 Oct 2020 at 11:05