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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6.6
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


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 5.5 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Cask at Hops, Crewe. Pours a slightly hazy golden yellow with a minimal frothy almost white head. Aroma is mainly floral hops plus traces of cabbage (in a good way) and smoke. In the mouth there is a brief initial burst of sweetness before that is swamped by intense bitter hoppiness. The hops do subside gradually allowing some other trace flavours through later – grains, honey and tropical fruit. Finish is decidedly dry. This is very good – what a hoppy beer should taste like. Also, I would class this as a session IPA, not a golden ale.

Tried from Cask at Hops on 31 May 2025 at 13:00


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6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6

Half pint on cask at the Leopard.
Medium creamy white head. Clear golden pour. Light citrus bitterness

Tried from Cask at The Leopard on 27 May 2025 at 18:13


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6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6

Cask at the organ grinder Newark. Off black with almost no head. But gravity pour. Roasted malty slight chocolate. Thin flat body.

Tried from Cask at Organ Grinder (Blue Monkey) on 23 May 2025 at 12:38


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7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at the Strugglers Inn, Lincoln. Pale yellow golden colour with a white head. Aroma and taste are floral citrus and slight bitter, sweet to light bitter finish. Medium body.

Tried from Cask at The Strugglers Inn on 17 May 2025 at 11:30


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6.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6

Half pint on cask at the Leopard.
Medium creamy white head. Clear golden pour. Light bitterness. Not well balanced

Tried from Cask at The Leopard on 16 May 2025 at 19:04


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Cask at the Gunner Tavern, Newcastle, 14/05/2025.
Black topped with a lasting frothed up khaki cap.
Nose is charr, roast malts, toffee, hint of coffee.
Taste comprises roast malts, cocoa powder, light sour fruit tang.
Medium bodied, soft carbonation, semi drying close.
Decent flavoursome stout.

Tried on 14 May 2025 at 13:51


7.3
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


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6.6
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Half pint on cask at the Leopard.
Medium creamy white head. Clear golden pour. Nice bitterness

Tried from Cask at The Leopard on 04 Apr 2025 at 19:13


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6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 6

In one of those places you think you've been in before, but can't be 100% certain. I worked around the corner from it for two months in 2015, but maybe I didn't come here, it's been updated recently anyhow. The beer is kept well, this hoppy session effort from rat proving a good enough choice.

Tried from Cask at Denbigh Castle on 29 Mar 2025 at 15:01