Rat Brewery
Brewpub
in
Huddersfield,
West Yorkshire,
England 🏴
Owned by
Ossett Brewery
Associated Venue: Rat & Ratchet
Established in 2011
Contact
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.
6/10
Tried
on 05 Jul 2015
at 14:37
6/10
Tried
on 05 Jul 2015
at 07:58
8/10
Tried
on 05 Jul 2015
at 07:58
8/10
Superb. Beer of the festival for me!
Tried
on 20 Jun 2015
at 23:23
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ Calans, Hebden Bridge. Golden-blonde with a thin head. Well hopped with a dry tropical fruit flavour. There’s plenty of the tropical in its aroma too.
Tried
from Cask
on 20 Jun 2015
at 09:53
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ The Hop, Sheffield [100615]
Light blonde, dense white head, stuck bubbles in glass
Aroma of sweet fruits, tropical fruits, mango, soft apricot, soft grapefruit
Taste of soft light sweet pale malts, soft tropical fruits, touch of grassy hops, bit zesty, quite mild tbh
Palate - Medium body, quite oily, soft sweet, soft bitter zest, nicely balanced. Finish as main flavour, smooth
Overall - Nice fruits, not as hoppy as expected
Light blonde, dense white head, stuck bubbles in glass
Aroma of sweet fruits, tropical fruits, mango, soft apricot, soft grapefruit
Taste of soft light sweet pale malts, soft tropical fruits, touch of grassy hops, bit zesty, quite mild tbh
Palate - Medium body, quite oily, soft sweet, soft bitter zest, nicely balanced. Finish as main flavour, smooth
Overall - Nice fruits, not as hoppy as expected
Tried
from Cask
on 16 Jun 2015
at 18:17
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 7
Gravity at Barrow Hill Festival - Dark body, thin bubbly head. Aroma is big on the chocolate with a hint of sweet vanilla. Taste follows, I wouldn’t have guessed cherries if it wasn’t on the barrel label, but there is some fruitiness that could be yeast. Not bad, a bit thin.
Tried
on 30 May 2015
at 14:35
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask-conditioned at the Seven Stars, Bristol 9/5/2015. Deep gold with a slight, white, head. Grassy hops, grapefruit, tangerines, some slightly creamy malts and a dryish finish. Very good.
Tried
from Cask
on 10 May 2015
at 07:35
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Cask @ Ale Emporium, Preston. Clear golden with a creamy head. Has a mild tropical fruit hop aroma and taste with some washiness about it, although a smoothness too.
Tried
from Cask
on 26 Apr 2015
at 04:50
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Cask @ Ale Emporium, Preston. Very dark with a small creamy off-white head. Has a fairly full roasted malt aroma and taste subdued only by its slightly weak texture, but this does not take away much from the ale that’s fairly tasty in the main. Retried at the Bradford Beer Festival ale number 15 of the 2025 edition for me.
Tried
from Cask
at
Bradford CAMRA Beer Festival
on 25 Apr 2015
at 17:29