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.

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6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Cask @ Crown & Kettle, Manchester. Paler golden colour. Not quite as strong tasting as it might suggest. It’s a decent IPA with a small fruitiness.
Tried from Cask on 03 Mar 2015 at 07:54

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Cask @ Crown & Kettle, Manchester. Pale clear yellow with a small head. Dry hopped with a slightly gritty texture in this respect. There’s a small fruitiness associated with the ale that is fairly light and easy to drink.
Tried from Cask on 03 Mar 2015 at 07:24

8/10
Tried on 01 Mar 2015 at 11:13

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Pendle Beer Festival 2015. Golden-yellow with a small head. It’s dry hopped with a light floral-fruity flavour.
Tried on 26 Feb 2015 at 17:10

5.9/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Pendle Beer Festival 2015. Very dark red with a small head. Has a soapy smooth texture with a very light roasted malt aroma and taste.
Tried on 26 Feb 2015 at 17:05

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Manchester Beer Festival 2015. Almost black with a frothy off-white head. Has a full roasted malt aroma and taste with some notes that produce a hint of bacon.
Tried on 28 Jan 2015 at 16:31

7.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 4 Overall 8
Cask @ New Oxford, Salford. Golden-amber with a small head. Heavily hopped with a full tropical fruit aroma and taste. It’s very fruity!
Tried from Cask on 24 Jan 2015 at 17:17

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Cask at the Manchester beer festival... Dark black.. Thin tan head... Mellow fruits roast nide .. Soft chocolate roast.. Light dark roast.. Light easy chocolate roast
Tried from Cask on 24 Jan 2015 at 11:27

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Cask. Shakespeares, Sheffield. Clear, straw colour. Messy, sticky, white head. Light aroma with bready malts, some lemon. Light citrus. Taste is light bitter. Some malty sweetness. Airy palate. Finishes light bitter. Ok. Nothing much to write home about.
Tried from Cask on 15 Jan 2015 at 08:07

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle. Archer Road Beer Stop, Sheffield. Clear gold. Messy, sticky, white head. Fruity, sweet, grainy malt. Piny, slightly fusty, orange hop. Some juicy fruit. Smells pretty good, this. Taste is well balanced sweet, and fruity, pithy bitter. Oily, and pitch perfect carbonation on the palate. Finishes juicy sweet. Juicy bitter. Very easy drinking.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Dec 2014 at 14:01