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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5.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5

Cask @ Hop, Leeds. Copper red with a very thin head. Has a wood based aroma and taste with a small bitterness. Slightly dry in its texture.

Tried from Cask on 17 Apr 2014 at 10:56


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Cask (Harbour View, Sunderland) - Black with a foamy tan head. Liquorice, coffee and plain chocolate in the aroma. Smooth and easy to drink with notes of roasted malt and plain chocolate dominating. The roasted malt notes linger long into the finish.

Tried from Cask on 29 Mar 2014 at 15:20


6.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at The Hop, York. Pours clear pale gold, thin white head. Fruity hop aromas, not much else. Taste is bitter. OK.

Tried from Cask on 25 Mar 2014 at 09:55



4.8
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 4

Cask (handpump) @ Crown and Kettle, 2 Oldham Street, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England M4 5FE.Murky matt medium orange yellow color with a average, frothy, good lacing, mostly to fully lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is light malty, wheat, moderate yeasty, yeast, light coriander, moderate to heavy clove. Flavor is moderate sweet and light bitter with a long duration, yeasty fruit, riped fruit, clove. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft to flat. [20130126]

Tried from Cask on 12 Mar 2014 at 12:59


4.8
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 5 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 5

Bradford Beer Festival. Hazy yellow with a bubbly head. Dry hopped with a weak body.

Tried on 21 Feb 2014 at 13:45


6.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at Rat and Ratchet, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire Sat 15th February 2014. Pours black with creamy off-white head. Smooth, really smooth in fact and very creamy but there is a nice subtle roastiness, its good, like this. A6 A4 T7 P4 Ov13 3.4

Tried from Cask on 15 Feb 2014 at 15:18


5.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 5.5

Crown & Cattle, Manchester 23 Jan 13. Dyp amber. Litt farget skum. God røstet aroma med hint av mandler. Smaken det samme. OK - men litt kjedelig.

Tried on 15 Feb 2014 at 12:34


6.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Keg at Rat and Ratchet, Huddersfield, West Yorkshire Sat 15th February 2014. Pours gold/amber however quite dark here so cannot be certain. Sweet initially but with a flintiness and good hoppiness. Not an awful lot else going on but pretty decent. A6 A4 T6 P3 Ov12 3.2

Tried from Can on 15 Feb 2014 at 10:07


7.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Cask @ Rat & Ratchett, Huddersfield. Got a big shot of hops on first sip, sticky lemon sponge, pineapple, mango and getting quite hoppy on the old chops. Has a pleasant bitterness. Not bad at all.

Tried from Cask on 29 Nov 2013 at 16:48