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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5.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Bottle from Blacker Hall Farm Shop. Dark red. Thin, tan head. Aroma is an odd, greasy, fruitiness. Taste is a dry roastiness. Quite tart. Fairly harsh, bitter aftertaste. No trace of sediment in the bottle. Tastes a bit sterile. Disappointing.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Oct 2013 at 17:42

7.3/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Gravity cask at the Solihull CAMRA beer festival 2013. Poured a clear medium amber with a bubbly white head. The aroma is malt with a hint of citrus fruit and creamy caramel. The flavour is medium bitter with a dry spicy pepper, malty, liqourice sweet fruit palate. There was a lot going on! A superb ale.
Tried from Cask on 05 Oct 2013 at 14:03

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Huddersfield Beer Festival. Lighter golden with a small head. Has a full tropical fruit aroma and a good fruity taste with a small bitter kick.
Tried on 04 Oct 2013 at 13:56

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Huddersfield Beer Festival. Golden with a small head. Has a malty aroma with mild fruit flavours.
Tried on 04 Oct 2013 at 13:55

8.5/10
3/10/2013. Cask at Huddersfield Oktoberfest 2013.
Tried from Cask on 02 Oct 2013 at 23:00

7.6/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 6 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle from the Chesham Brewery Store. Poured a very dark ruby with a thin, but dense tan head and good lacing. Aroma of dark chocolate, OXO and molasses. Full bodied stout. Flavours of caramel, roast malt and dark fruit. Lingering liquorice, coffee and bitter burnt malt.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Oct 2013 at 11:13

5.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Half pint, cask at the Blue Blazer. Unclear grey-yellow body colour. Fair white head, fragile lacing. Citrus fruity nose, lightly spiced. Spiced fruity taste on a wheaty backbone. Bittersweet ending. Refreshing. Medium to thin bodied. Satisfying (Edinburgh 09.08.2013).
Tried from Cask on 28 Aug 2013 at 12:04

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
oro intenso torbida chiodo di garofano un lieve fruttato lieve maltato un tocco amaro poca acidita
Tried on 20 Aug 2013 at 11:31

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
oro leggera nota maltata nota erbacea amaro discreto media secchezza lievecterroso
Tried on 20 Aug 2013 at 11:26

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
chiara floreale leggere note agrumate buon amaro leggero citrico con note di frutta tropicale
Tried on 20 Aug 2013 at 11:23