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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6.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask at the rat & ratchet. Pale golden colour with a white head. Aroma and taste are malty bitter. Slight citrus. And yeasty. Medium body.

Tried from Cask on 29 Apr 2023 at 15:12


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6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5

Cask at the rat and ratchet. Pale amber colour with a white head. Aroma and taste are malty and herbal slight dry to bitter. Medium body.

Tried from Cask on 29 Apr 2023 at 15:10


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7.3
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Cask at the rat and ratchet. PLe golden colour with a white head. Aroma and taste are malty sweet. Slight citrus. Smooth and rich body.

Tried from Cask on 29 Apr 2023 at 15:07


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Cask-conditioned at the Phoenix, York 27/03/2023. Clear gold in colour with a tight, white, head. Citrus hops, some tropical fruits, crisp malts and a dryish finish. Good.

Tried from Cask on 02 Apr 2023 at 14:04


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

Cask @ Fox & Pine, Oldham. Copper-amber, clear, with a creamy head, hopped with its 'tea' element light but just about evident.

Tried from Cask on 31 Mar 2023 at 16:21


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

Bradford Beer Festival 2023. Clear golden coloured ale. Hoppy with a fair bitterness to proceedings.

Tried on 18 Mar 2023 at 20:01


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 6.5

Handpull cask at the Wonky Donkey, Fletton, Peterborough. Light to mid-gold, clear with just an uneven wisp of white head. Light hoppy nose on the nose, some punchy citrus but it's fairly modest. Sweet taste, nice balance with a little bit of astringency at the end. The hop bitterness spreads on the tongue in the finish. I like this, although it doesn't seem that it's up to mich in the first sip, it grows on me.

Tried from Cask on 05 Feb 2023 at 17:39


03/06/2016. BREWERY TAP, 52-54 Lower Bridge Street, CHESTER, Cheshire, England (SPITTING FEATHERS)

Tried from Draft on 22 Jan 2023 at 10:19


01/02/2017. POST OFFICE VAULTS, 84b New Street, BIRMINGHAM, West Midlands, England

Tried on 22 Jan 2023 at 10:18


17/03/2016. HOP, Granary Wharf, Dark Neville Street, LEEDS, West Yorkshire, England

Tried on 22 Jan 2023 at 10:16