



plus rotating Ossett guest
a Mild/Porter/Stout (very occasionally from Ossett)
& a Real Cider (or Perry) on draught or by gravity
Frequent Guests from:
Daleside - usually 'Blonde'
Pictish - usually 'Brewers Gold'
Phoenix - often the newer brews but occasional 'Arizona'
Fernandes - ever changing from this quality producer
Riverhead - usually 'Butterley', 'March Haigh' and 'Redbrook'
Abbeydale - 'Matins', 'Moonshine' & 'Absolution'...mostly!
Bradfield - quite often 'Farmers Blonde' or 'IPA'
Moorhouses - seasonals
Recent Guests from:
Roosters/Outlaw - 'Cream' cropped up again plus 'Amarillo'
Elland - seen most months and very popular - especially 'Beyond the Pale'
Anglo-Dutch - the session stuff recently rather than 'Tabatha' unfortunately
Acorn - 'Barnsley Bitter' & 'Gold' have been doing the rounds & seasonal 5% IPAs
Boggart - both dark & light milds have put in the odd appearance
Brew Dog - made a recent appearance with Edge, Hype The Physics
...plus many many more
Continental Draught Beers & Lagers etc.
Becks Vier
Veltins
Franziskaner
Budvar (dark)
Strongbow
The Rat comprises four separate drinking areas plus an attractive terrace beer garden for when the weather's fine. Distractions are kept fairly minimal with a pinball machine, one slot, a wall mounted (but unobtrusive) TV plus the near legendary jukebox. There is a regular quiz (currently Wednesdays) but live music seems to have died a death apart from an occasional 'open mic' night. However with former landlord Dave Kendal-Smith now working behind the scenes for the Brewery, there's every chance that the events calendars of all Ossett's ten houses might start to fill up a little.
Food is no lomger available but a mini-fridge on the bar stocks a selection of locally produced pies and pasties.
The pub normally has two regular beer festivals a year, a mini mild one in May (around 15 beers) and the all singing version in September (over 60 beers last time) to rival it's illustrious neighbour down the hill but the main one is currently on hold.
Additional Info
Landlord:
Rob Allen
Address:
40 Chapel Hill
Huddersfield
HD1 3EB
Telephone:
01484-542400
Opening hours:
Mon - Tue 3-12
Wed - Thu 12-12
Fri & Sat 12-1am
Sun 12-11
Click here for map.
More photos will appear shortly as will a list of bottled beer and a draught beer update - please keep checking back