Ossett Brewery
Ossett Brewery was founded in 1998 as a small brewpub behind the Brewers Pride in Ossett, West Yorkshire; founder Bob Lawson had previously brewed at Tetley. In 2004 it moved to the neighbouring Kings Yard site. The independent company is known for pale, hop-led cask ales, led by White Rat, alongside a bitter and two stouts. Since 2025 a second line has run under the Rat name, with hazy IPAs and a Helles. The group also operates around thirty pubs across Yorkshire, including brewpubs in Huddersfield and Marsden.
Beers by Ossett Brewery
18 beers
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The recurring character behind the beers
Ossett Brewery brew a broad range across 6 style families.
Across these 18 beers, 4 notes keep showing up:
Four notes carry across the range. That's a tight house style — most breweries in the catalogue share just one.
Compared with the wider catalogue of similar styles:
How we measure this
Two thresholds are at work here:
- The signature list shows notes that recur in at least 6% of this brewery's beers. A low bar — enough to flag a pattern, not high enough to call it an exclusive trait.
- The peer comparison below shows only notes where this brewery's coverage differs from similar breweries by at least 20 percentage points. A higher bar — enough to call a real difference, not a nudge.
A note can appear on the signature list without appearing in the peer comparison: it recurs here, but similar breweries do the same thing.
Hell Rat
Their beers place in the Top 60% of the catalogue on average, across 18 ranked beers. One clear standout well ahead of the rest.
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About Ossett Brewery
Ossett Brewery was founded in 1998 as a small brewpub behind the Brewers Pride in Ossett, West Yorkshire; founder Bob Lawson had previously brewed at Tetley. In 2004 it moved to the neighbouring Kings Yard site. The independent company is known for pale, hop-led cask ales, led by White Rat, alongside a bitter and two stouts. Since 2025 a second line has run under the Rat name, with hazy IPAs and a Helles. The group also operates around thirty pubs across Yorkshire, including brewpubs in Huddersfield and Marsden.
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