About
Ashford-based Low Key Barrel Project specialise in barrel aged beers. Producing beer in beautifully waxed 375ml bottles and specialising in big, aggressive beers from impy stouts right through to heavily adjuncted barley wines, Low Key brew anything but low key beer.
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Panda at home, thanks to the Wingmane, 30/06/22. Almost clear chestnut brown with amber with an off white cap that dissipates to a swirl. Nose is sweet malts, almond, dried fruits, sugars, mellow whisky, oak. Taste comprises fruit cake, toffee, raisins, sultanas, boozey cloak, mellow barrel, light spice. Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced kiss of alcohol. Solid well balanced BA BW.
Tried
on 30 Jun 2022
at 17:24
7/10
Tried
on 28 Jun 2022
at 21:37
9.4/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 10
Overall 9.5
Bottle at the strait and narrow. Jet black colour with a tan head. Aroma and taste are malty roasted and chocolate. With berry and light sweet vanilla. Full body.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Strait And Narrow
on 25 Jun 2022
at 14:58
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
375ml bottle. Pours jet black with a medium head. Aroma is meaty rum and blueberry. Taste has meaty rum, cola and iodine throughout, with some liquorice on the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Jun 2022
at 21:11
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Keg at the wee vault. Pours black, nose is chocolate, liquorice, treacle, meaty, raisin, taste is similar, chewy, juicy blueberry. --- Beer merged from original tick of The Lizard King Rum BA on 17 May 2022 at 21:10 - Score: 8
Tried
on 17 May 2022
at 20:13
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
On tap at The Low Key Taproom Ashford. Dark black beer no head. Raspberry and dark chocolate flavour. Raspberry aroma. some carbonation. not much bourbon some booze. pretty smooth. decent. 3.8 re rate On bottle at Boutilliers Taproom Ashford July 2022 tasting . really good raspberry lovely soft imp stout.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 May 2022
at 20:33
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Spotty beige head & collar on a turbid amber coloured body. Earthy vegetal aroma. Medium to full bodied, smooth soft & dry. Coffee, vinous, grape, chocolate & earthy tastes.
Tried
on 02 Apr 2022
at 14:13
8/10
Tried
on 07 Mar 2022
at 22:08
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Hoptimism. Appearance - deep amber with a red tinge. Thin white head. Nose - marmalade and whisky. Taste - whisky and dried orange. Marmalade shred. Orange jelly. Dry woody finish. Palate - full bodied, dry woody finish. Overall - good, better if laid down.
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Feb 2022
at 15:28
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at Robertos Tasting Room, Birmingham. Poured almost black in colour with a bubbly tan head. The aroma is roasty malt, red berry fruits. The flavour is moderate sweet, light sour, with a rich, roasty, raisin, tart raspberry palate. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
at
Roberto's Bar and Tasting Club
on 14 Jan 2022
at 13:51