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.
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle shared at Watford tasting. Many thanks to Colin for this one. A brown orange coloured pour with a halo of off white head. Aroma is semi sweet, coffee, green coffee bean, white chocolate, earthy. Flavour is composed of semi sweet brown sugars, coffee, beans, earthy, grains,. Palate is semi sweet, light tang, moderate carbonation, rounded.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Sep 2021
at 15:44
7/10
Tried
on 24 Sep 2021
at 15:43
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Can at home, picked up from Docker in the Goods Shed, 19/09/21. Murky orange amber with a decent light beige covering. Nose is sweet malts, tonka bean, vanilla, toffee fudge, cocoa sprinkle, dried fruit esters. Taste comprises toffee, nutty, cocoa powder, more Tonka presence, liquid fruit cake, marzipan, brown sugars, almond croissant. Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a kiss of alcohol. Solid sipper ... drinks easy for a double digit ABV affair.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Sep 2021
at 22:30
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle at home. Pours deep orange amber, nose is marzipan, caramel, toffee, tonka, cream, peat, taste is similar, creamy vanilla, dry, smoky
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Sep 2021
at 16:04
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Hoptimism. Amber colour with an off white head. Aroma and taste are out on, peaty whiskey and hints of chocolate. Smokey finish. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Sep 2021
at 19:51
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
5th September 2021 Hazy amber - brown beer, small pale tan head. Smooth palate, semi dry, decent fine carbonation. Smooth malts, a tidy level of caramel and cream sweetness. Earthy coffee, doesn't get gritty, possibly due to the light touch of smooth vanilla. Touch of ripe fruits on the back end. Smooth semi dry finish. Well it delivers the coffee and vanilla just fine but that seems to be it. No underlying barleywine depth or complexity. Quite drinkable but runs out of attention grabbing qualities pretty fast.
Tried
on 05 Sep 2021
at 18:33
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle from Hoptimism. Deep hazy brown colour with a thin off white head. Aroma and taste caramel and slight malty chocolate and light smoke. Medium body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Aug 2021
at 17:22
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, 30/07/21. Pitch black with a golden tinged khaki covering that soon dissipates edgewards. Nose is smoked malts, peat, charr, ashen tones, burn toffee, dried fruits. Taste comprises bitter sweet fruit rinds, medicinal kiss, dates, charr, bitter roast, cacao nibs, light cherry skins, burnt sugars. Medium bodied with bite, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a good level of Laphroaig and a light balanced boost. Solid stuff for a peated number ... maintains a good balance and doesn't get run away smoked and medicinal.
Tried
on 30 Jul 2021
at 16:36
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Panda 🐼 at home thanks to Wingman. An oily dark brown coloured pour with a fine dark tan head. Aroma is semi sweet, sinnamon, toffee apple, singed brown sugars, cinnamon pastry, nutmeg, jammy fruits. Flavour is composed of medium sweet, tangy dried fruits, burnt cake, cinamon and nutmeg spices, brown sugars, toffee apple, little lingering banoffee . Palate is medium sweet, and tangy, full bodied, moderate carbonation.
Tried
on 29 Jul 2021
at 20:38
7/10
Tried
on 25 Jul 2021
at 22:07