Low Key Barrel Project

Microbrewery in Ashford, Kent, England 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Established in 2021

Contact
Unit 3 The Hot House,, The Coachworks, Dover Place, Ashford, TN23 1HU, England
Description
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.

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8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8

can at cropredy 2025 Saturday ..copper ..thin white lacing ..soft woody caramel vanilla ...soft sweet caramel toffee fruit ..juicy vanilla berries ...ahhhh tonka

Tried on 09 Aug 2025 at 20:33


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

On tap at Low Key Taproom Ashford. Black beer lasting tan head. Decent easy drinking nitro style stout. Some dryness on the finish. Bit of sweetness. Not my stout. OK

Tried from Draft on 31 Jul 2025 at 16:05


7.5
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

On tap at Low Key Taproom Ashford Cloudy gold colour lasting white head. Big intense fruity aroma
Mostly citrus fruits some tropical. Really interesting flavour. Somw grapefruit flavour some mango. Not much bitterness but some is there. It's got a lot of hops. Some juiciness. Interesting. Light earthiness. Decent.

Tried from Draft on 31 Jul 2025 at 15:22


6.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6

On tap at Low Key Taproom Ashford. Clear gold colour thin white head. Mean it is a helles. It is a light flavour lager. It's not much finish. As a light not much flavour helles. It's decent enough.

Tried from Draft on 31 Jul 2025 at 15:06



7.5
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

330ml can. Cloudy, brown colour with ruby shimmer and slightly late awakening, small to average, frothy, diminishing, dark beige head. Spicy and minimally citrusy fruity aroma, caramel malty background, notes of tonka beans, a touch of orange, mandarine, orange, a touch of maple syrup. Taste is sweet-ish, caramel malty, spicy and citrusy fruity, initial notes of tonka beans, caramel, cinnamon, some maple syrup; refreshing, zesty notes of blood orange come in; reign the middle part and fade out slwoly in the last third; lingering, sweet-ish finish with mildly bitter remnants of blood orange zest.
Creamy to viscous texture, smooth and soft, slightly cloying palate, fine, dense, soft carbonation.
Very nice composition, maybe not completely balanced; very nice (and most welcome) refreshing effect due to the blood orange, tonka is reliably tasty - pretty good.

Tried from Can on 19 Jan 2025 at 00:26


7.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Keg at Brewdog, Ealing, London. A dark amber brown coloured pour with a medium beige head on top. Sweet maple, caramel, vanilla, spice, tonka action. Nice one.

Tried from Draft on 10 Jan 2025 at 09:43


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Tried on 05 Jan 2025 at 14:57


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Tried on 05 Jan 2025 at 14:57


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Keg at BD Castlegate. It pours clear deep muddy brown with limited head. The aroma is brighter than expected, zingy, tangy, blood orange, marmalade, pomegranate, maple glazed donuts, toffee, Yorkshire pudding, brown bread, mellow fudgey vibes and savoury Tonka. The taste is slick, oily, chewy, toothy, mouth coating slickness, pithy, zesty, bright citrus vibes, blood orange, grapefruit cordial, kumquat, toffee, fudge, maple syrup, pancake batter, Yorkshire pudding, slap of booze, some acidity, spicy edges, brown bread, hint of vanilla, dry earthy vibes, tannin and burnt toast with a warming, spicy and zesty finale. Fulsome body, lightly carbonated and slick mouth feel. Bonkers stuff. The blood orange actually lifts it. Good depth. Novel.

Tried on 07 Nov 2024 at 16:17