Low Key Barrel Project

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

Established in 2021

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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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6.4/10 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

8/10
Tried from Can at Tap and Can on 15 Mar 2025 at 12:53

7.2/10
Overwhelming laphroiag. Lacks balance. Not sure where the tonka is. I like the barrel presence, but the underlying beer is underwhelming and thin
Tried from Bottle on 27 Jan 2025 at 22:18

7.5/10 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

7.8/10 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

8/10
Tried on 05 Jan 2025 at 14:57

7/10
Tried on 05 Jan 2025 at 14:57

7.1/10 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

8.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 9
Draft at the brew tavern Nottingham. Slight murky brown colour. Sweet from the maple. Some balsamic. Tart. Rich and dried fruity. Mmmm.
Tried from Draft on 10 Oct 2024 at 15:54

7.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Tap @ Café Sara. Unclear dark amber body under a moderate sized, lacing beige head. Interesting and strong aroma. Malt, toffee, dominating tonka, dry fruit, vanilla, maple syrup, spices and warming alcohol. Taste is very sweet with a complex mic of malt, toffee, caramel, dry fruit, tonka, spices, warming alcohol and hint of pumpkin pie. Weird, way too sweet and too much pastry for me, still it’s well made and I enjoyed this all the way.
Tried from Draft on 04 Oct 2024 at 12:17