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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7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle split at the Black Iris taproom thanks to Monsieur Rose, Notts get together, 07/07/23. Black with a khaki head. Nose is chocolate, spice, toffee fudge, trace of candied orange peel. Taste comprises chocolate, roast, Turkish Delight, peanut butter, modest tonka, dark malts, fruit tang. Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced rise of alcohol. Tidy sipper but can always go more Tonka and perhaps barrel.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Jul 2023 at 15:07


8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Can at home. Pours black, nose is chocolate, caramel, coffee, roasted, orange zest, tonka bean, taste is juicy orange up front, roasted coffee, meaty, chocolate, cacao powder, vanilla.

Tried from Can on 25 Jul 2023 at 09:40


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Panda at home, thanks to Kenny, 16/07/23 Murky amber with a fast collapsing off white head. Nose is chocolate, mellow barrel, tonka bean, brown sugar melt, toffee fudge. Taste comprises cocoa powder, toffee, toasted brown sugars, dates, figs, mellow tonka, kiss of rum. Full bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a balanced kiss of alcohol. Tidy.

Tried on 16 Jul 2023 at 14:50


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle shared at black iris Nottingham. Off black colour with a tan head. Aroma and taste are malty rich chocolate and light sweet fruit. Light barrel. Rich body.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Jul 2023 at 21:17


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle shared at black iris Nottingham. Off black colour with a tan head. Roasted bitter chocolate and some raspberry sweetness. Whisky barrel. Full smooth and rich body.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Jul 2023 at 21:17


7.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bottle share at the Black Iris taproom with the RB Nottingham trip. Mid-brown, a little translucent with very little head. Sweet aroma, molasses, a little rum. Taste is more balanced with raspberry jam coming through the light lashings of rum. Medium body for the ABV and body is a little flat. Delicious stuff.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Jul 2023 at 17:03


7.8
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle share at the taproom with the RB Nottingham trip. Very dark brown, opaque with a beige head. Lovely aroma but it's hard to get past the bourbon. Taste is a revelation: sweet with the Heavens Hill adding just a lively accent to the chocolate and molasses notes. Just a slight bitterness to the fi ish. Brilliant beer.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Jul 2023 at 16:48


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle bought at Black Iris. Aroma is sweet and boozy. Darkest brown. Foamy beige head recedes quickly. Initial sweetness followed by raspberry spur edge. Medium bodied. Slick. Average carbonation. Long astringent finish. Decent.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Jul 2023 at 16:47


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

Bottle at the brewery. Aroma is big and boozy. Darkest brown. Beige head forms a few mm ring. Light-medium bitter. Liqourice. Sweet booze. Medium bodied. Creamy. Flat-average carbonation. Long finish. Big and boozybyet delicate somehow.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Jul 2023 at 16:35


7.8
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle share at the Nottingham trip 7.7.23. Thanks Chris. Dark brown, beige/khaki head. Spicy aroma, some grape, some aniseed, vanilla. Sweet taste, a lot of gentle liquorice, some treacle. Bitter herbs in the finish. Light body for the ABV. Flat body. Pretty incredible.

Tried from Bottle on 07 Jul 2023 at 16:09