West Sixth Brewing

Regional Brewery in Lexington, Kentucky, United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 4 Venues

Established in 2012

Contact
501 W 6th St, #100, Lexington, KY, 40508, United States
Description
Founded in 2012, we’re a craft microbrewery located in a historic 100-year-old bakery called The Bread Box on West 6th Street in Lexington, Kentucky. We brew and can our beer out of that location, and it’s sold at bars, restaurants, grocery stores, and liquor stores throughout the state of Kentucky (and across the river in Cincinnati, OH). We pride ourselves on the beers that we make and the impact we have on the communities we’re a part of.

We focus our brewing talents on a wide variety of beers – we produce and can styles ranging from our flagship West Sixth IPA, to our Pay it Forward Cocoa Porter. In our taprooms in downtown Lexington, we have 15-20 West Sixth varieties on tap, along with occasional special bottle releases from our Sixfold and Barrel-aged series. Now a team of more than 40, we focus on brewing beers with quality and creativity that we’re proud to serve to our friends, and most importantly, that we like to drink!

That said, we measure our success as a company not just on the beer that we make, but also on our social impact in the communities we’re a part of. We support the direct work of nonprofits in our area through programs like our Pay it Forward program and 6th for a Cause. We are environmentally conscious in everything we do (did you know nationwide, 70% of aluminum is recycled and only 20% of glass is?). And finally, we strive to be an awesome place to work, offering discounted CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) benefits, private staff yoga classes, and employee ownership.

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8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
On draft at the brewery. Pours black with a tan head. Aromas are dark chocolate and a hint of bourbon. Flavors are sweet brownies with some bitter roast. Tasty stuff.
Tried from Draft on 03 May 2022 at 13:44

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
On draft at the brewery. Pours a hazy copper with an off white head. Aromas of pine and orange. Flavors are bitter grapefruit peel.
Tried from Draft on 03 May 2022 at 13:40

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
On draft at the brewery. Pours a clear copper with an off white head. Aroma is a bit strange to me, tropical fruits and a dank wet blanket. The flavors though are nice with moderately bitter citrus notes.
Tried from Draft on 03 May 2022 at 13:33

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
On draft at the brewery. Pours a clear copper with an off white head. Aromas of tangerines. Flavors of bitter citrus peel.
Tried from Draft on 03 May 2022 at 03:23

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
On draft at the brewery. Pours a cloudy straw with an off white head. Aromas of pineapple. Flavors are moderate bitter citrus. Quite nice.
Tried from Draft on 03 May 2022 at 03:19

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
On draft at the brewery. Pours a clear gold with an off white head. Aromas of cloves and bananas. Flavors are sweet, a bit too sweet,
Tried from Draft on 03 May 2022 at 03:17

7.5/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Pine, grapefruit peel, biscuit malt, and orange aroma. Hazy golden yellow with moderate white head. Moderately sweet orange, lime, biscuit malt, and strong bitter pine and grapefruit peel flavor. Good body.
Tried from Can on 30 Apr 2022 at 02:05

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Pour is a clear copper with a large white head. Aroma is super piney and citrus. Flavor is the same fresh pine needles with some blood orange citrus. Not overly sweet which helps. As old school as it gets.
Tried on 23 Apr 2022 at 19:36

7.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
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Tried from Can on 20 Apr 2022 at 22:20

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Another IPA reminding me of pre-craft boom IPAs, with lots of caramel and pine and yeast, offering up gentle hints of grapefruit and dank. Plain, but drinkable.
Tried on 16 Apr 2022 at 16:38