West Sixth Brewing
Regional Brewery
in
Lexington,
Kentucky,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 4 Venues
Established in 2012
Contact
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.
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.
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Peach, biscuit malt, and funky grapefruit peel aroma. Cloudy golden yellow with small head. Moderately sweet peach, biscuit malt, and moderately bitter funky grapefruit peel flavor. Good body. Nice - dank.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Feb 2022
at 02:22
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Chocolate malt, and grass aroma. Chestnut brown with minimal head. Moderately sweet chocolate malt, and mildly bitter fresh hay and grass flavor. Good body.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Feb 2022
at 02:15
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Plum, cherry, caramel malt, and hay aroma. Chestnut brown with minimal head. Moderately sweet cherry, plum, caramel malt, and moderately bitter hay and alcohol flavor. Good body. Boozy but nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Feb 2022
at 01:59
8.3/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Rye, chocolate malt, and hay aroma. Chestnut brown with minimal head. Moderately sweet chocolate rye malt, and mildly bitter hay flavor. Nice body and balance. Excellent.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Feb 2022
at 01:49
8.1/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 9
Overall 7.5
Molasses, maple syrup, bourbon, chocolate malt, and hay aroma. Black with small tan head. Moderately sweet maple syrup, bourbon, chocolate malt, and mild bitter, astringent fresh hay flavor. Good body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Dec 2021
at 02:29
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Tangerine, lemon, biscuit malt, and dank grapefruit peel aroma. Murky pale yellow with minimal head. Moderately sweet tangerine, lemon, biscuit malt, and moderately bitter dank grapefruit peel flavor. Good body. Nice hops
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Nov 2021
at 02:33
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8
Prune, raisin, chocolate malt, and hay aroma. Dark brown with minimal head. Very sweet raisin, chocolate syrup, malt, and moderately bitter fresh hay flavor. Nice body and balance.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Nov 2021
at 02:28
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Cinnamon, nutmeg, pumpkin, caramel malt, and hay aroma. Brown with small head. Moderately sweet cinnamon, nutmeg, pumpkin, malt, and mildly bitter hay flavor. Nice balance.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Nov 2021
at 02:22
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Orange, caramel malt, and orange peel aroma. Amber with moderate off-white head. Mildly sweet citrus, caramel malt, and moderately bitter grapefruit peel flavor. Good body.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Nov 2021
at 02:16
8.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Orange, biscuit malt, and orange peel aroma. Hazy golden yellow with moderate white head. Moderately sweet orange/lemon, biscuit malt, and moderately bitter grapefruit peel flavor. Nice body and balance. Solid.
Tried
from Draft
on 07 Nov 2021
at 02:13