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.
8.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 9
Overall 9
Hazy pale yellow with small head. Banana, orange, wheat malt, and fresh hay aroma. Very sweet banana, orange, wheat matl, and mildly bitter/astringent hay flavor. Nice body. Excellent.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Apr 2026
at 22:20
8.6/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
Copper with small head. Cherry, caramel malt, and fresh hay aroma. Very sweet cherry, caramel malt, and mildly bitter astringent hay flavor. Nice body. Excellent
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Apr 2026
at 21:24
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Black with small head. Roasted barley malt, smoked meat, and hay aroma. Mildly sweet smoked ham, chocolate malt, and mildly bitter hay flavor. Good body. Interesting.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Apr 2026
at 21:17
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
Dark brown with small tan head. Black coffee, caramel malt, and hay aroma. Moderately sweet creamy coffee, caramel malt, and mildly bitter hay flavor. Nice body. Excellent.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Apr 2026
at 21:12
8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
35,5cl can from Systembolaget, Stockholm. Pours close to pitch black with a moderate sized, brown head. Roasty aroma with dark chocolate, coffee, cocoa, dark, dried fruits and hops. Medium sweet with high flavour intensity and pleasantly bitter finish. Smooth, warming and flavourful. Quite delicious!
Tried
from Can
from
Systembolaget Stockholm - PK Huset (formerly Passagen)
on 21 Mar 2026
at 19:48
7/10
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Mar 2026
at 19:10
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Black Colour with medium beige head.Aroma of licorice and salt nice roasted and toasted taste with hint of soya and wood oily texture and smooth finish.
Tried
from Can
from
Systembolaget Hansa (Malmö)
on 08 Mar 2026
at 07:27
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
Advent Calendar tasting. Pale golden color with minimal white head. Aroma of citrus hops, light zest. Taste is the same. Medium long hoppy bitter finish. Nice.
Tried
from Can
from Beer Republic
on 06 Mar 2026
at 16:45
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 9
Can at Justicna tasting. Hoppy aroma and taste, light malty notes, citrus fruit, medium bitter. Medium body, hoppy citrussy bitter finish. Ok.
Tried
from Draft
on 06 Mar 2026
at 16:40
8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 8
What a lovely evening sipper
Well balanced and dangerously easy drinkable
Smooooth
Loads of chocolate. Dark malt, mild coffee and mild fruity
[Can from Systembolaget in Strömstad, Sweden]
Brewery #3220
Well balanced and dangerously easy drinkable
Smooooth
Loads of chocolate. Dark malt, mild coffee and mild fruity
[Can from Systembolaget in Strömstad, Sweden]
Brewery #3220
Tried
from Can
from
Systembolaget Strömstad - Oslovägen 7
on 26 Feb 2026
at 21:09