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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8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Can - Dark chocolate and dark roast. Jet black with a nice brown head. Dark sweet roast and some anise with dark chocolate notes. Really nice.
Tried from Can on 16 Jul 2016 at 14:22

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
9th June 2016
Level 42 Bottleshare. Thanks to Leighton. Can. Almost clear gold beer, no head. Notably flat palate for a canned beer. Light and mildly sweet malts. Spicy pine and spicy floralness. Nice light pineapple and mango. The finish brings bitterish aniseed and a trace of coconut. Tasty, shame about the carbonation.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Jun 2016 at 02:49

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle shared on Level 42, 09/06/2016. Many thanks to Leighton for this one. A clear golden coloured pour with a fading off white head. Aroma is sweet chewy canned pineapple, caramel, apricot. Flavour is composed of a sweet Thai rice pudding, mango and coconut, canned pineapple, sweet and chewy. Palate is sweet and chewy, low carbonation. Sticky.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Jun 2016 at 06:10

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Can at Level 42, thanks to LKS, 09/06/16. Clear golden blonde with a limited white covering. Nose is melon, light pine, straw, tangerine, soft bread. Taste comprises sweet licks, tangerine, lemon rind, grapefruit, pineapple chunks, light coconut, straw, soft bread, vanilla. Medium bodied, moderate carbonation, a touch flat, semi drying close. Ok DIPA - seemed a bit lifeless though, perhaps the can took a bash in transit?
Tried from Can on 09 Jun 2016 at 13:37

5.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5.5
Can thanks to Leighton at level 42. It pours yellow - gold with a tiny, bubbly white head. The aroma is sweet, lychee, pineapple, tangerine, sticky fruit cake, orange muffin, bit of grassy and herbal notes. The taste is sweet, oily, tinned fruit, pineapple, lilt, sugary, buttery, grassy, straw and pepper with a short finish. Light - medium body and low carbonation. A bit flat and sweet. Not great.
Tried from Can on 09 Jun 2016 at 13:36

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Can shared in London - picked up in Lexington. Pours clear yellow-gold with a faint white head. Juicy citrus in the nose, pale bread. Medium sweet flavor, lightly floral, with hints of pine, pale bread, tangerine. Medium to full bodied with minimal carbonation. Resinous finish, lightly warming, with lots of juicy fruits, mellow piney bitterness. The condition is off. Might be a faulty seal. Otherwise, solid.
Tried from Can on 09 Jun 2016 at 13:35

6/10
Tried on 09 Jun 2016 at 13:33

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Can: Pours black, with a thin, dark tan head. Chocolate, wood smoke aroma. Taste is mildly ashy/woody bitter..... Smoke, dark chocolate malt, a bit of licorice. Deceptively easy to drink.....not as heavy or potent feeling as expected.. Nicely done.
Tried from Can on 02 Jun 2016 at 18:22

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Can drank in the hotel in Nashville - picked up at Shenanigan’s in Lexington. Pours mostly clear orange-gold with a thick, frothy off-white head. Moderate pine in the nose, with touches of ripening citrus, bready malts, a little rind. Medium sweet flavor with a bit of grainy pale bread, light bitter pine, more rindy orange, some jam, faint grass. Medium bodied with average carbonation. Lightly resinous on the finish, with more jammy citrus fruits, grainy and bready malts, lightly bitter grass and pine. Decent IPA overall.
Tried from Can on 19 May 2016 at 23:07

8.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 9
Keg at the Country Boy taproom. Pours clear gold with a lasting, creamy white head. The aroma holds ripening citrus, mango, grapefruit, orange and papaya. Medium sweet flavour with mellow bitterness, pale bread, juicy tropical fruits, moderate citrus notes. Medium to full bodied with fine carbonation and massaging texture. Lightly dank to finish, with more melon, lots of papaya and mango, a little piney bitterness, pale bread. Exceedingly fresh, juicy and drinkable. Excellent.
Tried from Draft on 18 May 2016 at 20:33