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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8.6/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 9 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Can. Campfire smoke, cherry, and chocolate malt aroma. Opaque black-brown with small tan head. Sweet smoky dark chocolate, light cherry, malt, and moderately bitter herbal hay flavor. Nice body but a bit light for an Impy stout. Very nice - great smokiness.
Tried from Can on 19 Mar 2016 at 22:12

7/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Refrigerated 12 oz. aluminum can poured into a snifter. Black with medium light brown head. Aroma is roasted malt, medium body, medium/well carbonated, and good small-bubble lacing. Taste is roasted malt, salty, some anise, and herbal hop balance. I prefer snakes in a barrel.
Tried from Can on 17 Mar 2016 at 20:54

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
On tap at Hop Cat. Black with small beige head. Aroma is really nice bourbon, medium/thick body, low carbonation, and a little lacing. Taste is nice bourbon, chocolate, some anise, and some herbal hops.
Tried from Draft on 24 Feb 2016 at 11:50

5.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
(tap) clear yellow amber colour with a small tan head; aroma of lilies; balanced flavour with a long light bitter finish; average
Tried from Draft on 22 Jan 2016 at 12:19

5.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 7
Can thanks to NeoHippie2. Cloudy reddish dark amber with very small frothy beige head, faint caramel aroma, high carbonation, bitterish malty taste with honey flavor, abrupt finish. Decent but not memorable.
Tried from Can on 01 Jan 2016 at 19:20

5.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 5
Can from the Craft Beer Advent Calendar
Mahogany color, small head. Spicy like a Christmas fruit cake, sweet, caramelly, and fairly boozy.
Meh.
Tried from Can on 31 Dec 2015 at 17:26

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Can - Sweet Christmas spice notes. Deep Amber with a decent light brown head. Sweet caramel and spice, not as extreme as the nose but still significant. A bit too much spice for my taste.
Tried from Can on 31 Dec 2015 at 17:25

6.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
12 oz. can, pours a deep dark amber / mahogany with a small white head. Aroma brings out loads of cinnamon and nutmeg upfront, with secondary notes of ginger and cardamom. Flavour is dominated by the spices, with notes of ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg and clove. Finishes with a slightly syrupy sweetness. Okay for what it is, just not my thing.
Tried from Can on 31 Dec 2015 at 17:20

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 8
Can thanks to NeoHippie2, Faintly cloudy amber color with medium sized off-white foamy head, soapy aroma, low carbonation, floral hoppy taste with citrus peel bitterness at the background, medium bitter finish. Decent IPA.
Tried from Can on 26 Dec 2015 at 14:36

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Dark. Full of chocolate, lightly roasted malt, decent bitterness, sweet. Medium bodied. Finish is dryer than expected. Solid.
Tried on 24 Dec 2015 at 23:57