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.
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
(tap) clear, bright yellow colour with a tall, white head; aroma of honey; sour, refreshing flavour with a medium long, light sour finish
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Nov 2015
at 14:36
6.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap at West Sixth. Clear light orange with medium white head. Aroma is herbal hops, medium hops, medium/little carbonation, pretty good little lacing. Taste is orange, dank, some herbal hops, and bitter finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Nov 2015
at 13:12
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 8
On tap at West Sixth. Hazy golden with little white head. Aroma is nice lemon tartness, light body, lower carbonation, and little lacing. Taste is nice tart lemon.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Nov 2015
at 13:06
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap at West Sixth. Hazy light orange with small/medium white head, medium carbonation, and pretty good lacing. Taste is banana and spice. Matt has produced a nice wheat beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 23 Nov 2015
at 13:01
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
355ml can from Craft Beer Advent Calendar. Pours a hazy, red brown with a small, short lived, tan head that leaves spotty lacing. Spicy aroma of ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg and clove. Sweet and spicy flavour of cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, clove and caramel malt with a dry, warming finish. Medium body with a slick, oily texture and soft carbonation. 9% ABV is well hidden. Well done.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Nov 2015
at 23:41
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Refrigerated 12 oz. aluminum can from shrubber82 poured into a glass. Hazy orange with small beige head. Aroma is caramel malt, light body, light carbonation, and little lacing. Taste is caramel malt.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Oct 2015
at 19:35
6.1/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Can. Caramel malt and fresh hay aroma. Golden yellow with large light tan head. Lightly sweet caramel malt and mildly bitter weedy hay flavor. Medium body.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Sep 2015
at 19:34
5.9/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 4
Overall 6.5
Refrigerated crowler poured into a glass. Medium brown with no head. Aroma is coffee, medium body, no carbonation, and no lacing. Taste is coffee, cocoa, and slightly bitter finish.
Tried
from Crowler
on 10 Sep 2015
at 19:52
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
12oz can pours a mostly clear, dark gold with some frothy, white head. Nose has lots of citrus pith, grapefruit, lemon, orange, quite a bit of honey, some herbs, soap. Flavor is very oily and herbal, soap, citrus pith, some light malt. Medium bodied, oily finish. Solid.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Sep 2015
at 20:23
6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6
Can: Pours hazy amber with a creamy beige head. Caramel, nut scent. Taste is a little tangy, caramel malt, very light spice. Ok, but not very rich.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Aug 2015
at 13:27