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.
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
12oz can pours a murky, deep orange with some lacing, white head. Nose is extremely pithy, orange and grapefruit, soap, resin, some honey comb, herbs. Flavor is very bitter, pithy, soap, herbs. Just an old school IPA.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Aug 2015
at 20:52
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
12oz can thanks to drfabulous
Pours cloudy orange/golden with a medium sized white head, lots of sticky lacing. Aroma is fruity, grapefruit and green tea. Flavors of grapefruit, floral, herbal tea and resin
A decent IIPA, I like it the more I drink it.
Pours cloudy orange/golden with a medium sized white head, lots of sticky lacing. Aroma is fruity, grapefruit and green tea. Flavors of grapefruit, floral, herbal tea and resin
A decent IIPA, I like it the more I drink it.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Aug 2015
at 00:21
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Crowler thanks to drfabulous
Pours clear golden with a medium sized white head, some lacing. Aroma is floral, grassy and herbal. Taste is grassy, pine, floral with citrus zest in the finish
Nice and hoppy, easy drinking.
Pours clear golden with a medium sized white head, some lacing. Aroma is floral, grassy and herbal. Taste is grassy, pine, floral with citrus zest in the finish
Nice and hoppy, easy drinking.
Tried
from Crowler
on 01 Aug 2015
at 21:29
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can: Hazy, dark yellow-gold with a small, off-white head. Orange, earthy yeast aroma. Sweet, rich fruit, orange-malt, yeast flavor. Really tasty....a very pleasant Americanized version of the style.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Aug 2015
at 11:22
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can. Yeasty lemon-orange, malt, and straw. Hazy golden yellow with small head. Sweet-tangy over-ripe orange, malt, yeast, and mildly bitter hay flavor. Good body.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Jul 2015
at 20:38
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can shared at a tasting at Tempo. Thanks drfabulous for this can! Dark brown to black with a rather creamy tan head. Pleasant aroma of roast, cocoa, and a bit of coffee. Sweetish flavor with cocoa, some roast, and a drier finish with a bitterish touch. Medium-bodied, rounded mouthfeel. Very nice.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Jul 2015
at 11:00
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Can shared at a tasting at Ariel’s place. Thanks drfabulous for this can! Cloudy orange with a white head. Aroma of stale fruity hops, marmalade. Flavor has some sweetish malt, some graininess, and bitter stale hops. Medium-bodied.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Jun 2015
at 10:26
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
2-4 oz pour at SAVOR 2015’s Saturday night session. Dark brown with light tan head. Aromas of bourbon, chocolate, caramel. Tastes of same. Medium body with a dry finish. Very nice.
Tried
on 09 Jun 2015
at 03:08
6.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can - thanks Alex! Pours clear pale amber, small off-white head that dissipates pretty quickly with decent lacing. Aroma is light, peppery and grassy. Flavor is the same, Belgian yeast esters, a bit of banana, black pepper and grass, some honey. Light plus sweet, light bitter, a bit of an herbal finish. Light plus body. Would be better with a bit less sweetness and body.
Tried
from Can
on 09 Apr 2015
at 00:01
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 10
Overall 6.5
Can thanks to Alex! Pours hazy reddish chestnut, small beige head, some lacing. Aroma is quite spiced, nutmeg, cinnamon, clove, some dark fruits. Flavor is fully sweet and light bitter; kind of a spiced dubbel, a bit of Belgian yeast spice, dried dark fruits like raisins, and lots of holiday spices, with nutmeg taking a prominent position. Full body, creamy mouthfeel, some ABV warming. Too spiced for my personal taste, but solid otherwise.
Tried
from Can
on 08 Apr 2015
at 23:56