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.
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Tap. Pours opaque mahogany, small beige head, decent lacing. Aroma is roasty, a bit smoky, root beer, dark bread. Flavor is light plus sweet, little bitterness. Medium body, low carbonation. Not bad.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Apr 2015
at 20:13
6.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 5.5
Tap. Pours hazy golden, small white head, decent lacing. Aroma is lemon, a bit of sulfur. Flavor is quite light tart, lemon, wheat. Light body, a bit bland.
Tried
from Draft
on 08 Apr 2015
at 20:10
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can. Pours a frothy head over an orangish body. Aromas are a little resinous with some oranges. Flavor is sharply hoppy with a good blend of malt and pungent resin.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Apr 2015
at 22:26
6.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft. Light chocolate malt aroma. Black-brown with small head. Lightly sweet chocolate malt flavor. Good body. Not bad but no weizen characteristics.
Tried
from Draft
on 28 Mar 2015
at 17:38
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can on the Brew Bus during the RBWG 2015 welcome event. Dark brown with light tan head. Aromas of cocoa, roast. Tastes of roast, cocoa, dark chocolate. Medium body with a dry finish.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Mar 2015
at 00:51
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can. Pours brown tan head. Nose/taste of cocoa, vanilla, light coffee and light chocolate. Lighter medium body.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Feb 2015
at 21:17
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sample at Dutch’s during Cincinnati Beer Week. This beer pours a dark brown color with a medium khaki head that recedes steadily to a film. Strings of lacing on the glass. Aroma of chocolate, malt and mild bourbon. Medium to full body with flavors of chocolate malt, bourbon and a touch of coffee. The finish is mildly boozy with a bourbon, vanilla and malt aftertaste. Pretty good overall.
Tried
on 24 Feb 2015
at 14:57
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can shared on the bus during RBWG 2015. Pours clear brown with a foamy off-white head. The nose holds burnt pine, light roast, cocoa. Light sweet flavor with ashy roast, dried dark fruits and dry earth. Light bodied with fine to average carbonation. More ashy roast, earth and bittersweet chocolate in the finish. Not bad.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Feb 2015
at 02:07
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Can - Toffee, toast, and cocoa. Deep brown with a decent light brown head. Toast, light roast and some burnt notes. Light on the palate.
Tried
from Can
on 20 Feb 2015
at 07:19
6/10
Tried
on 19 Feb 2015
at 16:32