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.
7.1/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Can from Beer Republic Advent calendar Day 16. One of the freshest so far, from 7/16. Light orange, nice head. Slightly dank and tropical-mix nose. Good flavors that may have faded a bit already, lots of pine, medium body. Very dry finish with a bitingly high grapefruity bitterness that is less than smooth, but it's seriously high IBUs so that's a bit understandable. At least that preserved it well!
Tried
from Can
on 16 Dec 2025
at 20:38
7.4/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
355ml. can. @"home", Compostela. 15/12/2025
[#8.783 Global - #1.912 United States of America - #1 West Sixth Brewing (My Brewery #432 from the States)]
Pours dark brown with a small mocha head. Aroma: roasted coffee malts, burnt caramel, marshmallows and syrup. Taste: wood barrels, burnt coffee beans and licorice. Sticky tongue.
Next one, please!
[#8.783 Global - #1.912 United States of America - #1 West Sixth Brewing (My Brewery #432 from the States)]
Pours dark brown with a small mocha head. Aroma: roasted coffee malts, burnt caramel, marshmallows and syrup. Taste: wood barrels, burnt coffee beans and licorice. Sticky tongue.
Next one, please!
Tried
from Can
on 15 Dec 2025
at 11:55
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Beer Republic Advent Calendar 2025, Red Edition. Door 13. A black beer, a head is medium and light brown. Aroma has liquorice, some dried fruitness and roastiness. Taste is powerul, liquorice, dry roastiness, also bitterness. Full bodied, not stickyness. Rich and good.
Tried
from Can
from Beer Republic
on 13 Dec 2025
at 11:24
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Refrigerated 12 oz can poured into a glass. Clear golden with medium/light white head. Aroma is light wheat esters, medium/light body, low carbonation, and little lacing. Taste is light esters and soapy hops.
Tried
from Can
on 01 Dec 2025
at 02:32
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can web SB 2025-09-27 Göteborg AR: hard roasted malt, inc, dry, semi sweet AP: dark brown, cream brown F: hard roasted malt, inc, dry, semi sweet
Tried
from Can
from Systembolaget Webbeställning
on 28 Sep 2025
at 14:41
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Amber with off white head - Malt aroma - Malt body with some caramel flavours and some bitterness - Malt and hop bitterness goes into the finish - This was nice
Tried
from Can
on 10 Sep 2025
at 21:17
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can from Systembolaget. Aroma was lovely and hop forward. Taste was also OK but not all that exciting.
Tried
from Can
from
Systembolaget Östersund - Lillänge
on 31 Aug 2025
at 17:32
7.5/10
First drink in Louisville! The bourbon barrel ale was out, but this is a good simple beer. Classic Hot Brown dish!
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Aug 2025
at 21:06
8/10
Tried
on 31 Jul 2025
at 01:03
8.5/10
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Appearance 9
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Creamy lightbrown good fully lasting head. Black colour. Heavy malty and hoppy aroma. Heavy bitter great flavor. Very roasted. Long great heavy bitter finish. Creamy palate. Excellent.
Tried
from Can
on 26 Jul 2025
at 14:00