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.
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Crowler from the source, crowled on 11/18/14 and forgotten in my fridge until today. Extremely dark clear brown color, thick beige head with good retention and solid lacing. Nice aroma of dark milk chocolate and caffe macchiato. Taste is smooth, rich bittersweet milk chocolate. Delicious. I normally would not have rated this one, since I screwed up by keeping it this long. But I was also curious about whether the beer would be any good. And I was very pleasantly surprised. Still, don’t try this at home. Drink them fresh.
Tried
on 30 Jan 2015
at 18:04
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Refrigerated 12 oz. aluminum can, an extra from shrubber85, poured into a glass. Dark brown with crimson highlights, medium beige head which dies quickly. Aroma is spice, medium body, medium carbonation, and good small-bubble lacing. Taste is lots of spice. Too many competing spices for me and heavy.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Dec 2014
at 21:12
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can. Ginger, nutmeg, cardamom, and toffee malt aroma. Hazy brown with moderate tan head. Sweet, spicy toffee malt and lightly bitter herbal flavor - spice pretty intense - nutmeg seems to be most apparent but otherwise hard to differentiate. Good balance.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Dec 2014
at 18:24
5.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5
Refrigerated 12 oz. aluminum can poured into weizen glass. Hazy deep golden with small white head. Aroma is light herbal hops, medium/light body, medium/light carbonation, and pretty big-bubble lacing. Taste is herbal hops and lemongrass.
Tried
from Can
on 22 Dec 2014
at 20:08
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draft. Milky tangerine malt and orange peel aroma. Golden yellow with large white head. Sweet milky orange malt and moderately bitter grapefruit peel flavor. Nice body. Great hops - tasty.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Nov 2014
at 15:04
8.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8
Draft at Pazzo’s. Dark briwn color, brown head. Nice aroms of milk chocolate, coffee grounds, toast. Taste has cocoa, dark roast coffee. Very nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Nov 2014
at 15:36
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Draft at the source. Clear golden orange color, medium white head. Aroma of orange peel, light lemon. Taste is light citrus. Decent body. Interesting.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Nov 2014
at 15:08
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draft at the source. Hazy maroon color, off white head. Aroma of cocoa, burnt toast. Taste is chocolate, nutella, brownies. Tasty.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Nov 2014
at 15:05
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft at the source. Hazy golden amber color, medium white head. Aroma if biscuit dough, orange peel. Taste is bready citrus. Not bad.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Nov 2014
at 15:03
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Draft at the source. Hazy golden color. Aroma of mixed summer fruit. Taste has bittersweet fruit, lightly bitter finish. Decent.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Nov 2014
at 15:01