West Sixth Brewing

Regional Brewery in Lexington, Kentucky, United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 4 Venues

Established in 2012

Contact
501 W 6th St, #100, Lexington, KY, 40508, United States
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.

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7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Draft. Musty, yeasty, lemon, peach, and malt flavor. Hazy golden yellow with small head. Sweet orange-peach malt and light musty hay flavor. Nice solid saison.
Tried from Draft on 27 Apr 2014 at 10:34

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Draft. Tangerine malt and orange peel aroma. Golden yellow with small head. Sweet over-ripe orange, biscuit malt, and moderately bitter orange peel flavor. Medium body.
Tried from Draft on 27 Apr 2014 at 10:30

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Draft. Black cherry and biscuit malt aroma. Amber with small head. Sweet black cherry, chocolate-caramel malt, and light bitter hay flavor. Smooth and very tasty.
Tried from Draft on 27 Apr 2014 at 10:28

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Draft. Cherry and caramel malt aroma. Amber with small head. Mildly sweet caramel malt and hay flavor. Light alcohol finish. Okay - smooth, straight forward malty beer.
Tried from Draft on 27 Apr 2014 at 10:25

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Draft. Coffee, milky malt, and light ash aroma. Dark chestnut with moderate head. Lightly sweet coffee-chocolate malt and light hay flavor. Body a bit light.
Tried from Draft on 27 Apr 2014 at 10:23

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Draft: Cloudy, yellow-gold with a small white head. Initial whiff of vinyl...then grass, wheat. Taste is creamy, light, grassy. Not bad...very easygoing.
Tried from Draft on 14 Apr 2014 at 14:07

7/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
Draft: Dark brown, rubied....small tan head. Nutty, chocolate, coffee aroma. Sweet, pleasant nuttiness and chocolate taste. Slightly thin in body, but a nice flavour.
Tried from Draft on 14 Apr 2014 at 13:50

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Draft. Strong cocoa malt and light ash aroma. Dark brown with small head. Sweet chocolate malt and moderately bitter ashy/herbal flavor. Very nice. Earlier Rating: 6/29/2013 Total Score: 4.1Draft. Lightly smokey chocolate malt aroma. Dark brown with moderate head. Mildly sweet creamy chocolate malt flavor. Lightly bitter herbal finish. Nice.
Tried from Draft on 23 Feb 2014 at 11:49

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Draft. Lemongrass and wheat malt aroma. Cloudy golden yellow with moderate head. Sweet lemongrass and wheat malt flavor. Lightly bitter herbal finish. Nice, easy drinking beer.
Tried from Draft on 23 Feb 2014 at 11:47

6.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Featured Thursday night firkin. Shaker glass firkin draft at the brewery in Lexington, Kentucky. The pour is a cloudy yellow dark golden with a minimal off white head. The aroma is big spicy Thai chili, eventually shows some grassy basil notes as well. The bartender had warned me, but I still was not ready for the huge hot spice blast of the Thai chili in the first sip. It was breath taking (in a literal sense). I like spice, so I was able to power through, and pick up on some of the basil, along with a pleasant earthy grass element. There really was not much else beyond that. The palate was firkin low natural carbonation with a medium body. The heat is really not at all well managed, and there is no balance to this beer, but it was still fun.
Tried from Draft on 21 Feb 2014 at 06:53