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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7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
From the February 2014 3R6P tasting +++ Sampled from a 12 oz can this beer poured cloudy peach color with a small creamy orange-white head that lingered and left good lacing. The aroma was sweet and fruity pine, pineapple and tropical fruits. The flavor was tangy sugar, tropical fruits, pine, sour caramel and a bit of pepper. Medium length tangy and sweet tropical fruit and pine finish. Moderately full bodied. Pretty tasty.
Tried from Can on 05 Feb 2014 at 07:52

6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Pours a hazy amber color with a medium off-white head that recedes slowly. Partial rings of lacing on the glass. Aroma of malt, caramel and hops. Light-bodied with flavors of sweet caramel malt, grassy hops and fruit. The finish is sweet with an earthy malt aftertaste. Decent overall.
Tried on 03 Feb 2014 at 10:19

7.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
This brew pours a hazy copper-amber color with a medium off-white head that diminishes gradually. Partial rings of lacing on the glass. Citrus, hops and toasted malt in the nose. Medium-bodied with flavors of citrusy hops, pine and roast malt. The finish is moderately bitter with a hops and grapefruit aftertaste. Solid IPA all around.
Tried from Can on 01 Feb 2014 at 08:35

8/10
Tried on 15 Nov 2013 at 22:24

7.2/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Shaker pint draft at River City Drafthouse in Louisville, Kentucky. The pour is a hazed orange golden with a small white head. The aroma is dank, grass balanced with a bit of grain malt. The taste is the dank resin hop balanced decently with fresh grain malt. The palate is medium bodied with the dry dank bitter finish. Overall, straightforward, fresh and tasty IPA.
Tried from Draft on 23 Sep 2013 at 08:42

6.9/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 5 Flavor 6 Texture 10 Overall 6.5
Can: Pours red/orange/amber with a thick, yellow-tan head. Bready, caramel malt aroma. Taste is slightly sweet caramel, fruit, malt. Slight herbal spiciness from the hops. Creamy. Quite enjoyable.
Tried from Can on 22 Jul 2013 at 17:08

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Draft and can. Cloudy gold/orange body. Frothy, white head, most lasting. Aroma of citrus, toasted grain, grapefruit, orange peel. The flavor is moderately sweet and lightly to moderately bitter. It finishes lightly to moderately sweet and moderately bitter. Medium body, watery/velvety texture, lively carbonation. Good balance of orange sweetness and bitter hops. On the sweet side for an IPA and chewier. But it works.
Tried from Draft on 11 Jul 2013 at 18:39

6.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Can. Pineapple and caramel malt aroma. Hazy amber with a moderate ivory head. Toasty caramel malt and light fruity flavor with a very subtle bitterness. Light body, average carbonation. Not a bad amber at all.
Tried from Can on 04 Jul 2013 at 14:06

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Draft. Light chocolate malt aroma. Medium brown with small head. Lightly sweet chocolate-caramel malt flavor Not bad - easy drinking.
Tried from Draft on 29 Jun 2013 at 18:03

8.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 8.5
Draft. Banana, lemon, clove, and wheat malt aroma. Cloudy pale yellow with moderate head. Mildly sweet orange/banana, light clove, and wheat malt flavor. Nice body. Very good.
Tried from Draft on 29 Jun 2013 at 18:01