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.
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can as Amber Ale, courtesy of ContemplateBeer, thank you sir! Pours hazy deep dark amber color, giant tan head, solid lacing - a beautiful beer. Aroma of toast, caramel, summer fruit. Taste is bittersweet butterscotch. Better body and more complexity than your average amber.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Jun 2013
at 15:26
6.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can. Lactic caramel malt aroma. Amber with large tan head. Sweet orange-caramel malt and mildly bitter herbal flavor. Not bad.
Tried
from Can
on 24 Apr 2013
at 17:17
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
12oz can from drfabulous. I’m sure this is the correct beer, but the can doesn’t have "Deliberation" anywhere on it.
Appearance: Pours clear amber with a medium sized off-white head and some lacing
Aroma: Toasted malts, caramel and bready
Taste: Caramel, grainy, grassy with some bitterness in the finish, dry
A nice Amber, crisp and clean
Appearance: Pours clear amber with a medium sized off-white head and some lacing
Aroma: Toasted malts, caramel and bready
Taste: Caramel, grainy, grassy with some bitterness in the finish, dry
A nice Amber, crisp and clean
Tried
from Can
on 21 Apr 2013
at 18:15
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
12oz can from drfabulous, thanks
Appearance: Pours cloudy golden with a medium sized white head and good lacing
Aroma: Floral, caramel and pine
Taste is similar with a nice pine resin finish
A nice hoppy, slightly bitter IPA.
Appearance: Pours cloudy golden with a medium sized white head and good lacing
Aroma: Floral, caramel and pine
Taste is similar with a nice pine resin finish
A nice hoppy, slightly bitter IPA.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Apr 2013
at 20:35
7/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Clear medium orange colour with virtually no head. Aroma is moderate malty, caramel, moderate to heavy hoppy, citrus, fruity, grass, orange - citrus, light pine. Flavour is moderate to heavy sweet and light heavy bitter with a long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is flat. [20121128]
Tried
on 23 Dec 2012
at 04:27
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Pours golden with a white head. Aroma of light malt, grass, fruity hops. Flavor is malt, caramel, fruity hops, light citrus. Medium body, soft carbonation, light bitter finish with a light alcohol touch. 281112
Tried
on 30 Nov 2012
at 06:42
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Dark yellow with small white head. Aroma is malt, fruit, hops, citrus and a little grapefruit. Flavour is malt, fruit, hops, citrus, grapefruit, medium sweet, pine and medium bitter.
Tried
on 28 Nov 2012
at 11:09
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Light hazy golden with a small off-white head. Aroma is sweet, malty, caramel and rather hoppy - peach and grapefruit. Flavor is quite sweet and rather bitter. Dry and rather bitter finish. 281112
Tried
on 28 Nov 2012
at 11:07
7.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Medium head with medium duration. Color is golden. Aroma and taste are rich hops, citrus, pine, caramel and malt. Long bitter finish.
Tried
on 28 Nov 2012
at 11:06
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8
Draft at Louisville Beer store, thank you Tyler! Hazy golden color, huge white head with great retention, solid lacing. Aroma of freshly cut grass and citrus. Taste is bittersweet lemongrass. Tasty.
Tried
from Draft
on 17 Nov 2012
at 12:57