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.
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5.5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Can from Systembolaget Rotebro. Amber with a medium head. Sweetish with malt, mild dried fruit and butterscotch and some biscuits. Kind of ok.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Mar 2025
at 20:17
7.6/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Peach, melon, mango, biscuit malt, pine, and grapefruit peel aroma. Hazy golden yellow with large off-white head. Moderately sweet melon, orange, mango, biscuit malt, and mildly bitter grapefruit peel flavor. Okay body.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Jan 2025
at 01:45
7.5/10
Tried
from Can
on 06 Jan 2025
at 14:21
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
EB - Can 12fl.oz. @ [ Trinntorp 🇸🇪 💻👀 Virtual Tasting ] - fonefan & Brugmansia House. [ As West Sixth Snake Eyes - Imperial Stout ]. ABV: 11.0%. [20250101]. 8/3/8/4/16
Tried
from Can
on 01 Jan 2025
at 22:44
7/10
Tried
on 01 Jan 2025
at 22:34
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sample (thanks omhper!). Pitch black colour, small beigeish brown head. Aroma is roasted malts, some toffee, mild chocolate and some mild nutty elements too. Flavour is liquorice, chocolate, coffee, some roasted notes, mild nutty elements with some toffee as well as some alcohol to it. Very nice and old schooly IS.
Tried
on 22 Dec 2024
at 19:45
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 8.5
Coffee, caramel malt, and hay aroma. Cloudy golden yellow with moderate head. Moderately sweet latte, caramel malt, and mildly bitter hay and grass flavor. Nice body.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Dec 2024
at 21:49
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Cherry, apple, and dry grass aroma. Ruby red. Moderately sweet cherry, apple and mildly bitter grass flavor. Good body.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Dec 2024
at 21:42
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 7.5
Pineapple, chai tea, biscuit malt, and dry hay aroma. Golden yellow with small head. Moderately sweet pineapple, chai tea, biscuit malt, and mildly bitter hay/dry grass flavor. Good body.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Dec 2024
at 21:35
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Smoked ham, caramel malt, and hay aroma. Copper with moderate head. Moderately sweet smoked meat, caramel malt, and mildly bitter hay flavor. Good body.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Dec 2024
at 21:28