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.
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Svart med tynt brunt skum. Lukter alkohol, kakao og kaffe. Smaker lakris, kakao, alkohol.
Tried
on 02 Nov 2024
at 20:30
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Svart med lys brunt skum. Lukter kaffe, mørk sjokolade, noe røkt og trevirke. Middels fylde. Smaker salt lakris, soyasaus og mørk sjokolade.middels lang.
Tried
on 02 Nov 2024
at 20:29
7/10
Tried
from Can
on 02 Nov 2024
at 14:15
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can from Systembolaget. Black with a medium tan head. Roasted malt, chocolate, coffee, mild nuts and some dark bread. Mild warming notes.
Tried
from Can
on 19 Oct 2024
at 18:01
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Tangerine, lime, melon, biscuit malt, dank pine, and grapefruit peel aroma. Golden yellow with large off-white head. Mildly sweet tangerine, lime, melon, biscuit malt, and moderate bitter/dank pine and grapefruit peel flavor. Good body.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Sep 2024
at 03:04
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
1 pint can purchased at their Nulu taproom. Dark golden to pale copper in the glass, small white head. Intensive sweet citrus and pine aroma. Taste starts with bitterhop, also pine, resin, citrus and stone fruity. Strong malty background. Below averag carbonated. Little bit alcoholic as expected. Nice one.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Jul 2024
at 19:42
6.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
1 Pint at their brewpub in Nulu. Pale grainy aroma. Taste is pale grainy, crisp, little bit fruity. Mid carbonated. Honey sweetness wheat in the aftertaste. Nice and easy drinking stuff on a sunday morning at 11 am and 83 Fahrenheit.
Tried
on 16 Jun 2024
at 15:16
8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 9
Overall 7.5
Grapefruit, biscuit malt, pine, and grapefruit peel aroma. Cloudy golden yellow with large off-white head. Moderately sweet grapefruit juice, biscuit malt, and moderately bitter pjne and grapefruit peel flavor. Nice body and balance.
Tried
from Can
on 25 May 2024
at 01:22
7.8/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Marshmallow, cinnamon, chocolate malt, and straw aroma. Dark chestnut brown with moderate tan head. Very sweet marshmallow, cinnamon, graham, chocolate malt, and very lightly bitter hay flavor. Good body.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Feb 2024
at 01:00
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 7.5
Cherry, raisin, caramel malt, and hay aroma. Brown with small head. Very sweet dried cherry, raisin, caramel malt, and mildly bitter hay flavor. Nice body and balance. Very nice.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Feb 2024
at 00:50