West Sixth IPA
West Sixth Brewing Company

West Sixth IPAWest Sixth IPA
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From:
West Sixth Brewing Company
 
Kentucky, United States
Style:
American IPA
Ranked #1,779
ABV:
7%
Score:
88
Ranked #15,036
Avg:
3.91 | pDev: 11%
Reviews:
100
Ratings:
691
Status:
Active
Rated:
Sunday at 08:39 PM
Added:
Apr 03, 2012
Wants:
  30
Gots:
  170
Our West Sixth IPA is hop forward with notes of citrus and pine balanced by a nice bready and toasty malt backbone.
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Reviewed by russpowell from Arkansas

3.39/5  rDev -13.3%
look: 4.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.25
Pours an effervescent gold with a slight hazing & a thumb+ of pearl colored head. Stellar lacing & very good head retention

S: Some grassy notes, breadyness picks up once warm

T: Follows the nose, dryness, some woody bitterness, plus bready sweetness up front. Woody bitterness & a little malt sweetness cutting through, plus more grassy hops once this beer warms up. Finishes a little dry with woodyhops & watery grainyness.

MF: Medium body, dialed back carbonation, decent balance

Old school IPA, 30 years ago this may have impressed me, just fairly run of the mill for the style
Sunday at 08:39 PM
 
Rated: 2.95 by DOCRW from Kentucky

Feb 29, 2024
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Reviewed by RaulMondesi from California

3.39/5  rDev -13.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
It hits a bit hard (too much so). This isn’t McEnroe when he’s feeling it. Right here, in West SixthIPA, he’s pissed and he lets the judge know it as he bazookas a tennis ball directly his way: boom! Straight to the dome!

Anyway, it’s heavy on the honey sweetness and ends on a bit of oily, syrupy note.

Guess what? Raul is out!
Feb 13, 2024
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Reviewed by beergoot from Colorado

3.98/5  rDev +1.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Clear, golden colored body; dense, lively carbonation; big head, white and sculpted, sticky sheets of foam draping the glass. Malt-forward aroma; dull sweetness; a bit of pine sap in the background. The taste initially comes across malt-forward then turns towards a nice pine character with a developing, lasting hop bitterness. Medium-heavy body; sticky; semi-dry notes.

A rock solid American India pale ale, show a bit of age, perhaps, as it is definitely more malt-forward (at first) but then the hop character shines through and nicely balances things out. Nicely complex and very satisfying.

Pouring temperature: 41 °F; canning info: 8/22/23 23L191
Source: beer trade (@MutuelsMark)
Jan 04, 2024
 
Rated: 3.94 by KelsJack

Jan 02, 2024
 
Rated: 3.88 by TonyStarks2231 from New York

Dec 07, 2023
 
Rated: 4.18 by AirBob from Massachusetts

Nov 12, 2023
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Rated by Greymane from France

4.43/5  rDev +13.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5
Whenever I visit my family in Louisville, I pick up a six pack of this excellent WC style IPA.
Oct 29, 2023
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Reviewed by patre_tim from Thailand

4.22/5  rDev +7.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Orange and slightly hazy with two fingers of Rocky white head. The smell is of peach, tea, grapefruit, skunk, rust, and cream. The taste is of peaches, black tea, slightly sweet, melons and grapefruit, pine, mangoes, and tropical fruit. Medium to heavy, thick resin, the body continues with a big bitter Plaster. Little carbonation. I got this in Kentucky and I’m drinking it in Krabi Thailand, October 20, 2023.
Oct 20, 2023
 
Rated: 4.31 by ToThePoint

Oct 02, 2023
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Rated by thatmckenzie from Kentucky

4/5  rDev +2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Above average in every way, but outstanding in none. Well-rounded and happy-making.
Aug 23, 2023
 
Rated: 4 by jchanley from Illinois

Jul 22, 2023
 
Rated: 4.03 by Jcreek from Illinois

Jul 22, 2023
 
Rated: 3.57 by SouthCrescent from Pennsylvania

Mar 26, 2023
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Reviewed by stevoj from Idaho

3.5/5  rDev -10.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Draft at brewery. Dark golden pour, small lasting head. Classic IPA notes, malty with a bitter, hoppy bite. What IPAs used to taste like 5 years ago, before the haze.
Mar 10, 2023
 
Rated: 2.5 by AbeO

Feb 22, 2023
 
Rated: 4.18 by Beergod420 from Michigan

Feb 06, 2023
 
Rated: 3.99 by Nunya from Ohio

Jan 16, 2023
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Rated by kyleknepper from Indiana

4.74/5  rDev +21.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
My all time favorite IPA, a “gold standard” in my opinion. Just a classic, clean interpretation.
Nov 02, 2022
 
Rated: 3.93 by hozersr from Pennsylvania

Oct 16, 2022
West Sixth IPA from West Sixth Brewing Company
Beer rating: 88 out of 100 with 691 ratings