West Sixth Brewing Announces New Louisville Expansion

From West Sixth:

West Sixth Nulu to open in Early 2020
Lexington, KY – August 15, 2019

West Sixth Brewing announced today a major expansion into the NuLu area of Louisville — to be called “West Sixth Nulu”. The 9,000 square foot brewery, barrel aging warehouse, and taproom will be West Sixth’s largest investment into Louisville.

“We couldn’t be more excited to expand West Sixth Brewing to Louisville,” said Ben Self, West Sixth co-founder. “We’ve been distributing our beer to Louisville for over 7 years, and since day one the question we hear over and over again is ‘When can you bring the West Sixth Lexington experience to Louisville?’. I’m excited to announce that day is today.”

Located in the under-construction Nulu Marketplace on East Market, the entire mixed-use development will contain approximately 40,000 square feet of new retail, restaurants, offices, and apartments all surrounding a 5,000 square foot open air courtyard.

“West Sixth has had an incredible reception from Louisville from Day 1,” said West Sixth co-founder Brady Barlow. “These days, it’s really unusual for a brewery to continue to grow in a city 7 years after launching — but we’ve been able to do that because of great partnerships with our local distributor, River City Distributing, as well as the incredible bars, restaurants, and retail stores that have supported us since West Sixth IPA first hit the shelves. We think that with this project, we’ll ensure that growth will continue for many years to come”.
“Even more exciting to us is the fact that West Sixth Nulu will not only be a welcoming taproom and private event space, but a place to offer visitors some uniquely-Louisville beers,” said retail manager Jesse Brasher.

The brewery will contain a new experimental brewing system located on site. In addition to the brewery, West Sixth Nulu will also have a strong focus on Bourbon Barrel aged beers.

“A good portion of our bourbon barrel aging will move to this location,” said Self. “We’re excited to feature some of our well known barrel aged beers like Snake Cake and Snakes in a Barrel, but also dive into collaborations with some of the fantastic Louisville distilleries, experiment with new recipes, and offer customers a great sampling of the kind of beers we love to make.”

The space will also include a 1,600 square foot private event space, a second story lounge and patio, and a large beer garden. It will all surround an outdoor community courtyard, which will be also bordered by several other bars and restaurants — announced in the coming weeks.

“We’ve partnered with amazing nonprofits and community groups inside Louisville like the Kentucky Waterways Alliance and Forecastle Foundation since the beginning of West Sixth’s distribution in the area,” said Barlow. “In addition, we’ve worked inside the neighborhood and Louisville area for years now, so it feels exciting to being able to take this next step alongside amazing businesses and partners that have supported us for so long.”

“To us, a space in Louisville really completes the story we are trying to tell about West Sixth,” Kelly Hieronymus, West Sixth’s Creative Director said. “We’re devoted to deep growth in Kentucky and great experiences with our beers and people. The reuse of this over 120 year-old carriage house space is inspiring. And we’re going to have a ton of fun with this project.”

“While we talk a lot about Bourbonism in Louisville, we aren’t just a great bourbon city; we also have a wealth of a great breweries,” Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer said. “We are excited to add West Sixth Brewing to that growing list and to add another excellent brand to the NuLu neighborhood.”

“We’re incredibly excited to have West Sixth Brewing anchor Nulu Marketplace,” said developer Mo Deljoo. “When we started this project, we set out to build something really special for Louisville, and I know with West Sixth involved, that will be the case.”

West Sixth Nulu will be open in early 2020.  Booking inquiries and other questions can be sent to [email protected].

As a bonus, today we bring you the latest 2020 packaging for West Sixth IPA (7%-AbV, 16oz cans).