Bale Breaker Brewing Company
Microbrewery
in
Yakima,
Washington,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues
Established in 2013
Contact
Subsidiaries
Description
With a 30-barrel brewhouse at a 27,000 square foot facility, Bale Breaker crafts eight year-round canned beers, including the widely celebrated Topcutter IPA, and a diverse offering of seasonal beers in cans and on draft. They have two taprooms: one onsite at the Yakima brewery; and another in Seattle’s Ballard Brewing District. Bale Breaker beer can be found in retailers and bottleshops throughout Washington, Oregon, and Idaho and limited distribution in Colorado.
7.5/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Hazy, bright yellow color with a small white head; aroma of melon, some dankness, then tropical fruits; somewhat dry flavour with a long, light bitter finish, smooth palate
Tried
from Can
from
New Seasons Market - Fisher’s Landing
on 13 Aug 2026
at 04:04
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
8,3,8,4,17=4.0
8/4/26
16 oz can. Aroma is green—cilantro, pine; some guava. Pours hazy golden with a small off white head that settles into a ring fairly quickly. Taste has a mild bitterness with green, fruity, piney hop flavors.
8/4/26
16 oz can. Aroma is green—cilantro, pine; some guava. Pours hazy golden with a small off white head that settles into a ring fairly quickly. Taste has a mild bitterness with green, fruity, piney hop flavors.
Tried
from Can
from
Pilgrim's Market
on 04 Aug 2026
at 22:46
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
Draft at Hops & Bottles. Cloudy golden pour, thin cap of silky white head. Fruity aroma with some dank notes. Taste brings back memories of early IPAs, hoppy, pine, citrus with a hint of earthy sank notes. Really tasty with an abrupt finish.
Tried
from Draft
from
Hops & Bottles
on 03 Aug 2026
at 22:20
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
16 oz. can, pours a clear golden orange with a small white head. Aroma brings out a big citrusy hop tang, piney hops, tropical notes from the Mosaic, and crisp biscuity malt. Flavour brings out vibrant piney and tropical fruity hops, with a big citrusy hop tang reminding me of NZ hops like Riwaka (I assume this is the Krush), with a crisp biscuity malt base. Vibrant, fresh, tropical, and piney finish with ample bitterness. Excellent.
Tried
from Can
from
Elizabeth Station
on 29 Jul 2026
at 06:02
8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 8.5
Texture 9
Overall 8.5
16 oz can. Aroma is lime, pickles (??), faint corn. Pours nearly clear pale golden with a one finger off-white head with decent retention. Taste has real hop bitterness backed by a tame bready malt sweetness, finishing very dry; flavors of lime, corn, floral hops, salt. Much fuller body than typical Mexican lagers. Crisp, clean, and extremely refreshing. If all Mexican lagers had this much pleasant hop bitterness, I would drink them more frequently. An awesome lager in every way.
Tried
from Can
from
Pilgrim's Market
on 16 Jun 2026
at 22:55
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
On tap at WABF 2026, pours a clear golden with a small white head. Aroma is mega-dank, but lots of piney hops, big pot-like notes, and oily resins. Flavour is very dank and oily, with big resinous hops, pine, pot-like notes, and just enough biscuity malt. Dank, resinous, piney and wonderfully balanced. Fantastic.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Jun 2026
at 06:29
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 5
Overall 5
On tap at WABF 2026, pours s a cloudy yellow with a small white head. Aroma is full of pithy stone fruits, subdued mango, hopburn. Flavour is rather muffled, with gentle mango, earthy hops, hopburn, and muffled yeastiness. Too much hopburn and generally lacking cohesion.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Jun 2026
at 06:28
8.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8.5
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at WA Brewers Fest 2026. Pours clear gold with a white head. Bright woody pine, some resins, and a touch of tropical fruit on the nose. Flavour has loads of bright woody pine, resins, a touch of tropical fruits; bitter on the finish. Excellent.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Jun 2026
at 02:28
5.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
On tap at WA Brewers Fest 2026. Pours murky pale yellow with a white head. Underripe mangos and dead grass on the nose. Flavour is dry, underripe mango, some grass. Pretty poor.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Jun 2026
at 02:27
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
12oz can at HomeBrewStuff. Pours out a very light pale golden. Hoppy pale ale aromas and flavors are quite tame. Almost bland I’d say. Lean and crisp, just not much flavor
Tried
from Can
on 09 Jun 2026
at 00:30