Bale Breaker Brewing Company

Microbrewery in Yakima, Washington, United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 2013

Contact
1801 Birchfield Road, Yakima, WA, 98901, United States
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.

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7.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Yellow body, cloudy not hazy with lasting medium white head. Hoppy fruity aroma. Hoppy taste with no trace of the rice. Standing on the tongue hop finish.

Tried from Can at Saraveza on 15 Mar 2026 at 17:26


6.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

(sample, can) Clear golden. Medium white head. Citrusy, light sweet, medium bitter. Medium body. Bitter finish. Good.

Tried from Can on 04 Mar 2026 at 14:32


6.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Draught at Good Neighbor Pizza. Clear pale body. Light grassy aroma with some malt. Light hop edged taste with more malt. Clean crisp finish.

Tried from Draft on 16 Feb 2026 at 05:18


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Pale body, white head. Hoppy aroma. Bitterness and fruit in the taste and finish. No alcohol burn but sip.

Tried from Can at Saraveza on 08 Feb 2026 at 17:59


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Gold but dull, grassy, fairly bitter, some sulphur. But the rich bitterness is good, leaving a strong final impression.

Tried on 08 Feb 2026 at 04:53


7
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

12 oz sample can from brewery rep. Aroma is tangerine, dank sticky green bud, piney, crackery. Pours lightly hazy golden with chunks of sediment (goddammit, Bale Breaker 🤦‍♂️) floating around underneath a thin bone-white head that reduces to a ring fairly quickly. Taste is moderately to highly bitter with citrusy, dank, piney flavors. Smells amazing, tastes pretty good, looks like shit.

Tried from Can on 27 Jan 2026 at 00:28


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bright gold, grassy, sort of mushroomy nose, berryish hop, medium bitterness, slight weedy accent.

Tried on 01 Jan 2026 at 21:31


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Bright gold, no head, solid lychee ish citra expression, sweet pale malt, moderate, excellent and in particular the wet citra is about as good as citra gets.

Tried on 01 Jan 2026 at 21:31


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Slight haze, thin head, has a nice lemongrass hop, moderate bitterness, clean pale malt.

Tried on 01 Jan 2026 at 21:30


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Sort of dullish amber, some berry and stone fruit hop. Mellow pale malt. Moderate bitterness, grapefruity bite and a bit of weediness. Solid.

Tried on 01 Jan 2026 at 21:29