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.
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at RidgeWood, pours a cloudy pale golden blonde with a small white head. Aroma brings out soft bready malt, lightly woody hops, and a touch of pine. Flavour is bright, with some dank hops, doughy malt, and some soft bready malt. Dank, dry and bready. Good.
Tried
from Draft
on 21 Sep 2024
at 04:55
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7
Can from Elizabeth Station. Chillhazy deep golden color, large dense cream colored head with good retention. Aroma of haystacks and stonefruit. Taste is bitter earthy lemon. OK
Tried
from Can
on 14 Sep 2024
at 21:24
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Draft pour pint at Tapped, Mill Creek. Second fresh hop of the year, and I honestly think this one will be very difficult to top. Had to double take thos one as well. Nothing about this screams typical hazy, except maybe the appearance. Barely. Cloudy and bright golden pour. Patchy foam head. Aggressive piney hop front which transitions to a cool tropical note. Sturdy grain backbone. Resinous piney hop linger. Late palate brings out grapefruit, peel bitterness, and some stone fruit. Layered hops. Just an absolutely badass, delicious IPA. Don't scare people away with that hazy name! Or better yet, do it. More for me.
Tried
from Draft
on 13 Sep 2024
at 23:22
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can at Laďa's humanitarian PNW tasting for Ukraine. Clear golden body, white head. Herbal, oniony, slightly dank, slightly sulfury aroma, lightly citric and resinous. Herbal taste, dank, resinous, light green citrus fruit, soft grainy maltiness, milder bitterness. The hop profile is a bit raw somehow, but it's still nice enough.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Aug 2024
at 14:15
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can at Laďa's humanitarian PNW tasting for Ukraine. Clear golden body, white head. Resin, brown sugar, fennel and herbal notes, lightly fruity. Dry taste, herbal, bitter, citric. Subtle, tasty stuff, with a medium bitterness that gets propped up by the light body to make it seem bigger than it is - within reason though!
Tried
from Can
on 30 Aug 2024
at 14:15
6.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 8
Overall 7
Can at Laďa's humanitarian PNW tasting for Ukraine. Cleeear golden body, big, lasting white head. Soft citric, somewhat herbal, liiightly peachy aroma. Subdued taste, sot herbal hoppy notes, bits of resin, lightly rubbery, even vaguely cheesy. It's a bit past its pribe, but it ends in a nice bitterness at least! Would love to try it fresh!
Tried
from Can
on 30 Aug 2024
at 14:15
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Can at Laďa's humanitarian PNW tasting for Ukraine. Clearish golden body, thick off-white head. The aroma is pungent, a bit peachy, floral, citric, heaps of resin, bit NZ-style. Citric, soft, slightly floral hoppy taste, resin, light dank and grainy notes. Looow maltiness, oddly soft, bitter finish. In the end I feel it could've used a tad more body, otherwise nice! They are making great use of their hops here!
Tried
from Can
on 30 Aug 2024
at 14:15
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
16oz can from Hops & Bottles. Pale yellow pour, one finger foamy white head. Tropical, floral aroma. Taste is melon, floral, kind of soapy. D finitely not my favorite of the series.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Jul 2024
at 02:10
7.5/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 10
Overall 6
Gold body with a white head. Hoppy citrus aroma. Hoppy taste with a swirly finish.
Tried
on 23 Jun 2024
at 00:40
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
(Can) hazy, bright yellow color with a medium tall white head; aroma of melon, mango, cinnamon; dryish flavour a long, medium strong bitter and bit mineral finish , smooth palate
Tried
from Can
on 29 May 2024
at 01:45