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.
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
On tap at Bale Breaker & Yonder, pours a clear pale golden with a small white head. Aroma brings out herbal, grassy notes and a dry biscuity malt base. Flavour is grassier, with bright, lightly bitter grassy hops, with a crisp biscuity malt base. Crisp and dry, well-hopped. Pleasant, albeit a bit too herbal.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Dec 2023
at 03:29
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at Bale Breaker & Yonder, pours a clear golden with a small white head. Aroma brings out oily piney hops, crisp biscuity malt, and a touch of resins. Flavour is oily and piney, with plenty of bitter piney hops, light oily resins, and crisp biscuity malt. Really nicey hopped, with an oily, piney finish. Excellent.
Tried
from Draft
on 09 Dec 2023
at 03:27
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
16oz can from Hop & Bottles. Clear golden pour, foamy white head recedes to thin cap. Light hoppy aroma, earthy, pine. Taste brings an approachable hoppiness, light pine, green stick, grassy. Pretty mellow overall. Light lingering bitterness.
Tried
from Can
on 23 Nov 2023
at 22:53
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at Bale Breaker - Seattle, pours a clear pale golden blonde with a small white head. Aroma brings out tons of oily piney hops, some resins, and biscuity malt. Flavour is very oily, with lots of resinous hop oils, tons of pine, and very light, sweet malt to back. Real nice hop expression. Very good.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Nov 2023
at 07:11
5.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 6
On tap at Bale Breaker - Seattle, pours a clear golden with a small white head. Aroma has a muffled pot-like hop character, with a crusty bready malt base. Flavour is grainy and muffled, with a poor hop expression, earthiness, and bready notes. Not happy with the structure or hop expression here. Needs work.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Nov 2023
at 07:10
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap at Bale Breaker - Seattle, pours A hazy blonde with a small white head. Aroma is full of grassy hops, straw, and crisp biscuity malt. Flavour has some grassy and herbaceous hops, straw, and biscuity malt. Grassy, herbaceous finish. Nicely made.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Nov 2023
at 07:09
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at Bale Breaker - Seattle, pours a clear pale golden with a small white head. Aroma brings out bright piney hops, crisp biscuity malt and a hint of dankness. Flavour is crisp and piney in the hop department, with biscuity malt, bright pine, some dankness, and crisp biscuity malt. Piney and bright. Very good.
Tried
from Draft
on 18 Nov 2023
at 07:07
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On Tap at BitterCreek, Boise Clear bright pale straw pour with a fine lasting white head. Classic bold biting piney and citrus pith hop character. Smooth body and moderate lingering bite. Classic IPA with a good punch.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Oct 2023
at 02:22
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Pale, slight haze. Thin head. Earthy hop, soft pale malt, mellow rather than raging but pretty good.
Tried
on 25 Oct 2023
at 05:02
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Dark brown, thin head. Toasty malt and piney hop. Sweet chocolate malt. Good stuff.
Tried
on 22 Oct 2023
at 17:08