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.
7/10
RB 3.6 = 7.2 tick
Tried
on 31 Aug 2023
at 01:12
7.9/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 6.5
Gold body with white head. Hoppy aroma. Clear hop taste with a crisp fruit finish
Tried
on 19 Aug 2023
at 23:20
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can from Raynville Superstore. It pours cloudy golden - yellow with a medium, fluffy white head. The aroma is soft, fresh, bright, tropical vibes, peach, mango, apricot, coconut water, Fanta, orange marmalade sandwiches, touch green and weedy. The taste is dry, light bitterness, green, weedy, dank, floury bread, herbal, aniseed vibes, peppery spice, pithy, zesty, orange Fanta, apricot, peach, mango, coconut, pineapple, lilt, floury bread and light nip of alcohol with a drying finish. Medium body and moderate, fluffy carbonation. Like those sabros. Nice one.
Tried
from Can
on 03 Aug 2023
at 17:42
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can from Raynville Superstore. It pours clear pale bright golden with a medium fluffy white head. The aroma is fresh, sweet, sappy, resinous, pine, dankness, peachy, apricot and orange marmalade white bread sandwiches. The taste is crisp, firmly dry, snappy, kick of bitterness, clean, pine needles, resinous, pithy, zesty, grapefruit, pomelo, lemon rind, peppery spice, touch herbal and weedy vibes with a drying, zesty finish. Medium body and moderate, fluffy carbonation. Quenching. Balanced and moreish. Another winner from these guys.
Tried
from Can
on 02 Aug 2023
at 16:35
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
12oz can f om HomeBrewStuff. Bright golden pour, mild cloudiness white foamy head dissipates. Hoppy aroma, dank, citrus oil. Taste is dank and hoppy, herbaceous, orange oil. Deeply dank but doesn't linger on the palate for too long .
Tried
from Can
on 01 Aug 2023
at 03:18
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Can from Raynville Superstore. It pours crystal clear rich golden with a a decent white head. The aroma is fresh and fragrant, floral , fresh blossom, daisies, honey suckle, twist of citrus ,touch weedy and dank. The taste is crisp, dry, firm and lingering bitterness, green, weedy, dank, piney, herbal almost, peppery spicy, fragrant, floral, citrus peel and a fairly clean malt base with a drying, green finish. Average body and moderate carbonation. Very quenching and satisfying. Drinks super easy.
Tried
from Can
on 30 Jul 2023
at 17:30
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
16oz can from HomeBrewStuff. Clear, medium golden, thin white foamy head recedes. Light fruity aroma, grapefruit, caramel malts. Taste is showing its age a bit (canned in Feb 2023), malty, citrus notes a little musty, muted sweetness.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Jul 2023
at 04:56
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
On tap. Clear medium golden pour with a fine skin of white bubbles. Light smooth pale malts, hop flavors are muted and soft. Sweet citrus and tangerine. Smith full bodied. Tame but nice hop character
Tried
from Draft
on 05 Jul 2023
at 19:07
8/10
From yesterday at Suds with Buds. Not sure if it was this version or not, but matches abv. Was ace, whichever it was.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Jul 2023
at 15:12
6.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at The Tap (Yakima), pours a clear copper golden with a small beige head. Aroma brings out big dank hops, some pine, and soft biscuity malt. Flavour is somewhat sweaty in the hop department, with light dankness, and biscuity malt. Too sweaty/armpity. Not my favourite hop expression.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Jul 2023
at 05:00