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.
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft 10 oz pour at Bale Breaker, Yakima. Mostly clean golden appearance, patchy head. Nice juicy aroma, orange and melon. Subtle dank to the hop bill, well balanced overall, slightly crisp. Almost a minty cool finish. Grapefruit linger. Delicious brew.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Jul 2023
at 22:38
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at Bale Breaker - Yakima, pours a clear blonde with a small white head. Aroma brings out soft earthy hops, a touch of dry piney bitterness, and crisp biscuity malt. Flavour is gently dank, with bitter piney hops, some light resinous hop oils, some dankness, and crisp biscuity malt. Oily, crisp, bitter finish. Very nicely made.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Jul 2023
at 22:05
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at Bale Breaker - Yakima, pours a clear blonde with a small white head. Aroma brings out a clean, bright, dank hop character, and a crisp biscuity malt base. Flavour is dry and nicely bitter, with plenty of dank hops, bright pine, and crisp biscuity malt. Assertively hopped, clean and vibrant. Very good.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Jul 2023
at 21:44
8/10
Another excellent beer.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Jul 2023
at 16:51
9/10
There's a reason I'm fanboying this brewery. They are making some exceptional beers, with their brewery in the middle of the hop farms. It tastes great over here in the middle of an industrial estate in Yorkshire, how good must it taste at source.
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Jul 2023
at 15:55
9/10
The beer I came here to try. Lives up to my expectations as a standout wcipa. Piney, citrus, bitterness, all beautifully balanced. Damn good!
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Jul 2023
at 15:02
7/10
Tried
on 01 Jul 2023
at 14:29
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at Bale Breaker - Yakima, pours a clear pale golden with a small white head. Aroma is fairly laid back compared to their other blonde WC IPAs, with very light pine and some biscuity malt as the base. Flavour is rather tangy, with lots of citrus hops, some pine, and soft biscuity malt. Tangy, dry, earthy finish. Good, but they've done better blonde IPAs.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Jun 2023
at 21:29
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
On tap at Bale Breaker - Yakima, pours a minimally hazy dull golden blonde with a small white head. Aroma is mega-dank, with a wonderfully fresh dank, pot-like hop character upfront, with a thin, dry biscuity malt base. Flavour is likewise mega-dank, with a wonderfully intense marijuana character upfront, with a touch of pine, some oily resins, and a dry biscuity malt base. Very dank, oily finish. Marijuana IPA baby. Excellent.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Jun 2023
at 21:22
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
On tap at Bale Breaker - Yakima, pours a clear rose pink with a tiny white head. Aroma is fairly laid back, with some earthy rhubarb faintly detectable upfront. Flavour is dry and fairly tart, with rhubarb, lacto, light lemon and a touch of berry. A bit muddled and earthy, but clean and dry. Not very interesting but drinkable enough.
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Jun 2023
at 21:17