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
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
16oz can pours out crisp clean golden topped with a white head. Nose is nice hop mix and a mellow malt touch. Taste is more of the nice hop mix and a well balanced malt bill.
Tried
from Can
on 28 Jan 2023
at 05:10
7.2/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Can. Pours a golden hue with a medium white head. A big malty nose, toast, some pine. Fresh citrus, very malty, smooth, almost British, yeasty, light resin. Smooth.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Jan 2023
at 07:30
7.1/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
16oz can from Boise Co-op. Dark, clear golden pour, skin of head, small foamy ring. Aroma is caramelly malts with light piney notes. Taste is malty and sweet, caramel, pine, citrus. Bitterness grows as the beer finishes, bringing a little dryness with it.
Tried
from Can
on 06 Jan 2023
at 04:59
6.6/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
On Tap at the HandleBar, Boise. Bright clear light golden. Lasting fine sily off white head. Modest piney hop aroma, plenty of floral woody hop bite. Some honey-like sweetness. More earthy and woody character.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Jan 2023
at 22:26
7.1/10
—
Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
16oz can from Boise Co-op. Hazy golden pour, initial big foamy head, subsides to thin covering of foam, lacing. Aroma is hoppy, piney, minty. Taste is sweet and fruity for a second before succumbing to a barrage of zesty, zippy hoppiness. Feels minty without being minty.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Jan 2023
at 02:24
8/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pint can. Dirty yellow/golden pour, lots of haze and a moderate white head. Aromatic with sweet tropical fruit and citrus. Juicy and full of flavor. Moderately sweet with tropical fruit into a lingering citrus bitter finish. A little pithy and dank. Lots going on here and it works.
Tried
from Can
on 04 Dec 2022
at 23:51
7.2/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Draft pour, enjoyed at Bale Breaker, Seattle location. Rating from backlog. Clean pale golden appearance, with a thin fading head. Really soft aroma of gentle wheat and even more gentle lemon and lime. Mellow tart. 2/10 sourness. Easy drinking, light gose here. A for sure summer refresher here.
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Dec 2022
at 23:05
7.4/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap cloudy dull yellow peach pour full fluffy light beige head. Lots of soft light fruity tropical hop flavors and aroma. Low bitterness and easy drinking. Subtle and very tasty
Tried
from Draft
on 30 Nov 2022
at 20:01
6.8/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6
Pint can. Light golden in color with a modest white head. Smells of dirty florals and grass, it's earthy. Lightly sweet up front with a moderate level of bitterness. Earthy, dirty floral, and a touch of pine. There's something about the Bale Breaker barley that brings a signature flavor and I'm getting that here.. a mellow, sweet maltiness. Sorta washes out the hop flavors that should be more prevalent.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Nov 2022
at 03:08
7.4/10
—
Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Draft pour enjoyed at Bale Breaker, Seattle. Rating from backlog. A mostly clean golden appearance with a thin patchy head. A more or less classic pale base, but has a nice and unique melon feature. A bit of a juicy side as well. Gentle onion hop nose. Grassy with a melon rind bitterness late. Pretty mild in flavor, but a tasty pale for sure.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Nov 2022
at 21:24