Bale Breaker Brewing Company

Microbrewery in Yakima, Washington, United States 🇺🇸
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 2013

Contact
1801 Birchfield Road, Yakima, WA, 98901, United States
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.

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7.4
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

12 oz can from work. Aroma has notes of cantaloupe, peach rings, pine, crackery malt. Pours hazy golden with a half finger bone-white head that settles into a ring and skiff of foam quickly. Taste has a moderate pithy bitterness with flavors like the aroma. Basic but well made and tasty.

Tried from Can on 01 Jan 2026 at 02:36


7.5
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Draft at the Handlebar. Clear golden pour, small, tight white head. Hoppy, piney aroma, citrusy notes. Taste is pineapple, pine, mildly astringent. Clean

Tried from Draft at The HandleBar - Boise on 30 Nov 2025 at 00:49


7
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

12oz can from Boise Co-op. Cloudy, golden pour, head subsides to thin covering, streaky lacing. Nice biscuity aroma with a hint of citrus. Taste also seems to favor the malts, faint citrus hoppiness

Tried from Can from Boise Co-Op - The Village on 14 Nov 2025 at 05:48


7.9
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

16oz can from Boise Co-op. Clear golden pour, small white foamy head settles down to thin skin. Piney, hoppy aroma. Taste is piney, bitter, hop oil, resinous. Sticky feel with some lingering hard bitterness. Quite a punch.

Tried from Can from Boise Co-Op - The Village on 24 Oct 2025 at 04:34


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Pint can. Grassy hop aroma with notes of citrus, floral hops, tangerine and melon. Pours clear pale golden colored with a large white head that has excellent retention and good lacing. Starts with citrus, grassy hops and melon flavors. Finishes crisp and refreshing with tangerine and floral hop flavors. Excellent pils.

Tried from Can from Cheers Liquor Mart on 06 Oct 2025 at 02:33


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

On tap at Bale Breaker - Seattle, pours a clear pale blonde with a small white head. Aroma has soft piney hops, light citrus, and soft doughy malt. Flavour is super clean, with tons of piney hops dominating, with just enough doughy malt to back. Excellent by-the-books WC freshie.

Tried from Draft at Bale Breaker & Yonder Cider Taproom on 05 Oct 2025 at 07:26


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

On tap at Bale Breaker - Seattle, pours a clear pale copper golden with a small white head. Aroma has some dank, oniony hops, fresh doughy malt, and a touch of grassy pine. Flavour has Citra I can get behind, with fresh grassiness, pine, doughy malt, and very faint onion. Nice use of the fresh Citra. Very good.

Tried from Draft at Bale Breaker & Yonder Cider Taproom on 05 Oct 2025 at 07:24


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

On tap at Bale Breaker - Seattle, pours a lightly hazed blonde with a small white head. Aroma has a nice hop expression, with citrusy hops, some dankness, pine, and a touch of hop tang. Flavour has a very cohesive and complex, with a nice array of dankness, pine, hop tang, and light citrus. Just enough biscuity to back. Great use of different hops here.

Tried from Draft at Bale Breaker & Yonder Cider Taproom on 05 Oct 2025 at 07:22


8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

On tap at Bale Breaker - Seattle, pours a clear golden with a small white head. Aroma has fresh doughy malt, some fresh pine, and bready malt. Flavour is very wet, with lots of fresh pine, doughy notes, and some wet wood. Real nice fresh hop expression. Excellent.

Tried from Draft at Bale Breaker & Yonder Cider Taproom on 05 Oct 2025 at 07:19


7
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7

16 oz can. Aroma has notes of cantaloupe, crackery malt, orange, pineapple, cannabis, pine. Pours nearly clear with lots of floaties hanging in suspension underneath a one+ finger cream white head with great retention. Taste has a moderate to high pithy bitterness that lingers on the palate long after the swallow. Piney, citrus pith flavors.

Tried from Can on 05 Oct 2025 at 01:19

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