About
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.
Part of the group
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
On tap at Ridgewood, pours a clear blonde with a small white head. Aroma has a fairly subdued hop expression—luckily not too dominated by typical Citra or Krush expressions—with some citrus tang, light line, and soft floral notes. Flavour has more allium here than the nose, with some overripe citrusy hop tang, and some oiliness on the palate. Well-constructed, just not my favourite hop expression.
Tried
from Draft
at
RidgeWood Bottle & Tap
on 04 Apr 2026
at 19:40
6.6/10
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Appearance 3
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
16 oz can. Aroma is citrusy, piney, crackery. Pours lightly hazy golden with typical disgusting Bale Breaker floating sediment and a half finger bleach white head that settles into a ring fairly quickly. Taste is highly bitter with piney, citrusy flavors.
Tried
from Can
from
Pilgrim's Market
on 03 Apr 2026
at 23:34
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Yellow body, cloudy not hazy with lasting medium white head. Hoppy fruity aroma. Hoppy taste with no trace of the rice. Standing on the tongue hop finish.
Tried
from Can
at
Saraveza
on 15 Mar 2026
at 17:26
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 9
Pale body, white head. Hoppy aroma. Bitterness and fruit in the taste and finish. No alcohol burn but sip.
Tried
from Can
at
Saraveza
on 08 Feb 2026
at 17:59
7/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
12 oz sample can from brewery rep. Aroma is tangerine, dank sticky green bud, piney, crackery. Pours lightly hazy golden with chunks of sediment (goddammit, Bale Breaker 🤦♂️) floating around underneath a thin bone-white head that reduces to a ring fairly quickly. Taste is moderately to highly bitter with citrusy, dank, piney flavors. Smells amazing, tastes pretty good, looks like shit.
Tried
from Can
on 27 Jan 2026
at 00:28