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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8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

12 oz. Aroma is grainy, bready, peppery, Smarties. Pours crystal clear golden with a one finger white fluffy head with excellent retention. Taste is highly bitter for style with some noticeable but light malt sweetness alongside; finishes very dry. Flavors like the aroma descriptors along with a faint note of lemon rind. Has a nice peppery bite. A really nice pils.

Tried from Can on 10 Oct 2020 at 00:54


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

16 oz. Aroma has notes of pineapple, pine, dankness, Smarties. Pours hazy orange-golden with a one finger white head with good retention. It settles into a cap of foam after a little bit and stays there. Taste is moderately bittersweet with a hint of savory and a lingering pithy finish. Very solid.

Tried from Can on 03 Oct 2020 at 00:28


7

As you’d expect but with a bit of aniseed somewhere.

Tried from Draft at Gremlin on 29 Sep 2020 at 13:35


8.2
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8

16 oz. Aroma is pineapple, dank, grainy, chalky candy. Pours hazy orange-golden with a long-lasting cream-white head. Taste is moderately bitter with juicy tropical flavors. Great creamy mouthfeel. Really nice.

Tried from Can on 05 Sep 2020 at 02:20


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

16oz can thanks to Jake pours out hazy golden topped with a white head. Nose is nice sweet tropical fruit some melons. Taste is more of the nice fruit hops citrus and some melons.

Tried from Can on 30 Aug 2020 at 22:56


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5

Another Tavour delivery of a stout, thank you. 12 oz can, I like the label. Sharing this one over the internet with the blessed son, life is good. Into the Buffalo Bayou snifter it goes, jet black, no light going through this liquid. A nice topping of parchment bubbles, settles into a skim. The nose is of walking into a coffee shop. And the taste, not quite as attractive. Straightforward malt, a fairly non-sweet chocolate, roasty, earthy, grain and firmly bitter. Decent for a stout, I prefer the depth and impact of an imperial stout.

Tried from Can on 28 Aug 2020 at 01:31


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

16 ounce can thanks to Buckeye. Pours a clear copper hue with a large white head. A light citrus nose. Bready, biscuit malts, very malty, citrus, light resin, very clean. Solid, smooth IPA.

Tried from Can on 23 Aug 2020 at 18:23


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

16oz can pours out crisp golden topped with a white head. Nose is sweet malts some citrus and some juice. Taste is more of the nice sweet malts citrus hops and a little spice.

Tried from Can on 22 Aug 2020 at 04:54


8.1
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

16 oz. Aroma is cantaloupe, grapefruit peel, pineapple, pine, tangerine, hint of passionfruit. Pours hazy orange-golden with a two finger cream-white head with excellent retention. Taste is moderately bitter, quite juicy. Nice beer.

Tried from Can on 11 Jul 2020 at 01:04


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

16 oz. Aroma is cantaloupe, guava, mango, caramel, grain, grapefruit, bready, red licorice--smells amazing. Pours clear deep golden with a two finger cream-white head with excellent retention. Taste is moderately to highly bitter with hints of candy sweetness. Somewhat soft carbonation and a tad watery. Good stuff.

Tried from Can on 20 Jun 2020 at 03:08