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.
7/10
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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
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
On tap at Bale Breaker / Yonder taproom. Pours clear blonde with a white head. Bright, dank pine on the nose. Flavour has a really nice, clean dank piney hop expression and a light, doughy fresh hop character. Very nicely done.
Tried
from Draft
at
Bale Breaker & Yonder Cider Taproom
on 04 Oct 2025
at 00:14
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
On tap at Bale Breaker / Yonder taproom. Pours clear light gold with a white head. Fresh grass and gentle onion on the nose. Flavour has a soft allium character, dank oils, good malt base. Very solid.
Tried
from Draft
at
Bale Breaker & Yonder Cider Taproom
on 04 Oct 2025
at 00:10
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at Bale Breaker / Yonder taproom. Pours hazy blonde with a white head. Dank oils and tangy berries on the nose. Flavour is jammed full of dank and tangy hops, balanced with a solid malt base. This is a great IPA.
Tried
from Draft
at
Bale Breaker & Yonder Cider Taproom
on 04 Oct 2025
at 00:09
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
On tap at Bale Breaker / Yonder taproom. Pours clear gold with a white head. Tons of bright pine and sweet malts on the nose. Flavour has a great fresh pine character, full of sharp pine but with no bitterness. Fantastic.
Tried
from Draft
at
Bale Breaker & Yonder Cider Taproom
on 04 Oct 2025
at 00:06
7.8/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 7
Overall 8
Sweet northwestern love. This is just what I was hoping for on my layover at Seatac. Pine and grapefruit on full expression here. A little lemon. Medium body and plenty of bitterness. I could drink this all day. I wish these guys distributed to DC.
Tried
from Draft
on 03 Oct 2025
at 18:24
7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
16 oz can from a four pack. Picked up at Kaniksu Brewing. Aroma is floral, citrus peel, biscuity malt. Pours lightly hazy golden with lots of floaties and a two finger cream white soapy head with excellent retention, leaving patchwork lace on the glass. Would be a perfect score for appearance if it wasn’t for those unappetizing chunks of sediment floating around. Taste has a moderate drying bitterness with pithy citrus hop character.
Tried
from Can
on 13 Sep 2025
at 02:16
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On Tap at Belmont BrewHouse. Clear light lemon yellow pour. Clean light pale malts. Dry floral fresh zest hops. Crisp finish
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Aug 2025
at 22:59
6.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 6.5
Texture 6
Overall 7
16oz can from Brewers Haven. Clear, pale golden pour, foamy white head settles out quickly. Light hoppy aroma, piney, pale malts. Taste is mildly hoppy with a kind of oily feel that dries out slowly.
Tried
from Can
at
Brewer's Haven
on 05 Aug 2025
at 04:29
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at Bale Breaker - Seattle, pours a clear golden with a small white head. Aroma is dank AF, with huge pot-like hops, pine, and light biscuity malt. Flavour is likewise dank as hell, with huge pot-like hops, big piney hop bitterness, and a dry biscuity malt base. Piney, dank, pot-like finish. Excellent.
Tried
from Draft
at
Bale Breaker & Yonder Cider Taproom
on 24 Jul 2025
at 07:02