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 - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Draft - Light sweet citrus. Clear gold with a decent white head. Up front bitterness, lemon rind and a bit of grassy weedy notes. Aggressively bitter and nice.

Tried from Draft on 09 Aug 2015 at 18:20


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Draft - Mandarin and citrus notes. Clear gold with a rich white head. Sweet, weedy and a syrupy long light bitter finish. Nice.

Tried from Draft on 09 Aug 2015 at 18:15


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

Draft - Sweet light citrus hops with some weedy notes. Clear gold with a decent beige head. Light and fruity with some weedy notes. Very light and easy drinking, like an ISA.

Tried from Draft on 09 Aug 2015 at 17:35


7.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 8

Medium copper with a white head. Floral and citrus fruit aroma with a decent sweet undertone. Body is a tad thin for 6.8%. Flavor is full on citrus fruit hop, medium floral notes that just can’t seem to escape the grasp of the citrus, and a solid sweet note that keeps this one grounded. Finish is nicely bitter. A very well brewed IPA in the standard PNW IPA mold. Worthy of a sixer purchase.

Tried from Can on 17 May 2015 at 02:03


5.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 4 | Overall - 6.5

A medium haze on this bright copper ale. It has a white foamy head. Aroma is citrus and a bit of a malt profile. Flavor is mostly citrus but balanced out with a fair bit of biscuit malt. A bit thin in profile. Honestly not a whole bunch of flavor going on here. It’s a decent beer but nothing special.

Tried on 15 May 2015 at 01:49


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

Can at the 7th Tasting in Belgrade-Serbia, thank you luttonm for having brought this one all the way from Seattle. Ciao Matt! Pours an hazy shy golden color, medium white foamy head. Nose: citrusy with a grassy background, flowers, spring field. Mouth: frizzy, round feel of fresh herbal and citrusy notes, bodied. Another gem with fresh and well-selected hops.

Tried from Can on 10 Apr 2015 at 17:17


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

Can at the 7th Tasting in Belgrade-Serbia, a very rare and fresh gift from luttonm to whom goes our perpetual gratitude. Pours pale golden semi-filtered appearance, white medium head. Nose: fresh grassy feel, some floral notes, mild aroma. Mouth: extremely easy drinking, fantastic and balanced bitterness, grassy essence but mild. A gem!

Tried from Can on 10 Apr 2015 at 17:13


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

Draught at Happy’s Market, Ellensburg, WA
Beautiful amber color with compact head. A rich malt and caramel backbone, moderately sweet, with strong quality hopping.
Very good.

Tried on 08 Apr 2015 at 22:48


7.9
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

Can at Endo’s, thanks to Mini and Bird, 11/11/14. Very lightly hazed golden with a decent white covering that retains well. Nose is pine, pissy tinge, sticky hops, citric rind, skunked essence, orange pith, straw. Taste comprises skunky hop, pine, orange pith, dank notes, tangerine, mandarin. Medium bodied, fine carbonation, semi drying close with a skunky hop wash. Solid dank hop bastard - could fill my fridge with this bugger.

Tried from Can on 09 Mar 2015 at 17:30


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Hazy amber, thin head. Aroma has a lot of piney, woody hop. Palate is similar, with moderate bitterness, and some mellow crystal malts and a bit of biscuity character as well.

Tried on 02 Mar 2015 at 12:09