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.
7.8/10
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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
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
On tap at Bale Breaker - Seattle, pours a clear pale golden blonde with a small white head. Aroma has some dusty, earthy hops, light pine, and bready malt. Flavour has some grassy hops, light pine, earthiness, and bready malt. Not the most pronounced or vibrant hop expression; slightly muffled. Disappointing.
Tried
from Draft
at
Bale Breaker & Yonder Cider Taproom
on 24 Jul 2025
at 06:58