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
Subsidiaries
Bale Breaker Brewing Company owns 1 brewery:
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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8.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 10 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 9.5
Imported from my RateBeer account as Bale Breaker Topcutter IPA (by Bale Breaker Brewing Company):
Aroma: 10/10, Appearance: 3/5, Taste: 9/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 19/20, MyTotalScore: 4.5/5

15/IX/14 - 12Fl. Oz. can @ home - canned: n/a (2014-1008) Thanks to bigmanlavos for the trade!

Clear orange beer, big irregular off-white head, little stable, bit adhesive. Aroma: very fruity, citrus, lychee, passion fruits, bit grassy. MF: ok carbon, medium to full body. Taste :lots of citrus, very fruity, lychee, mango, oranges, peaches, slightly sweet, gentle grassy bitterness. Aftertaste: fruity, pretty bitter, peaches, citrus, lychee, dry touch, slightly sour. Lovely beer!
Tried from Can on 15 Sep 2014 at 13:00

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Draft pour at special brews. Pours a mid copper color with a nice hop aroma to it. Bitter hops all throughout this one. Really good. A lot of grapefruit and other citrus flavor. Long, hoppy bitter finish. In my limited experience with Bale Breaker, I’ve been quite impressed. This beer is yet another all around solid beer. Keep it up.
Tried from Draft on 12 Sep 2014 at 14:50

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
12oz can shared by Ed
Clear golden with a small white head and some lacing. Aroma of tropical fruit and floral. Taste is fruity and floral
Good.
Tried from Can on 26 Jul 2014 at 18:00

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Reviewed from notes. Rcvd in trade.
This was poured into a pint glass.
The appearance was a nice golden yellow to slight orange color with a one finger white foamy head that dissipated within less than a minute. There was some light foamy lacing stringing itself down the sides of the glass.
The smell had a nice pine to citrus to grapefruit hop conglomeration of sorts with a delicate malt base.
The taste took those nice hop aromas and malt base and blended very nicely.
On the palate, this one sat about a light to slight medium on the body with a fairly decent sessionable aspect about it.
Overall, this was a pretty good APA worthy of having again.
Tried on 14 Jul 2014 at 19:31

6.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Can - Lemon and a bit of skunky hops. Cloudy gold with a thin white head. Fresh leafy hops and a light bitterness. Nice.
Tried from Can on 11 Jul 2014 at 16:59

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Draft - Leafy hops, like your in a garden. Clear gold with a good white head. Mandarin, peach and lots of fruit. Sweet, bitter and well done.
Tried from Draft on 10 Jul 2014 at 12:56

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Can from Malt & Vine. Pours translucent gold with a white head. Lots of citrus and fruit hop for aroma. Med body. Flavor is bitter, citrus/floral/fruit over a not too roasty malt. At 4.5 ABV I assume this is aimed at "sessionable", but based on the huge amount of flavor, one wouldn’t expect that. It’s very nice.
Tried from Can on 29 Jun 2014 at 20:10

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Can. Glad I have a whole six pack of this, because this is some good stuff. Grassy, piney flavor and aroma. Fresh hop flavor with a mild bitter, dry finish. This IPA has a drink all day taste to it. Very well done.
Tried from Can on 19 Jun 2014 at 18:15

7.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Poured from a can. Aroma has a light, sweet, cracker and grain character but otherwise it is all hops. Lots of grapefruit, orange and tangerine with lighter notes of lemon, tropical fruit and stone fruit. Medium resin and dank pine notes help balance all the fruit and citrus. Light grass note. Pours a slightly hazy, pale, golden-orange with a medium sized, moderately thick, white head that displays average retention while it recedes to the edges. Moderate lacing and small legs. Flavor starts with a light, sweet grain character with some faint bread and moderate cracker notes. Moderately strong hop character with a lot of orange, tangerine and mandarin. Lighter grapefruit, tropical fruit and pine resin. Medium to medium light bitterness. Nice drying finish with some lingering citrus and pine resin. Mouthfeel is medium bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and low alcohol warmth. Overall a pretty enjoyable, hop-forward pale ale. Really nice citrus hop character with just the right amount of sweet, cracker malt notes in the background.
Tried from Can on 01 Jun 2014 at 18:51

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Can from LetsPour.com. Pours light amber with a transient white head. Aroma is a mix of floral/fruit. Maybe citrus. Med + body. Flavor is very "mosaic" with floral/melon/fruit. Arguably some of the harshness is citrus. Harsh? Yes, lots of hop. This is very NW, except it’s not all pine and/or citrus. Definite hop burn. Really good.
Tried from Can on 18 May 2014 at 18:11