(Yakima, WA) – Bale Breaker Brewing Firm, a family-owned brewery situated within the stunning Yakima Valley, is happy to kick off contemporary hop season immediately at each their Yakima and Seattle taprooms with the discharge of Homegrown Contemporary Hop IPA in 16oz 4pks and on draft. This launch is the primary of many contemporary hop beers out there from the brewery this season, releasing immediately together with False Begin Contemporary Hop IPA, on draft at each taprooms.
Contemporary hop season is a particular time for the Yakima Valley brewery, the one brewery of its dimension to develop 100% of their very own hops on their 4th era household hop farm. Homegrown Contemporary Hop is a perfect begin to the season, that includes contemporary Simcoe® hops rapidly transported from the farm (4 minutes complete from farm to kettle!), in addition to Bale Breaker’s homegrown barley.
Right this moment’s contemporary hop season kick-off will coincide with a giveaway: any in-person buy of a 4pk to-go at both their Yakima or Seattle taproom from now till 9/18 may also function an entry right into a raffle to win 4 VIP ticket’s to Yakima’s Contemporary Hop Ale Fest on October eighth. Winners will probably be drawn and notified on 9/19.
Learn on to see what’s forward for Bale Breaker this contemporary hop season:
Homegrown Contemporary Hop IPA
Releasing immediately, 9/14 – out there all through Bale Breaker’s distribution community in addition to at each taprooms.
Right here in Moxee, WA, September means harvest: coordinating with the barley maltster because the fruity, natural smells of contemporary hops being lower and kilned waft in our home windows. Now in our third season as barley farmers and 90 years after the primary hops had been planted on our household farm, we’re proud to share with you this Homegrown IPA that includes our homegrown hops and barley with a beneficiant addition of freshly picked Simcoe® hops. Notes of ripe lemon, grapefruit, blueberry, pine resin, and fresh-cut grass.
ABV 6.5% | IBU 65
Citra Slicker Moist Hop IPA
Releasing 9/30 – out there all through Bale Breaker’s distribution community in addition to at each taprooms.
Every hop harvest, the massive metropolis brewers from Cloudburst Brewing make the trek from downtown Seattle over the Cascades to staff up with the farm brewers from Bale Breaker to brew Citra® Slicker Moist Hop IPA, a contemporary hop beer that was first brewed in 2014 with then-owner of Elysian Brewing, Dick Cantwell. Whereas it takes the Cloudburst staff over two hours to get to Bale Breaker, the a whole bunch of kilos of moist Citra® hops picked contemporary from the fields journey simply 4 minutes from farm to kettle. Closely dry-hopped, whereas gentle in colour and physique, this beer is all about these contemporary, farm-grown hops!
ABV 6.2% | IBU 60
Draft-only Choices
Beginning with False Begin Contemporary Hop IPA immediately, new releases will come out all through the subsequent few weeks.
False Begin Contemporary Hop IPA: releasing immediately, 9/14, at each taprooms
Piled Excessive Contemporary Hop IPA: releasing 9/23 at each taprooms – may also hit wider draft-only distribution all through Bale Breaker’s footprint
Final September releases (on draft at taprooms solely):
- Zombie Cones
- 3 Kings (collaboration with Wandering Hop & Selection)
Early October releases (on draft at taprooms solely):
- Whose Bine Is It Anyway (collaboration with Future Primitive)
- Collaboration with 2 Canadian breweries (as but unnamed)
- Collabation with Tampa Bay Brewing Co (as but unnamed)
About Bale Breaker Brewing Co.
Crafting fresh-off-the-farm brews from the center of a hop area, Bale Breaker Brewing Firm is a family-owned brewery situated within the coronary heart of the Yakima Valley. Hops are within the household’s DNA: the great-grandparents of sibling-owners Meghann Quinn, Kevin Smith, and Patrick Smith first planted hops within the Yakima Valley in 1932, the 12 months earlier than Prohibition ended. Over 4 generations, their love of hops has advanced right into a ardour for craft beer. Right this moment, Meghann, Kevin, Patrick together with Meghann’s husband, Kevin Quinn, function a 30-barrel brewhouse and a 27,000 sq. foot facility surrounded by their household’s hop fields, crafting seven year-round canned beers together with the broadly celebrated Topcutter IPA, and are distributed all through Washington, Idaho, and Oregon. For extra info, comply with Bale Breaker on Fb and Instagram (@balebreaker), or on-line at balebreaker.com.
