Field 41 Yakima Pale is Bale Breaker Brewing Company’s newest take on a classic pale ale.
Yakima, Wash. – July 31, 2025 – Bale Breaker Brewing Company, a family-owned brewery located in the beautiful Yakima Valley, is excited to announce their newest take on their classic pale ale, as well as debuting a brand new style to add to their year-round lineup: introducing Field 41 Yakima Pale Ale.
Field 41 Yakima Pale is an updated take on their year-round pale ale – the original Field 41 was one of the first in their initial lineup when the brewery opened their doors in 2013. So what’s new? Field 41 is now lighter, both in ABV and calories, without sacrificing any of the original hop aroma that IPA fans love to find in a classic PNW pale ale. Clocking in at 4.2% and just over 100 calories, Field 41 Yakima Pale Ale (YPA) is now a hop-forward, crisp pale with a more crushable ABV.
“The changes to Field 41 were twofold,” says Bale Breaker co-owner Kevin Quinn. “First, we’ve been enjoying drinking lighter beers lately, so dropping it a full percent in ABV to 4.2% just made sense. And now we’re calling it a ‘Yakima Pale Ale’—a light, crushable beer that has all the hop character of an IPA but with lower alcohol and calories. It’s not an IPA, it’s a YPA.”
Field 41 Yakima Pale is a tribute to the brewery’s history. Bale Breaker is the only brewery of its kind: an independent craft brewery operating directly in the middle of a commercial hop farm. Brewery owners and siblings Meghann Quinn and Kevin Smith, along with Meghann’s husband, Kevin Quinn, opened the brewery after decades of watching hop bales leave their family’s 4th generation hop farm, Loftus Ranches.
“We realized we had the best brewing perspective out there, as kids of a hop farmer who were basically born with hops in our DNA”, says Meghann, “You can get the best meat from a butcher; the best fish from a fisherman; and the best beer from a hop farmer. Why not open a brewery and showcase those skills?”
With Kevin Smith as brewmaster, Field 41 was the second beer the team brewed, along with their flagship West Coast IPA, Topcutter. Named for the hop field that the brewery is located on – hop field 41 – customers can see the family’s farming history directly on the can: the “Field 41” sign featured on the 12oz can also stands tall in the hop fields directly next to the brewery.
Field 41 Yakima Pale Ale is available now at the brewery’s Yakima taproom and brewery; will be available starting Friday at their Seattle taproom; and will be hitting markets in their wider Washington, Oregon, and Idaho distribution in the coming months. Customers can currently find the previous iteration of Field 41 on shelves now, and will slowly see those placements phase into Field 41 YPA in the coming months.
About Field 41 Yakima Pale:
4.2% ABV
Brewed in the middle of the hop field we call home, Field 41 Yakima Pale is a tribute to our family’s multi-generational hop-farming legacy. This crisp, hoppy pale ale is a true Yakima Pale Ale: bursting with vibrant hop character, yet refreshingly light in alcohol and calories, it’s ideal for IPA lovers who want all the flavor at a more crushable ABV. Coming straight from Field 41 to your fridge: we grew this beer!
