Bale Breaker Brewing Cans Raging Ditch Dry-Hopped Blonde Ale
Just before we flip the calendar to the month of July, Bale Breaker Brewing Company is set to release Raging Ditch Dry-Hopped Blonde. This taproom standard and fan-favorite, will be canned for the first time this summer when it’s released on Friday, June 30, 2023 as a limited release in 4-pack, 16oz cans.
Raging Ditch Dry-Hopped Blonde Ale is named in honor of the irrigation ditches that flow throughout the Yakima Valley’s rich fertile soil. The original recipe for Raging Ditch dates back to 2012 when the recipe was written and brewed in for a family wedding on Bale Breaker’s very first 10-gallon brewhouse at their family hop farm, Loftus Ranches. This was before the brewery had even officially opened. It debuted for the first time to the public in 2013 during the brewery’s first summer, and has been a taproom summer mainstay in the brewery’s decade in business. According to Bale Breaker, taproom regulars have been asking for Raging Ditch to be canned for years, and the brewery decided to give it a go during its 10th anniversary year.
“Raging Ditch is the perfect summer beer – it’s got more hop flavor and malt complexity than the average blonde ale,” says Bale Breaker co-owner and Brewmaster Kevin Smith. “We highly recommend grabbing a 4pk and enjoying this beer on a body of water– we’d just suggest the Yakima River as opposed to an irrigation ditch.”
About Raging Ditch:
5.2% ABV
In typical Bale Breaker fashion, Raging Ditch is a more hop-forward approach to the classic Blonde Ale style, to showcase the brewery’s homegrown hops. Low bitterness and balanced malt complexity. Orange, blueberry, and mango aromas.
Raging Ditch will be releasing on June 30, 2023, at both their Yakima and Seattle
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