A Crafty Approach: Metal Panels Utilized in Construction of New Brewery
The Bale Breaker Brewing Company is located just east of Yakima, Wash., in the small town of Moxee, the self-proclaimed Hop Capital of the World. Surrounded on three sides by a field of Cascade hops, the new facility is the first and only known brewery in America located in a working hop field.
The Quinn family has been farming hops on this land for more than 80 years. They needed a new brewing facility that could withstand the Northwest weather, while providing thermal protection for modern brewing processors and a pleasant taproom for their brewhouse customers. The planned facility, to be built out in the open in the midst of an actual hop field, had to stand up to the strong Northwest elements. The materials used to construct it needed to provide specific R-values.