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FOR THE LOVE OF BEER

What started in 1996 as a small group of homebrewers who simply wanted to make great beer evolved into the team of adventurers known today as Ballast Point. A pioneering brewery born 25 years ago within the hallowed, hopped walls of San Diego’s Home Brew Mart, the complete art of the craft swims in the DNA of Ballast Point and informs both what’s inside and on the can. From bringing a hoppy twist to a porter or adding four types of malt to its amber ale, to creating the breakthrough gold-medal winning Sculpin IPA, Ballast Point is known for adding its touch and asking if there’s a better way.

We’re proud of our San Diego hometown, our employees, our beers, and our fans. We think of our employees as family, and you, our fans, as extended family. You’ll see us use #BPPROUD as a badge of pride and a way to further connect with our beer loving community.

OUR HISTORY

1992

Home Brew Mart opens in San Diego, the future home of Ballast Point Brewing Company.

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1996

We brew & sold our very first beer: Ballast Point Special.

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1999

We begin packaging beers. Endless hand labeling ensues.

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2005

Our award-winning Sculpin IPA is brewed for the first time, by combining two different home brew recipes. It’s an instant hit.

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2006

We open our first production brewery. So long to the hand labeling days.

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2010

We win “Champion Small Brewery” at World Beer Cup®.

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2013

We venture into the restaurant business with our first kitchen and R&D brewery in Little Italy, San Diego.

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2014

Fan demand outgrows our tanks, so we expand to a bigger production brewery & headquarters in San Diego’s Miramar area.

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2019

We open our restaurant and brewery in Downtown Disney, Anaheim.

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2020

We reclaim independence in the Kings & Convicts family.

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2021

We celebrate our 25th anniversary.

GIVING BACK

San Diego has supported us for many years, and we’re proud to give back to this same community. We also believe in being a globally-conscious brewery and taking measures to help the environment through eco-friendly and sustainable practices.

  • CERTIFICATIONS AND AWARDS
    • Exemplary Leadership Award for Corporate Commitment to Water Conservation, Management and Reuse through the Water Tech Alliance.
  • SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND COMMUNITY
    • Hosted a 2017 Surfrider beach clean-up and picked up 21 pounds of trash. It was the best turnout for a corporate sponsored event.
    • Ballast Point's brewery, restaurant and tasting room at the Little Italy location in San Diego has partnered with Closing the Loop, an organization which employs disabled veterans and helps divert food waste from the site.
    • Ballast Point invites San Diego area non-profit organizations to fill out an online form for assistance with donations and fundraising events.
    • Ballast Point's Home Brew Mart educates local community members on how they can brew their own beer at home.
  • ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS
    • Side-streaming cardboard using a cardboard compactor
    • Saving electricity by installing air curtains in front of our cold box doors
    • Adding a low pressure mode to our steam boiler to reduce natural gas consumption
    • Certification of best water-saving practices through the San Diego Guaranteed Water for Industry Program
    • Collecting lab plastic waste to be recycled into new lab supplies
    • In 2022, relative to how much beer we made, we sent 29% less trash to landfill and reduced our carbon dioxide usage by 12%
    • Changed part of our brewing process to use electricity at night reducing demand on the grid during peak usage hours
    • Installed LED and solar lights with zones and sensors at the Miramar brewery.
    • Ballast Point works with Wilbur-Ellis to sell spent production grain to be used for animal feed and fertilizer.
    • Implemented water reduction initiatives such as the reuse of reverse osmosis (RO) concentrate into water towers, the reuse of cooling water into hot water tanks, and the reuse of clean-in-place (CIP) rinse water into pre-rinse tanks.

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