Ballast Point Brewing Company

Ballast Point is pleased to announce the recipient of its 2nd annual Brewing for Diversity annual scholarship initiative in partnership with the UC San Diego Division of Extended Studies Brewing Certificate Program.

With warmer days ahead and beach BBQs on the horizon, Ballast Point is celebrating the kick-off to the season of soaring temperatures with the return of Watermelon Dorado, a refreshing twist on the brewery’s original Dorado Double India Pale Ale. Mash, kettle and dry hopping blend to create a dynamic beer with a huge hop profile that is balanced with a blast of natural flavors. The result is a bracing brew that’s all summer and no seeds.

Ballast Point’s beloved seasonal Scottish Ale, Pumpkin Down, is available on draft and in 6-packs of 16 oz. cans. 

Ballast Point announced this week the release of its refreshing seasonal specialty beer, simply: Blood Orange Lager.

Ballast Point has awarded two full scholarships as partof its inaugural Brewing for Diversity partnership with the UC San Diego Extension Brewing Program.

Ballast Point started out in the back of a homebrew supply store in 1996, fueled by a grassroots beer culture and a shared love of great beer.

Ballast Point is pleased to announce beginning today, fan-favorite Habanero Sculpin IPA is returning on draft and 16-ounce cans in limited quantities.

Ballast Point will push forward with a once-planned brewpub in San Francisco, while permanently closing its Chicago location.

Celebrating 25 years of craft beer innovation in San Diego, Ballast Point is pleased to announce the addition of two new offerings to its year-round portfolio: Big Gus and Wee Gus.

For the past six years on the Sunday before Christmas, Ballast Point has “made a date with darkness” in reverence to its flagship Imperial Porter, Victory at Sea. The popular one-day celebration of dark beers always features rare riffs on the brewery-favorite Victory at Sea with guests strongly encouraged to play it up in pirate patch cosplay in all Ballast Point taprooms. In following guidance from the California Department of Public Health in relation to COVID-19, Ballast Point decided to postpone its 7th annual “Victory at Sea Day” in December 2020, and is giving the “darkest day of the year” a slight makeover this month.

San Francisco-based Anchor Brewing opted to give itself a makeover as a 125th birthday gift. Ballast Point has revealed new packaging art that has already begun rolling out to retailers. Granbury, Texas-based Revolver Brewing will roll out new artwork for its core offerings this spring. Anheuser-Busch InBev-owned Blue Point Brewing debuted a new logo and branding that will replace art that the Patchogue, New York-based craft brewery has been using for four years.

This January, refreshed designs of familiar favorites including the Sculpin IPA family, along with brand new year-round releases to be announced in February, will add to the Ballast Point portfolio.

Brewbound readers in 2020 sought out news about the pandemic, mergers and acquisitions, brewery closures and job changes. 2020 marked a year of shifts for brewers, as well as Brewbound, which shifted its business model to a subscription model. With that in mind, we’ve pulled the five most-read stories before the paywall was introduced and the five most-read stories after.