Ballast Point Brewing Company

Ballast Point Brewing Company
Location	San Diego, California, USA
Owner(s)	Jack White & Yuseff Cherney (independent)
Active beers
Name Type Ballast Point Pale Ale American Pale Ale Sculpin India Pale Ale Black Marlin Porter Big Eye India Pale Ale Calico Amber Ale Amber Ale Wahoo Wheat Beer Belgian Witbier

Ballast Point Brewing Company is an American craft brewery founded in 1996 by Jack White and Yuseff Cherney in San Diego, California. Ballast Point Brewing Co. started in the back of Home Brew Mart, a homebrew supply store.

In 2010, Ballast Point won three gold medals for their beers, as well as the "Small Brewery Champion" award at the World Beer Cup.^[1]

Ballast Point is also the first and only craft distillery in San Diego. They currently produce Old Grove Gin, Three Sheets White Rum & Barrel-Aged Three Sheets Rum. Fugu Vodka & Devil's Share Whiskey coming soon.

Contents 1 Main Production Beers 2 Limited Release Beers 3 See also 4 External links 5 References

Main Production Beers

• Big Eye IPA is a 7%ABV India Pale Ale. This India Pale Ale won a Gold Medal at the 2011 California Sate Fair .
• Ballast Point Pale Ale is a 4.6%ABV Pale Ale.
• Sculpin IPA is a light bodied heavily hopped India Pale Ale of 7%ABV. It won a gold medal at the World Beer Cup 2010 (list of 2010 WBC winners).
• Black Marlin Porter is 6%ABV Porter featuring notes of caramel & coffee. This Porter won a Gold Medal at the 2011 California Sate Fair .
• Calico Amber Ale is a 5.5%ABV American Amber Ale. Formerly named Calico Copper Ale, this brew won a gold medal at the 2001 GABF in the American Amber Ale category (list of 2001 GABF winners).
• Wahoo Wheat Beer is a Belgian Witbier inspired ale of 4%ABV. It's unique citrus character comes from adding orange peel and coriander to the boil.^[2]

Limited Release Beers

Limited Release beers are typically brewed once a year.

• Victory At Sea is a 10%ABV Imperial Porter. Imperial Porter brewed with coffee and vanilla. This beer is released once a year between Oct. & Dec. This Imperial Porter won a Gold Medal at the 2011 California Sate Fair .

• Sea Monster Stout is a 10%ABV Imperial Stout. Sea Monster Stout is released once a year between Sept. & Nov.

• Tongue Buckler is a 10%ABV Imperial Red Ale. Tongue Buckler is a very highly hopped Imperial Red Ale with 107 IBus. This beer is released once a year.

• Dorado is a 10%ABV Double India Pale Ale. Dorado is a very highly hopped Double India Pale Ale.

• Fathom is a 7%ABV India Pale Lager. Fathom IPL won Gold Medals at the World Beer Cup 2010 (2010 World Beer Cup/) & 2010 Great American Beer Festival(2010 Great American Beer Festival)

See also

• California breweries

External links

• Ballast Point Brewing Company
• Ballast Point on Beeradvocate
• Ballast Point on Yelp
• http://beernews.org/2010/04/world-beer-cup-2010-winners/

References

• http://beernews.org/2010/04/world-beer-cup-2010-winners/