Ballast Point Brewing Company
Commercial Brewery
in
San Diego,
California,
United States 🇺🇸
Owned by
King's & Convicts Brewing Company
Associated with 6 Venues
Established in 1996
Contact
9045 Carroll Way, San Diego, CA, 92121, United States
Subsidiaries
Description
We started out in 1996 as a small group of San Diego home brewers who simply wanted to make a better beer. In our exploration, we became obsessed with ingredients—tinkering, testing and tasting to find the perfect balance of taste and aroma. That adventurous spirit leads to award-winning beers in classic and unique styles while challenging our own tastes and expanding yours.
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.
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bomber @ home. Firm pop when I lifted the cap, thought it was gonna gush but fortunately nothing like that. Dark brown color, opaque even, towards black, full sized light to medium brown colored head that diminishes fairly quickly though. Aroma is malts, roast, laurel notes. Flavor is malts, roasted malts, liquorice a bit, soft distant sweetish chocolate notes and decently bitter in the finish. Decent body, average carbonation. Pretty nice.
Tried
on 31 Jul 2026
at 21:11
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 8
Overall 8
On tap at the BP BP in Disney. Mosrlynclear medium orange amber. Some slightly sweet pale malts and plenty of can sturdy fresh clean hop bitters. Full and smooth
Tried
on 04 Jul 2026
at 03:31
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7.5
Flavor 8
Texture 9
Overall 8
On tap at the BP BP in Disneyland. Foggy dull orange pour Big soft slightly fruity hop and yeast character. Sturdy malt body and robust but faded pithy hop bitterness. Smooth and full. Quite nice
Tried
on 04 Jul 2026
at 03:19
6.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Dark brown, fudgey nose. Light smoke, heat, the chipotle part is good because chipotle is the greatest culinary invention ever but I thought I liked the Victory at Sea base more than this.
Tried
on 09 May 2026
at 18:24
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pale amber, bright, but not much head. Grapefruit, orange hop notes, light alcohol, biscuity malt, old school but it hits. C hop plus right?
Tried
on 09 May 2026
at 18:22
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Golden-amber, no head. Sticky, fairly bitter, indistinct citrus and wood.
Tried
on 09 May 2026
at 18:19
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Pale. Straw. Not much head. Canned jalapeño and weyermann smoked, light pale malt, not much. Okay with the direction here more than the execution. 4
Tried
on 09 May 2026
at 18:16
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 5
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Backlog August 2013 as Yellowtail Pale Ale (4.6% ABV). Clear golden body under a white head. Mild aroma with malt and citric fruits. Taste is quite plain but refreshing, pale malt, citric and grassy hops, moderate bitter. As this was rated in 2013 as a pale ale I wonder if I would have considerate this different with Kölsch on the label?
Tried
on 13 Apr 2026
at 11:05
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 5.5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bière dégustée à la maison, trouvée en destockage chez Noz. Robe dorée, mousse blanche et compacte. Nez marqué par des agrumes (mandarine, ananas) et des houblons assez prononcés, avec quelques notes de malts biscuités et une pointe de pin. Attaque sèche, amertume intense, finale nette et classique d’une IPA. C’est une vraie IPA traditionnelle, mais ce n’est pas vraiment mon style : le nez me paraît un peu désagréable et le côté fruité n’est pas assez développé à mon goût. Ensemble correct, mais pas complètement séduisant pour moi.
Tried
on 21 Mar 2026
at 13:17
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7.5
Texture 7
Overall 7.5
355ml can from Noz. Pours a misty deep gold, white head. Old school stewed fruits.. orange, resin, pine.. 90s vibes.. quite nice to revisit this style of IPA from the olden days
Tried
from Can
from
Noz Hazebrouck
on 07 Feb 2026
at 08:20