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
Ballast Point Brewing Company owns 1 brewery:
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.

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7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
12oz bottle pours out a clear amber topped with a long lasting cream off white head. A great hop aroma along with a little sweetness. A nice hop and caramel tast along with a full body.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Sep 2007 at 21:53

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bomber from Bottle Barn; nose of grassy hops with some toffee; copper with a medium beige head; flavor is nice light hop bitterness with some background caramel. Nice Bitter!
Tried from Bottle on 31 Aug 2007 at 20:39

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Draft. Blackish beer with a nice tan head. Huge chocolate roast aroma. Chocolatey, roasty, coffee flavor with slight berry fruitiness. Hides alchol well. Body feels like too much oatmeal, but was also really foamy out of the tap, Medium body. Way too drinkable. Lingering chocolate. Let me say again: way to drinkable for 12%.
Tried from Draft on 18 Aug 2007 at 14:33

5.4/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5.5
Draft, Purple beer with a tiny head. Sweet blackberry aroma. Blackberry, slight tart flavor with some earth. Needs more tartness. Lingering blackberry. Medium body. Not nearly as good as even LIndemann’s - no where near as tart (but it also doesn’t have the sweetness of LIndemann’s). It’s the only beer I didn’t bother to finish on a recent trip to San Diego.
Tried from Draft on 18 Aug 2007 at 14:29

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Pours a clear orange color with a medium rocky off-white head that has fair retention. Large spots of lacing on the glass. Buttery hops aroma with hints of grass and cedar. Medium body with flavors of hops, sweet caramel malt and fruit. Dry, hoppy finish with a lingering buttery aftertaste. Unique and interesting overall.
Tried on 31 Jul 2007 at 17:13

5.5/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 4 Overall 6
Bottle from World Market Microbrew sampler; nose of grainy malt; yellow gold with a medium yellowish head; flavor has some grainy malt and a little hop bitterness. Nothing spectacular but decent.
Tried from Bottle on 29 Jun 2007 at 21:21

6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 4 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Somethig of a floral hop aroma. Dark brassy color with a white head that left quickly. Medium bodied. Starts with something of a wheat character. Malt not particularly noticeable. Rather dry. The finish is lightly bitter. Overall it has fruit and bitter. The sort of thing that would not be surprising over the pond.
Tried on 26 May 2007 at 22:46

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
(Bottle 65 cl) Courtesy of Rastacouere. Clear, reddish brown with a beige head. Fat aroma of sweetish, roasted malt. Medium body with sweetish, roasted malt, fruity and berry-like with a mellow, sweet finish and a vague, ashy edge. 090507
Tried from Bottle on 20 May 2007 at 02:02

7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle. Pours an amber color with an off-white head. Dry hoppy aroma with hints of citrus. Sweet malty bitter flavor with lots of hops and citrus notes. Sweet malty finish with lots of hoppy bitterness in the aftertaste, with some citrus hints.
Tried from Bottle on 03 May 2007 at 08:43

8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Pours with a big creamy off white head that puts out a flowery fruity hop aroma. The flavor is sweet, bordering on sticky, with a good supportive bitterness from the hops that lingers long into the finish. I really like this one.
Tried on 01 May 2007 at 05:40