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Ballast Point Old Grove Brewery

• 10051 Old Grove Road, Suite B, San Diego, CA 92131 | Directions
• 858-695-2739 | Website

Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits is such a fixture in San Diego that it’s tough to happen on many bars and restaurants where the company's Pale Ale, Calico Amber Ale or ubiquitous-for-a-reason Sculpin IPA aren’t on tap or in-bottle. Big Eye IPA and Wahoo Wheat Beer also dominate. Then there are specialties like the ultrahopped malt behemoth Tongue Buckler, ancient recipe apricot boozer Barmy, and the Caffe Calabria java-stoked Victory At Sea Coffee Vanilla Imperial Porter. This is just scraping the surface of Ballast Point’s extensive portfolio. What’s made this company such a standout (it was voted best small brewery in the world in 2010) is its brew crew’s ability to produce a wide variety of styles while maintaining to-style quality with all of them.