Chicago Tribune

2 years after Ballast Point deal, Kings & Convicts Brewing abandons Wisconsin plans to instead sink its roots in San Diego

Kings & Convicts Brewing, the tiny north suburban operation whose founder stunned the beer world in late 2019 by buying the famed Ballast Point brewery, is scrapping a plan to build a new headquarters ...
Business Insider

Ballast Point Brewing Co. Expands California Operations with 12,000 sf Brewpub in San Francisco's Mission Bay District

SAN DIEGO, March 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Kings & Convicts Brewing Co., the San Diego-headquartered owner of Ballast Point, announced today it is moving forward with a retail expansion of the ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

With Ballast Point brewery shutdown, is San Diego’s beer mug half-full?

I was vacationing in Oregon — see “Quick Sips” — when Ballast Point announced plans to abandon its flagship 107,000-square-foot-brewery in San Diego’s Miramar area. Now owned by Kings & Convicts, ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Is Ballast Point once again a craft brewery?

Among the questions raised by last week’s bombshell announcement that teeny Kings & Convicts Brewing is buying industry legend Ballast Point: is the latter once again a craft brewery? Ballast was ...
The Virginian-Pilot

Unlikely Ballast Point brewery sale executed with help of wine magnate behind brands like Cupcake

Since word broke of the craft beer industry’s most improbable sale to date — tiny suburban Kings & Convicts snapping up flagging California legend Ballast Point — a basic question has emerged: How?
Richmond

Roanoke area's Ballast Point Brewing tasting room and kitchen to close after two years

ROANOKE — Amid a national slowing of the craft beer industry, Ballast Point Brewing’s Roanoke-area tasting room and kitchen will close Sept. 29 after a little more than two years in operation. The ...
SFGate

Ballast Point Brewing says it's back on track with forthcoming San Francisco outpost

Nearly three years after Ballast Point Brewing Co. first announced its bid to debut a brewery near Chase Center only to cancel a year later, the San Diego-based brewery is back to remind us that its ...
Tasting Table on MSN

This Southern California Brewery Is Considered The Best In The US

With so many top-quality breweries in California, it can be hard to stand out. But for the past 30 years, this one has ...
Forbes

Constellation Brands Will Sell Struggling Ballast Point To Small Illinois Brewery

Six months before Constellation Brands (NYSE: STZ) purchased San Diego’s Ballast Point Brewing Company for an eye-popping $1 billion in 2015, an entrepreneur by the name of Brendan Watters sold his ...
Chicago Tribune

Ballast Point closes Chicago brewpub due to expected winter downturn during coronavirus, eyes reopening in 2021

Ballast Point Brewing is shuttering its Chicago brewpub this month due to an expected downturn in winter business during the COVID-19 pandemic, but plans to reopen next year “when the weather is ...
Los Angeles Times

Craft beer pioneer Ballast Point is sold again — this time to a microbrewery

For the second time in four years, Ballast Point — a San Diego craft beer pioneer that became one of the area’s largest breweries — has been sold. Kings & Convicts Brewing Co., a tiny Illinois firm, ...