Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits, Home Brew Mart

Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits is one of San Diego’s Premiere Breweries. We began as Home Brew Mart in 1992 teaching others how to brew quality handcrafted beer at home. In 1996 our first brewery was installed by New World Brewing Systems in the space behind Home Brew Mart. We opened our 2nd location in 2006 in Scripps Ranch and have grown production to 64,000 Barrels in 2012. Both locations have tasting bars for onsite consumption and we sell beer to go in Kegs, Growlers, 12 oz. and 22 oz. bottles and 12 oz. cans .

Currently our beer is available in 5 and 15.5 gallon kegs and on tap at the finest restaurants in the San Diego area. We also offer half gallon and one gallon glass jugs to go. You can check out what is currently on tap by following the link. http://www.ballastpoint.com/whats-on-tap-home-brew-mart/

The name for our brewery comes from the point where Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo first set foot in California. Located on the Point Loma Peninsula, Ballast Point is considered the gateway to San Diego Harbor. Stones from this area were used as ballast in the cargo holds of sailing ships returning to the eastern seaboard. Many New England streets are still lined with the cobblestones brought back from San Diego.