Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits Little Italy

Ballast Point Brewing Company 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 2005 in Scripps Ranch. In 2013 we opened our latest location, Ballast Point Brewing Company’s Tasting Room & Kitchen in Little Italy!

Ballast Point Brewing Company’s Tasting Room & Kitchen serves as the home for our Research & Development facility. Our pilot system consists of a 5 barrel brewhouse with 10 fermenters and 3 bright tanks on site for experimental brews. These small batch beers are only available on a limited basis at our three Ballast Point Tasting Room locations: Little Italy, Scripps Ranch, and Home Brew Mart.

Ballast Point Brewing Company’s Tasting Room & Kitchen serves a full menu designed to pair with the company’s wide selection of brews that are on tap.

Be sure to head to Ballast Point Brewing Company’s Tasting Room & Kitchen and try some of our R&D beers served on one of the bar’s 50 taps. Bottles, cans, and growler fills, along with other cool merchandise are available for purchase as well. Kegs for purchase coming soon!

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.