Ballast Point Brewing Company

Ballast Point, located near the tip of Point Loma, is the gateway to San Diego Bay and has been the stage for some of San Diego's most colorful history. Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo, the first European to explore the California coast, landed here on the September 28, 1542. He named the "closed and very good harbor" San Miguel (later changed to San Diego).
In 1796 the Spanish named the point "Punta de los Guijarros" (meaning point of the cobblestones) and built a small fort there. During the Spanish and Mexican days of San Diego, American trade ships from New England would trade here and pick up cobblestone from the point to ballast their hulls for the return voyage. This is where the name Ballast Point comes from.

• Ballast Point Big Eye I.P.A.
• Ballast Point Black Marlin Porter
• Ballast Point Calico Amber Ale
• Ballast Point Wahoo Wheat Beer
• Ballast Point Yellowtail Pale Ale

(Info from: Ballast Point Brewing Company, 2003)