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, ...

If you’re overwhelmed by the large selection at your local store, make it easy on yourself. Reach for a six-pack this affordable beer. We’re living in a magical time for beer fans. With almost 10,000 ...

Lately I’ve been trying to solve a mystery. It involves the price of beer, specifically beer sold by Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits. For your information, California-based Ballast Point is the 11th ...

Any time the internal piping or components of a refrigeration system are exposed to atmospheric air, they must be completely evacuated before refrigerant can be added into the system. Proper ...

A sprawling Ballast Point brewpub in Chicago’s trendy West Loop neighborhood never made much sense. And now, less than three years later, it is gone for good. Ballast Point owner Brendan Watters said ...

Home brewers who simply want to concoct a great-tasting beer for friends and family now have a reason to aim higher. A billion reasons, actually. San Diego’s Ballast Point, a craft brewery that got ...

Figure 3: The Ballast-Check 2’s Activity parameter correlated with Walz Water PAM fluorometer’s Yield estimate. Samples with abundances < 5 cells/ml have been omitted from the data set in this figure.