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, ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

Ballast Point sold for the second time in four years

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

Ballast Point’s rise, fall and sale: Inside craft beer’s most baffling deal

Fresh off a family trip to Rome, Chris Bradley sat down with Brendan Watters, his partner at Kings & Convicts, a little Illinois brewery. Anything happen, Bradley asked, during his vacation? “We’re ...