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Ballast Point Eyes Contract Brewing As Beer Sales Slow
It’s been quite a journey for Ballast Point Brewing, the once high-flying brewery, that was sold to Constellation Brands for $1 billion dollars in 2015.
And now San Diego Beer News is reporting that the brewery, which was purchased for pennies on the dollar by Kings & Convicts in 2019, had ceased production at the company’s HQ and 107,000-square-foot brewery and would be shifting to contract brewing, while it looked for a much smaller brewing location.
The Miramar brewery itself was originally home to Saint Archer Brewing. Saint Archer was founded in 2013 and acquired in 2015 by Molson Coors at the height of craft beer’s second emergence. And when the mega-brewer shut down that brand, Kings & Convicts, which is based out of Chicago, took over that expansive brewery as well as its 1,200-square-foot taproom in Leucadia, Calif, to produce Ballast Point beer.
Kings & Convicts said at the time that the was committed to revitalizing the Ballast Pont brand and taking it to new heights… Then came Covid-19 which has altered many a brewery’s expectations.
Describing the current situation, Brendan Watters, Kings & Convicts’ CEO explained…
“We’ve signed a contract with another company that will take over the Miramar brewery. In the short-term, we will be working with them on a contract basis to fulfil our taprooms and distribution while we try to acquire or build another San Diego facility, ideally with an 80-to-100-barrel brewhouse. That will allow us to crank things out and make money from them.”
In spite of staff reductions brought on by its brewery closure, Ballast Point will reportedly continue to operate its bar and restaurant adjoining the Miramar facility along with its brewpub in San Diego
Words to Drink By
“No one is like you. Don’t read books by successful people thinking they apply to you. You have to find out what you do best.” – Bob Lefsetz, Music industry writer and media analyst
Top 10 Drunkest US Cities
In the world of unfortunate power rankings comes this handy compilation of the drunkest cities in US.
And don’t tell us you’re not interested…
Turns out one state in particular has seven of the top 10 drunkest cities in the US, not that there’s anything wrong with that. Wisconsin rules when it comes to this dubious title, and no other state was even close.
The list was compiled using data from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute. “Drunkenness” was measured by the percent of each city’s population that report either binge drinking or drinking heavily, which the organization defines as 4 to 5 drinks in a sitting or 15 or more drinks per week, over a 30-day period.
The study examined county health data from 281 metro areas in the US, ranking cities by the percentage of adults that drink excessively.
24/7 Wall Street’s drunkest cities ranking also took into account the number of bars and restaurants per capita, residents’ median income, and percentage of driving deaths involving alcohol.
The study also discovered that excessive drinking rates in Wisconsin were higher outside of urban areas. In Wisconsin, 26.2% of adults drink were found to drink excessively. And Green Bay was the only metro area with a higher excessive drinking rate than the state as a whole.
And here are the Top 10 Drunkest US Cities
- Green Bay, WI (26.5%)
- Eau Claire, WI (26.2%)
- Appleton, WI (26.2%)
- Madison, WI (25.9%)
- Fargo, ND-MN (25.2%)
- Oshkosh-Neenah, WI (24.5%)
- Missoula, MT (24.3%)
- Grand Forks, ND-MN (24.2%)
- Wausau, WI (24.2%)
- La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN (23.8%)
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