{"id":103,"date":"2019-04-19T13:15:49","date_gmt":"2019-04-19T20:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/?p=999947033"},"modified":"2019-04-19T13:15:49","modified_gmt":"2019-04-19T20:15:49","slug":"ballast-point-shutters-two-socal-facilities-cancels-s-f-brewpub-long-beach-location-to-remain-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lbpost.com\/esd\/hi-lo\/food\/ballast-point-shutters-two-socal-facilities-cancels-s-f-brewpub-long-beach-location-to-remain-open","title":{"rendered":"Ballast Point shutters two SoCal facilities, cancels S.F. brewpub; Long Beach location to remain open"},"content":{"rendered":"

Constellation Brands, the parent company which bought Ballast Point for a cool $1 billion in 2015, has confirmed that the beer brand it hoped would alter their company’s image will shutter two Southern California facilities while cancelling a future brewpub, as first reported by Brewbound<\/a>. The company’s Long Beach location will remain open.<\/p>\n

Impacting current locations in San Diego and Temecula and a planned San Francisco brewpub, the closures are connected to a decline in sales\u2014Ballast Point saw a 3.4 percent drop in sales last year\u2014and the harsh fact that Constellation lost $108 million due to Ballast’s lackluster performance<\/a>\u00a0in 2018 and\u00a0$87 million the year before last.<\/p>\n

Stephanie McGuane, communications manager for Constellation Brands, said via email to the Long Beach Post that the company plans \u201cto align resources based on declining craft trends.”<\/p>\n

How Long Beach birthed the LA brewpub\u2014and with it, an independent beer revolution that is more important (and ethical) than ever<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n