Ballast Point Brewing & Spirits Company is an American craft brewery and distillery founded in 1996 by Jack White and Yuseff Cherney in San Diego, California. Ballast Point Brewing Co. started in the back of Home Brew Mart, a homebrew supply store. As of 2014 it was the second largest brewer in San Diego County and the 37th largest craft brewery in the country, based on sales volume. The company's main production facility is in Scripps Ranch.