What a long, strange trip it’s been for the Miramar brewing facility that
once housed Ballast Point and, after changing hands more than a few times,
is now the centerpiece of West Coast brewing operations for Athletic
Brewing Company. In this episode of the Gist, lead Sightlines news reporter
Kate Bernot joins me, Beth Demmon, to talk about the United States’ 10th
largest craft brewery’s plans both here and abroad, as well as inflation’s
lingering hold on on-premise brewery sales and the business side of
celebrity alcohol investments.
One quick note: as part of the discussion about off-premise NA beer sales
in the U.S., Kate cites they take up .88 percent of dollar sales. It’s
actually 8.8 percent, so with that in mind, this is the Gist.
