San Diego, CA (July 1, 2020) –\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
San Diego Legion, a Major League Rugby (MLR) franchise, is joining forces\u00a0with Ballast Point to release Legion Lager. Starting today, the special release beer will be available at Ballast Point locations in Southern California, including Home Brew Mart,\u00a0Little Italy, Long Beach and Miramar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSan Diego is the \u2018Capital of Craft Beer,\u2019 and we wanted to partner with a local craft brewery to create a delicious beer that lives up to this accolade,\u201d said SD Legion President & CEO Ryan Patterson. \u201cMuch like Ballast Point is regarded as one of the brewing industry\u2019s pioneers, our team and the rest of the MLR are paving the way for professional rugby in the U.S. We\u2019re proud to call them our \u2018official craft beer partner\u2019 for the 2021 season.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Brewed in celebration of the newly established partnership between Ballast Point and San Diego Legion, the specialty beer will be available now and throughout the 2021 season of Major League Rugby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSD Legion is building a world-class organization that is making positive strides for the sport of rugby in\u00a0America,\u201d said Chris Bradley, Ballast Point COO. \u201cBrendan (Watters, CEO) and I are both huge rugby\u00a0fans, so we\u2019re thrilled to support this professional team from San Diego by brewing a tribute beer to\u00a0celebrate the upcoming season.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Legion Lager by Ballast Point Brewing is available on-draft, for to-go sales and onsite tasting. Visit\u00a0sdlegion.com<\/a>\u00a0for information on San Diego Legion. To learn more about Ballast Point Brewing, visit\u00a0ballastpoint.com<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Key facts<\/p>\n\n\n\n About San Diego Legion<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Established in 2017, San Diego Legion is part of Major League Rugby (MLR), comprising 11 professional teams in North America. San Diego Legion is one of the MLR founding teams, with all home games\u00a0played at Torero Stadium. San Diego Legion Rugby \u2013 Just like all the sports you know, only better.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Our Mission: To make the culture and sport of rugby accessible to the local community, while also\u00a0providing a conduit for education, inspiration, and leadership through rugby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n About Ballast Point Brewing Co.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n What started in 1996 as a small group of homebrewers who simply wanted to make great beer evolved San Diego, CA (July 1, 2020) –\u00a0 San Diego Legion, a Major League Rugby (MLR) franchise, is joining forces\u00a0with Ballast Point to release Legion Lager. Starting today, the special release beer will be available at Ballast Point locations in Southern California, including Home Brew Mart,\u00a0Little Italy, Long Beach and Miramar. \u201cSan Diego is the \u2018Capital […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":23914,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-23913","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-diego-beer-beverage-news","8":"entry"},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Legion-scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C759&ssl=1","wps_subtitle":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdtr4y-6dH","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archives.csusm.edu\/westcoastersd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
into the team of adventurers known today as Ballast Point. From bringing a hoppy twist to a porter or
adding four types of malt to its amber ale, to creating the breakthrough gold-medal winning Sculpin IPA,
the San Diego-based company is known for adding its touch and asking if there\u2019s a better way. Now an
internationally recognized leader in the craft brewing industry with 6 brewery locations in California and
Chicago, the company makes over 50 styles of beer and is distributed in select markets across the US
and internationally. For more information, visit www.ballastpoint.com and follow our journey on
Instagram and Facebook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"