(San Diego, CA) – Ballast Point’s latest offering is earning critical acclaim in the beer community according to reviews on the two major internet beer sites this week. The brewery shipped out its medal-winner IPA, Sculpin, to stores in southern California late last week. It was also recently available at O’ Brien’s Pub in San Diego on cask. The brewery recently began distributing to the East Coast but there has been no word as to whether this beer will be distributed there.

Sculpin IPA, formerly known as North Star IPA, is a tribute to the brewery’s beginnings at the Home Brew Mart. The beer earned a bronze medal in the Pro Am category at the Great American Beer Festival last fall and was also available at Ballast Point’s 11th anniversary party last year. Another beer released at the party, Tongue Buckler Imperial Red, also had plans to be bottled but those plans have been put on hold.