Ballast Point Brass Depart Constellation for New Spirits Venture

Eight months after its sale to Constellation Brands, several of the top brass at Ballast Point--including brewer and distiller Yuseff Cherney, founder Jack White, cco Earl Kight and ceo Jim Buechler--have parted ways with the company."NEW NAME, SAME PASSION." We can confirm two of the execs, Yuseff and Jack, left to launch a new venture called Cutwater Spirits, as reported by sister publication Beer Business Daily last week [see BBD 08-11-2016]. The founders present the company as a project "from