Second Annual IT’S THE MALT! 2025

🌾 IT’S THE MALT is BACK 🌾

Join us Saturday, June 28 at Admiral Maltings in Alameda for the second annual IT’S THE MALT Festival, Admiral Malting’s full-on celebration of artisanal beer, American Single Malt whiskey, floor-malting, and most importantly, the California grown grains that power both.

This year, we’re toasting the 35th Anniversary of the Bay Area Mashers with six Professional-Amateur collaboration brews, tapping everything from crisp lagers and malt-forward ales to hazy IPAs - brewed with malted barley, wheat, rye, corn, and/or oats.

Expect

🔥 Two panel discussions and a sensory panel:

• Growing Grain for malting
• American Single Malt Whiskey - the newest official whiskey category
• Guided Sensory Tasting of Malts - the soul of beer and whiskey
• 🥃 Whiskey flights + tastings celebrating the new category designation
• 🍽️ Fresh Smash Burgers, Pulled Pork, Hot Links, Beyond Brat, Vegan Burgers sides, great company, and rare beer and whiskey pours in our malt house + beer garden

Last year was magic. This year we’re turning it up. Don’t miss this one! 

TICKETS ON SALE NOW!

General Admission  $60

• Unlimited beer tasting from 1-5pm (last call 4:30pm)
• Commemorative glass
• Live music

GA + (Combo/Package)  $75

• Everything from GA plus
• Food ticket - smash burger, pulled pork, hot link, beyond brat, or vegan burger 
• Curated flight of four 1/2 oz whiskey pours

VIP  $90

• GA+ Plus
• Early access (entry and tasting at 12pm)
• Special co-founder, Ron Silberstein, led grain to glass tour—Admiral Maltings to Almanac Brewing (11:30 am)
• Curated flight of five 1/2 oz whiskey pours
• Rare barrel aged bottles during VIP hour (limited availability, arrive early!)

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