IT’S THE MALT! (2025)

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🌾 IT’S THE MALT is BACK! 🌾

Join us Saturday, June 28 at Admiral Maltings in Alameda for the second IT’S THE MALT Festival, our annual celebration of malt’s central role in beer and whiskey and everything it takes to get it from grain to glass.

This year, among the 35 carefully sourced beers, of which you can enjoy unlimited samples, we’re toasting the 35th Anniversary of the Bay Area Mashers, one of the Bay Area’s oldest homebrew clubs. The BAM tent will feature 7 Pro-Am collaboration brews between BAM members and some outstanding local breweries: Bare Bottle, Canyon Club, Drake’s, East Brother, Olfactory, Pond Farm, and Rockaway Beach.

Also new this year is Lager Land, highlighting lagers’ ability to showcase the subtlest aspects of malt character. Taste a wide range of lager styles and get to know how Admrial malt helps shape their flavors and aromas.

Expect:

• Growing Grain for Malting Panel – hear what goes into the agricultural starting point of great malt
• American Single Malt Whiskey Panel – dive into the newest official whiskey category
• Guided Sensory Tasting of Malts – learn more about malt’s flavor and aroma
• 35 beers selected to showcase the wide world of malt and its many contributions to various beer styles (including a new-for-2025 Lager Land tent)
• Bay Area Mashers tent featuring pro-am collaboration beers
• Dahoam1516 – homebrew demo featuring Admiral Malt – info that will get you started and take the fear out of homebrewing
• Two special cask ales served from the beer engines
• Farmers, maltsters, brewers (both pro and homebrewers) and distillers on hand to answer questions and talk all things malt
• 🥃 Whiskey flights + tastings celebrating the new American single malt category designation
• Access to the malthouse to see where the floor malting magic happens
• Sustainability exhibits and info covering sustainability efforts in farming, malting and brewing processes
• 🍽️ Delicious food available: Smash Burgers, Pulled Pork Sandos, Hot Links, Beyond Brats, Vegan Burgers, plus sides

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

TICKETS ON SALE NOW!