Admiral Pilsner #73 – Spring 2023

This beer features local, California Grown barley that comes from a farm just an hour up the road from the brewery. It was sprouted (malted) using traditional “floor-malting” methods by Admiral Maltings in Alameda. They are the only maltster in California using this technique, and one of the few in the entire country. When the sprouted barley seeds are dried and lightly toasted in their kiln, they come out fragrant and delicious. From there they go straight into our kettles at the brewery to capture the fresh essence of the grains, like bread straight out of the oven. Brewed as a Pilsner style lager, the Admiral barley aromatics are bright and expressive, bringing notes of sweet hay, perfumy lemons, white tea leaves, and a granitic minerality.