This event is in the past.It took place on February 24, 2026 at The Rake at Admiral Maltings.
Learn why your IPA tastes the way it does at this free SF Beer Week panel. Bay Area Brewers Guild director Sayre Piotrkowski leads a discussion on how Bay Area brewing shaped the modern IPA, held inside a working malting facility where you can see (and taste) the grains that make it all possible.
Free entry
Working malting facility
Craft beer education
Expert-led discussion
Tips
🌾"experience beers made with their Californian grown and malted grains"
👀ask to see the malting room through the glass
🍺come thirsty, leave smarter
Free
The 21st Century Story of IPA
Learn why your IPA tastes the way it does at this free SF Beer Week panel. Bay Area Brewers Guild director Sayre Piotrkowski leads a discussion on how Bay Area brewing shaped the modern IPA, held inside a working malting facility where you can see (and taste) the grains that make it all possible.
Free entry
Working malting facility
Craft beer education
Expert-led discussion
Tips
🌾"experience beers made with their Californian grown and malted grains"
👀ask to see the malting room through the glass
🍺come thirsty, leave smarter
Free
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