CIVIC THURSDAY CLUB MEETING - Speaker Ron Siberstein - The Future is our Past: The Soul of Beer- A Brief History of California Malting Barley | 10-13-2022

Ron Silberstein is co-founder of Admiral Maltings, which sells ecologically sustainable craft
malts from locally sourced grains to breweries across California, fostering connections between
craft brewers, distillers, and their local agricultural community. Ron experimented with home
brewing throughout his first career as an immigration attorney, before opening ThirstyBear
Brewery in 1996, which became San Francisco’s first organic brewery in 2007. A graduate of UC
Davis’ brewing program, Ron is also a founding member of the San Francisco Brewers Guild,
which has grown to become the Bay Area Brewers Guild.