The Rake at Admiral Maltings

Inside the Taproom of California’s First Craft Malthouse | Eater SF

"I visited The Rake, a new taproom housed inside the malthouse at Alameda Point (651A W Tower Avenue), where 20 taps pour beers brewed with Admiral malt and five snug booths look out onto the 20,000-square-foot malting floor. The 2,000-square-foot space, designed by Ben Frombgen and Gamut in a 1944 former Naval warehouse, keeps original Douglas fir beams and faux-faded industrial signage as a nod to the site’s industrial past; there’s room for about 150 people and the bar was made from railway track from the Transcontinental Railroad. At launch the tap list includes beers made with Admiral malt such as Drake’s Tiberius Barley Wine, Harmonic Brewing’s Admiral Feldblume lager, Marin Brewing Co.’s Admiral Loran Saison, Faction’s McCrary’s Pale, and Headlands’ Kirby Cove IPA. The food program is a tight, tasty pub-fare offering—cheese, charcuterie, sandwiches, and salty snacks like whitefish toast and pickled quail eggs—and the initial hours are Mon–Fri 3–9, Sat 12–9, and Sun 12–8." - Caleb Pershan