# 295 Admiral Maltings & Firestone Walker Sunglider Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/beer-in-front-26093/295-admiral-maltings-firestone-walker-sunglider Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/beer-in-front-26093/295-admiral-maltings-firestone-walker-sunglider.md Podcast: [Beer In Front](https://stenobird.com/podcast/beer-in-front-26093) Published: 2026-03-24T03:17:48+00:00 Episode link: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/295-admiral-maltings-firestone-walker-sunglider--70842615 Audio file: https://pdcn.co/e/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/70842615/295.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/beer-in-front-26093/episodes/295-admiral-maltings-firestone-walker-sunglider Duration seconds: 3926 ## Resource Yeah… we’re talking about malt. This week I’m joined by Ron Silberstein from Admiral Maltings, and if you think malt is just the thing that shows up on an invoice… this one might change your mind. We get into: 🌾 Why malt is the backbone of beer 🍺 Craft malting & California-grown barley 🔥 Floor malting vs the big guys 🍻 Why lagers are having a moment Plus—I crack open Sunglider from Firestone Walker 👉 Bready, biscuity, super clean 👉 Easy crusher when the weather finally warms up Bottom line: If you see Sun Glider… put it in the cart. 🎧 Listen now wherever you get your podcasts #BeerInFront #CraftBeer #DrinkLocal #LagerLove #BeerPodcast #FirestoneWalker #AdmiralMaltings #ChicagoBeer Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/beer-in-front--5704447/support . Beer Media Group ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/beer-in-front-26093/episodes/295-admiral-maltings-firestone-walker-sunglider/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/beer-in-front-26093/295-admiral-maltings-firestone-walker-sunglider.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.