BAM is a homebrewing club with a membership based in the Northern California East Bay (Oakland, Berkeley area) that was formed in June 1990. Our main goals are to promote homebrewing and brewing better beer and to have fun while doing it. Many of our members are all-grain brewers, but we welcome all brewers wanting to learn.

      
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BAM is proud to be the 2009 California Homebrew Club of the Year
Well this was certainly unexpected, but we did it! Bruce Joseph from Anchor Brewing announced BAM as the winner after the CA State Comp at Stern Grove. This is the first time BAM has won this prestigious award. This isn't a result of any one or few persons, it's because of the members - all of them. Without of all of their passion, dedication and enthusiasm we couldn't have done it.

We'd like to also thank all the people in the community who have sponsored and supported BAM and help make all our efforts possible; Oak Barrel Winecraft, Linden Street Brewery, Ledger's Liquors, Trumer Brauerei and many thanks to Anchor Brewing for this honor.
 

September 2010 Meeting
The meeting will be held at Linden Street Brewery. Social starts at 7pm, meeting begins at 7:30. Pot luck snacks, bring a glass and some beer (preferably homebrew) to share.

Future Meetings

We are going to meet at Linden for the rest of the year, second Thursday each month- social at 7, meeting starts at 7:30. As always, pot luck snacks, be sure to bring a glass and some beer (preferably homebrew) to share.

T-shirts
World Cup XV T-shirts are still available at the Oak Barrel at a discounted price of $10 (cash or check), in both dark and medium olive colors. Stop by and pick one up! if you want to see what they look like, click here
 

NHC
The 2011 National Homebrewers Conference will be held in San Diego.

Events:

Club Events
 

Other Noteworthy Events

Brews on the Bay
SF Brewers Guild presents brews on the bay. A boatload of San Francisco's Finest Craft Brews on the S.S. Jeremiah O'Brien. September 11th-12th 1-5PM starting at Pier 45. More info including tickets here

Northern CA Homebrewer’s Festival
Sept 17th and 18th – Lake Francis resort, Dobbins CA. More at nchfinfo.org

Oaktoberfest Homebrew Competition
Entries due 9/11-9/24. Please check out the web page for more information

2010 National Organic Brewing Challenge
This year marks the forth year of our annual all organic homebrew contest, another reason to brew organic if you need one! Now truly National, with 2 entry locations, one on the East Coast and one on the West Coast. East Coast entries will be judged in the Washington DC area on October 16. West Coast entries will be judged in California on October 17. Volunteers needed! Contact us if you are interested in helping out. More details are posted on our contest web page

7th Annual Wet Hop Beer Festival

At the Bistro in Hayward. Saturday October 2nd

Oaktoberfest in the Dimond
Saturday October 9th, 11-6PM

5th Annual West Coast Barrel Aged Beer Festival

At the Bistro in Hayward. Saturday November 13th

2nd Annual 2010 BevMo! Holiday Beer Fest

November 20th, 2010 - 5:30pm to 9pm @ Fort Mason - Herbst Pavilion in San Francisco. More info and tickets available here

Updated 09/01/2010