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.
 

August 2010 Meeting 

The August Meeting will be a joint meeting DOZE and likely some of the Zymergists.  Tentatively planned for a weekend afternoon at a venue mid-way between the clubs, in Vallejo.  Suggested dates Aug 15 and Aug 29.  A poll showed preference evenly divided.  Stay tuned for details.  Invited speakers and other activities are being planned.  Direct questions or suggestions to Jim Files (jimfiles(at)comcast.net) or to Events Coordinator Lee Shepherd (shepardlee(at)gmail.com)

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

Blues & Brews Festival
July 24, 2010 at Pleasant Hill Park, beer tasting from 1pm-5pm. Unlimited tasting for $40. More info here

Biergartenfest
Nature Friends Tourist Club in Oakland CA, Sunday August 1, 12-6PM. Join us for A Special Biergartenfest, a summertime festival with German food, beer, music and dancing at Nature Friends Tourist Club (Oakland Branch) in a spacious park-like outdoor setting in Oakland Hills. More info here

13th Annual IPA Festival
At the Bistro in Hayward. Saturday August 7th

6th Annual MoreBeer! Forum competition!
MoreBeer! is pleased to announce our 6th Annual MoreBeer! Forum competition! You must be a member of the MoreBeer! Forum to enter. Not a member yet? it's FREE and takes a few mouse clicks to do so - join the Forum. Entry Deadline is August 14. Contest and entry information is available on the website.

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

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

5th Annual West Coast Barrel Aged Beer Festival

At the Bistro in Hayward. Saturday November 13th

Updated 07/21/2010