Bay Area Mashers Homebrew Club

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  • May Member Meeting – 05/12/2016

    Presentation slides from the meeting.

    This month’s main presentation will be done by our V.P. Matt Youngblut. The topic is partigyle brewing (two beers from one mash) based on a Belgian Dubbel with the second beer being a Single or Patersbier.  This should be a great presentation for those thrifty brewers out there!

    Social hour starts at 7 PM with meeting business starting at 7:30.

    Bring a glass and bring some beer to share. If you have a beer you’d like some feedback on, by all means bring those for the feedback table.

    Also, we’ll have the new BAM hoodies available for purchase. We can take cash, check or credit card.

    See you next Thursday!

  • April Member Meeting – 04/14/2016

    Hey BAMers!  This is just a reminder that this month’s BAM member meeting is tomorrow, Thursday April 14th, at 7pm at Faction Brewing in Alameda.  This month’s presentation will be on the next SOQ, Wheat Beers, by Scott Satterthwaite, a BAM member who has won awards in the past for his efforts in this category.  This will be a great opportunity to pick up tips and ask questions so that YOU might be the person to win this in-house competition.

    Additionally, this month we will be starting to sell the new BAM Logo hoodie sweatshirts to members.  These hoodies are black with a large BAM skull and cross-paddles logo on the back and the same, but smaller, logo on the front breast pocket.  The costs are:
    • Independent (premium) S-XL : $40 cash / $41 credit
    • Independent (premium) 2XL :  $44 cash / $45 credit
    • Gildan (lightweight) S-XL :   $21 cash / $22 credit
    • Gildan (lightweight) 2XL :    $25 cash / $26 credit
    The additional cost for the credit purchase is to cover the processing fees. These sweatshirts are being passed on to you, BAM members, AT COST, just because you’re awesome!
    If you have any questions, please feel free to contact any of the officers. We hope to see you all there!

  • World Cup of Beer Winners.

    beer glassesThanks to everyone who came out on Saturday for the World Cup of Beer finals.  A blast was had by all.

    Special thanks to everyone who volunteered to make this competition happen!

    Here are your World Cup of Beer 22 Award Winners.

  • March Members Meeting – 03/10/2016

    Hey BAMers! The BAM member meeting for March is coming up soon on Thursday, March 10th at 7pm at Faction Brewing in Alameda. This month’s presentation will be by BAMers Doug Smith and Gary Roberts talking about putting together and building a brewing rig, A.K.A. a “Brew Sculpture”. If you’ve ever thought about building your own complete setup, then this presentation will be full of relevant information for you.

    If you have any questions, please feel free to ask any of the club officers. We hope to see you all there!

  • Feburary Members Meeting – 02/11/2016

    For the February BAM club meeting, we’ll be hosting a panel discussion on entering homebrew competitions, with various seasoned club members discussing their experiences.  As the ‘competition season’ rapidly approaches (including our very own World Cup competition), we’ll cover a variety of topics to consider when entering a comp, including the following:
    • Benefits of entering comps
    • Deciding on a comp to enter
    • Choosing a style
    • Formulating a recipe
    • Brewing / fermentation considerations
    • Packaging
    • Competition logistics
    Hope to see you there!

  • January Members Meeting – 01/14/2016

    Hey BAMers!  The January members’ meeting will be taking place next week on Thursday, January 14th, at 7pm at Faction Brewing in Alameda.  This month we will be having a presentation by Jay Goodwin, who is the head brewer at The Rare Barrel in Berkeley.  He will be presenting on sour and barrel aged beers, as well as pouring some samples of their amazing brews.  Please come with questions in mind to ask Jay, as he is a great source of knowledge for brewing these types of beers.

    If you have any questions, please feel free to email any of the other officers, and we hope to see you all there!

  • BAM Holiday Party: Saturday, December 12th at 2pm

    Hey BAMers! It’s that wonderful time of year when we homebrewers get together and spread holiday cheer by sharing tasty libations with each other. Please take note that this will take the place of the normal Thursday meeting for December.

    Claudia asks that we park on the side of the building as to not disturb their regular Saturday tasting room business. Parking Map.

    The holiday party is typically a potluck, so please bring a dish and beverages to share with everyone. We have the BAM picnic supplies, so we’ll be set for plates, plasticware, etc.

    As a reminder – SOQ beers will be judged by popular vote at the BAM Holiday party.

    We hope to see everyone there!

  • November Members Meeting – 11/12/2015

    The November BAM members’ meeting is this Thursday, November 12th at 7pm at Faction Brewing in Alameda.  Our own Paul Keefer will be presenting on the art of blending beers.  Should be a great topic!

    Also, those participating in the SOQ IPA recipe showdown competition can bring a sanitized container in order to receive some free Drake’s yeast slurry to use in their recipes.  The SOQ will be judged at the BAM Christmas party on Saturday, December 12th, so you need to be brewing by this weekend at the latest in order to get your beer ready in time.

    Please let any of the officers know if you have any questions, etc.  We hope to see you all there!

  • UPDATED: October Members Meeting – 10/8/2015

    The October members’ meeting is coming up next week on Thursday, October 8th at 7pm at Faction Brewing in Alameda.  This month we will be talking about the next SOQ along with the Sacramento Beer Tour.

    The next SOQ will be a competition to brew an award-winning recipe yourself, and then we will see who can brew it the best. The small details are always what change a great recipe into a mediocre beer, and vice versa, so we’ll start with the strong recipe and see how everyone can prevail. The recipe that we chose was BAM’s Jason Davis’s IPA recipe which has won many, many awards at BJCP competitions. We will have our own Brian Buckingham (who also makes amazing IPAs) go over several tips and tricks on how to brew IPAs with award-winning success.

    Also, we will be serving some beer from Sacramento’s Track 7 brewery in order to get people pumped up for the upcoming trip. There are still tickets available (free to BAM members), so be sure to sign up ASAP if you’d like to join in.

    As always, feel to ask the officers if you have any questions about the above items, and we hope to see everyone Thursday at Faction at 7pm!

     

  • October BAM Social: Oktoberfest at Speisekammer

    Join us on Sunday, October 11th for our monthly social outing. This month it seems only fitting to go to an Oktoberfest at Speisekammer in Alameda There will be beer, music, meat and a bounce house, so how can you go wrong? The event is free to get in to, and runs noon until 6pm. As with all socials, the beer and food cost is not being paid by BAM, but show up and buy a beer and hang out with BAM members!
    Speisekammer is at 2424 Lincoln Ave in Alameda.
    Hope to see you there!