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This is your early reminder about BAM Fest 2016.
This year the event will be on September 24th with 40+ breweries loaded into the nooks and crannies of the 18th Street Arts Center in Santa Monica (An easy Metro walk now)
Tickets are $40 for the planners out there and $50 at the door and you get to see art while you drink!
I will tell you that there are few festivals in Los Angeles that are must visit. Session Fest at Eagle Rock. L.A. Beer Week. Blue Palms and their anniversary bash. The Downtown L.A. Beer Crawl. PLUS B.A.M. Fest in Santa Monica.
Pre-Sale tickets are now over but you should check this fest out for a few breweries:
Bell’s – Get some damn Oberon! It’s not all about Two-Hearted.
Boomtown – NEW. Check their beers out. Give ’em feedback.
Revolution from Chicago – DRINK ALL of their beers! Unless you travel to 2nd City a lot you won’t see their beers here.
Dr. Jekyll’s – Strange but a fest is a place to try strange.
Santa Monica Brew Works – They don’t stray from the beach so you have to go for them. You will not be disappointed.
I finally attended my first BAM Fest in Santa Monica and thoroughly enjoyed my drinking day. I will talk more about it tomorrow on FoodGPS but for now, here are some photos to whet your whistle….
18th Street filled up mighty quick as the event was all but sold out by opening time.
One of the many fine beers that I sampled on the afternoon.
I found another winner from the Smog City line-up.
I got to sample Abigaile beers for the first time without having to travel all the way to Hermosa.