I started this group because of one reason. I LOVE BEER! Not just a little, but it consumes my life entirely! I'm always on the quest for the "best" double ipa, the "best" stout or Belgian ale. I've had a beer blog for over a year, www.barleypop.com, and wanted to branch out and not just "write" about beer, but share my beer adventures with a group of beer fanatics like me! So if you love beer and you love checking out great beer spots, join us!

what is your favorite drink? Coffee? Tea? Bubble Tea? Smoothies? Wine? Beer? and any drink in between. This group was created to discover, share, sample, and learn about the best drinks from around the world. Did you recently travel around the world somewhere and want to tell everyone about the incredible drink that you came across? Tell us!! Do you have a little coffee or tea shop and want people to sample and give you feedback? Invite us!! Looking to learn about new drinks in other cultures or …

This group is an experiment, and partly a selfish one. I just finished grad school, moved out to the city, and finally have had some time to really explore what it is that I want out of life. And, shit! This stuff can be *difficult* to grapple with. For example, how do we achieve true happiness? What does "success" mean? What are the implications of mortality on daily life? Can we care more about the rest of the world than we currently do? Where the *hell* is Waldo? If you're in your twenties …

Do you dream of hops? Does the smell of fresh malt make you weak in the knees? Are you the lord and master of billions of yeast colonies? If so, Brewstars is for you! Come join us once a month for some good brews, good conversation, recipe sharing, and maybe even a group brew session. This club is brand new so details have yet to be worked out. Meetings will be during the weekend only to maximize the opportunity for people attend. Join now to help build Brewstars from the botton up!

We are hosting an informal regular meetup for people who like tech or beer pong to hang out and network. The venue is in downtown SF and fear not the kegs will be chilled. If you are interested in hacking, coding, designing, startups, entrepreneurship, beer pong, tech, or just want to watch and mingle then please come and join us. It should be great fun. We also have foosball and airhockey for those that would rather have a different distraction while they drink their lager! Looking forward to s …

Motion Graphics, 3D Modeling & Rendering, Compositing, VFX, beer, and networking. If it involves 3 dimensions, we're down for it.

Do you like good beer ? Do you appreciate a decent cocktail ? Do you like relaxing after a stressful week day with a chilled out, friendly, crowd ? Do you hate paying full price fer your booze ? If so then Happy Hour Club for you. Every couple of weeks or so we'll meet up at a different bar in San Francisco, for a drink or two after work. Usually we'll try and hit up a good happy hour to get the most from our recession hit bucks. Though it's more about the socializing than the drinking. To find …

Hi Everyone, Welcome to Alameda Volleyball. This is a group design for anyone that wants to have fun playing volleyball and meet new people. We welcome players of all skills level to join us and drink beer and learn to each other to be a better player. We aren't the most experienced but it's more of a social event. Please sign up so we can better organize this event. Thank you.

Australians, Brits, Kiwis, Safas and the rest of us with a queen. This is a group for all of us that moved here and want to meet new people and have a bit of a chat about the old homeland over a refreshing beer or ale. For those of us more familiar with cricket than baseball and those who have a queen on their currency (though not necessarily supporting it). Come join other people from similar places with similar views and bring along friends to meet soon-to-be friends. If you're not from the …

PopUpEdu is a series of underground classes centered on food, wine, spirits, and beer. You'll learn everything that you missed out on after you left grade school Home Ec and entered the real world. The Bay Area's top bartenders, chefs, wine makers, brewers, and craft distillers will be at your fingertips in remote locations for a series of education courses where you will get schooled on everything from pre-prohibition era cocktails to gluten free cooking.

We meet once a month to drink beer & share lessons learned on various topics including computer science, design, HCI, complex systems development, programming languages, compiler optimization, cryptography, computer music, AI... and whatever else the group finds interesting. The common thread is that most of the presenters & audience know at least one dialect of lisp (eg Common Lisp, Scheme, Clojure, Emacs Lisp, etc). But it is definitely a polyglot (not just lisp-related) group & presentations …

The SF Data Mining meetup focuses on all aspects of the data pipeline--from data acquisition and big data storage to machine learning and data visualization. Current Goals Host speakers Host educational workshops Host volunteer events Highlight existing events around the bay area and organize transportation, etc Spread awareness of rising data mining technologies Who is this meetup for? Data engineers, analysts, scientists, and other practitioners Data visualization developers and designers J …

Welcome! We are a group of developers, enthusiasts and users interested in the technical aspect of different geo technologies. This group is meant to be an open, friendly, technical forum where you can find answers to your geospatial questions or learn more about Geographic Information Systems (GIS). A cool geo-project: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUU5xSeSaHo&NR=1 If you ever had "traditional" questions like/about: - What is the best way of storing the locations for my mobile app? - How do I …

SFAdPub is a monthly event that brings together the different parts and pieces of the San Francisco online advertising community. Whether you're on the buy side, sell side or the tech that's making the magic happen in the middle, SFAdPub is a place where you can network, build relationships and keep up with the always changing landscape of the online ad world. Each month we select a relevant topic that we focus on as a group and usually bring in a local expert (or experts) to present about it. T …

Share your Elasticsearch knowledge - with an elastic definition of what 'sharing' means. We have a place (in the financial district), and a pizza + beer budget. Let's meet, talk, and take it from there!

Welcome to the Ultracode Meetup! This meet-up series invites you - the developer - to demo your projects and interact with an audience of like-minded folks, with a strong emphasis on problem-solving and best practices. Anyone is welcome to present at the next Ultracode, for either cross platform HTML5 or native Windows* 8 development, keeping it within 5-7 minutes and avoiding slide-ware. The presentations will be developer-driven, with a sprinkling of industry professionals and HTML5 expert spe …

The Community Manager Breakfast is a meetup exclusively for Bay Area community managers who want to have an intelligent discussion with their peers. We love the beer-filled mingling events and big-name-speaker presentations, but we also want a chance to discuss our theories and issues with each other. The Community Manager Breakfast happens on the second Tuesday of every month at the UserVoice offices. The topic for each month is chosen by the group at http://communitybreakfast.uservoice.com. …

This Meetup group is for at-home dads in San Francisco! We're all about our kids and doing fun stuff with them during the "work week" (M-F): walks and hikes and playgrounds and sports and art and beer and books... anything really. All of us play a sizable caregiving role with our little ones, but some of us balance that role with part-time work, working evenings or weekends, consulting, project-based work, looking for a job, etc. Our meetups tend to occur on Mondays at 10am (rotating between Dol …

Come on and join the fun. If you enjoy a bit of trivia while you have some beer and socialize, this group is for you. You do not have to be a hardcore trivia genius to participate. It’s all about having fun. Most of the venues will be in Berkeley and Oakland (near BART or public transportation for those coming from further afield) to start with, e.g. Ben and Nick’s, Albatross, maybe Pyramid. But I am open to suggestions for other spots. I also love hiking and other outdoor activities, so in the …

Hi everyone! We're all about happy hours here! We'll check out dive bars, wine bars, night clubs, festivals, tubing trips and anything else that might involve drink specials! This should be a really fun group of 20s/30s and in-betweens. It doesn't matter if you come alone, or bring your whole crew, just come out and have a few drinks with us!

Come swill some beer and eat pizza with us while we discuss and present on mobile application development and security or the lack thereof!

This group is for anyone in the bay area who is interested in sports as well as technology, business, media, or startups. You're perfect for this group if you: think the MIT Sloan Sports Conference sounds cool read espn.com and tech crunch regularly follow Darren Rovell on Twitter are a part of a sports tech startup are interested in the way that technology and sports intersect sometimes use acronyms like FIP and WAR to talk about sports just want to grab a beer or have a fun conversation with …

“This is a group for anyone interested in walking, Friday night activities, coffee, chatting about life etc. All skills levels are welcome. I started this group because I thought it would be nice to get outside more and because I am terrible at making Friday night plans so being a single gal, I often am cooking something up last second or not up to anything. It seems like a walk and then a beer or coffee would be a nice way for people to make friends, get outside, and enjoy this beautiful city. …

Hack nights are a great way for developers in the Python community to get to know one another, to find out about new and interesting projects, and to generally get the pulse of the community. Whether you're working on the latest bits of Open Source greatness or planning the application that's going to win you the world, the SF Python Hack Night can provide you with valuable early feedback. Plus, it's fun! Who wouldn't want to hack some Python over beer and pizza?

Are you a musician who records music at home? Do you get all giddy at the thought of playing around in GarageBand, Logic, ProTools or WaveLab? Are you the next great thing to hit the music industry (if you would ever get around to finishing that album)? Are you looking for other musicians in your area to connect with? Then look no further! The "East Bay Home Recording Artists" is the MeetUp for you! This meetup is open to all types of musicians: rock 'n roll, folk, rap, electronica, hip hop, R&B …

This group is meant to be a meaningful, radical gathering of people who relate to the word, "androgynous."  Whether you identify as queer, gay, bisexual, third gender, lesbian, straight, transgender, two-spirit, pansexual... if you don't have a name for yourself at all, and you like it that way! We are a fraternity and a sorority all at once, and we acknowledge all who cross our paths. If you've always yearned for a non-judgmental outlet to explore masculinity, femininity and everything else in …

An Internet of Things (IoT) community group for the East Bay Area of San Francisco. Following on from IoTLondon, IoTAmsterdam and IoTNYC - we are opening a new community in the East Bay. Here's what our London Group are doing this week http://www.meetup.com/iotlondon/events/57537982/ Join for informal discussions, short presentations and socialise with fellow IoT Enthusiasts. Whether you are a hobbyist, maker or work professionally in this subject - come along for an evening out. Me …

This meetup is for people who use Caltrain to and from work. BYO Happy Hour and let's have fun. http://www.caltrain.com/schedules/weekdaytimetable.html I spend almost 2 hrs every day commuting on Caltrain SF-Mountain View. We can use this time to drink and meet other people who spend 450+ hrs of their lives on Caltrain. I also have AT&T mifi. Sharing is caring.