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title: 'Feeling social? #social_beer might be for you'
date: '2023-10-10T11:41:11-07:00'
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  - Portland
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  - Social
  - social_beer
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# Feeling social? #social_beer might be for you

When I was originally trying to organize the channels on the [Portland Startups Slack](https://pdxslack.com) — a public Slack instance to help connect folks within the Portland startup community — I had the idea of tagging things as “social” channels versus “startup” channels. One of those social channels was[ #social\_beer](https://pdxstartups.slack.com/archives/C0D6ZPJUS), a channel for discussions about beers and brewpubs and whatnot. And while it started innocently enough, that channel has now taken on a life of its own — in real life.

Today, [\#social\_beer](https://siliconflorist.com/tag/social_beer/) has become an irregular gathering of folks from the community. The timing is always decided on Slack. And the location has generally been [Apex Brewing](https://apexbar.com/) in SE Portland.

Sound interesting? Well, you’re in luck. Because they just put another [\#social\_beer](https://siliconflorist.com/tag/social_beer/) on the proverbial books.

Join your fellow community members at Apex on Monday, October 16 starting at 6:30PM. Everyone is welcome. Even if you’re not a beer drinker. Or a participant on the Slack instance.

To stay up-to-date on future gatherings, join — or revisit — the [Portland Startups Slack](https://pdxslack.com) or join the [\#social\_beer Meetup group](https://www.meetup.com/social_beer/).