In Photos: 'Meet the Brewers' a Sold-Out Success

On Saturday afternoon, the Hermitage Brewing Co. in San Jose was a-buzz with roughly 750 enthusiastic beer-lovers and foodies, who all came out for the wildly successful, third annual "Meet the Brewers" event.

The event, organized a few years ago in response to SF Beer Week, featured 19 south bay and Santa Cruz-area breweries, and five gourmet food trucks, serving everything from barbecue to Cajun to ice cream. Mountain View's restaurant was a major sponsor and organizer.

Tweets and Facebook posts all day long were evidence of the fun people had as they mingled, tasted beer after beer, and enjoyed delicious food.

Proceeds from the event benefited the efforts of the nonprofit organization Can Do Multiple Sclerosis.

Patch–one of the sponsors of this year's event–amassed this collection of photos through the Twitter hashtag #meetthebrewers, some by Mountain View Patch Editor Claudia Cruz who was in attendance, and others from people who posted their photos online or sent them in to Patch.

Here are also some of the tweets under the same hashtag:

@FireHouseBrewer #MeettheBrewers is this weekend @HermitageBrewing in SJ. I'll be bringing a bunch of beers including Hops On Rye in a Cask! Come see us.

@sfbeerweek Craft beer for everyone! RT @marinelay3r: #MeetTheBrewers may have highest concentration of Asians @ a #SFBW12 event. It's just fine with me

@SouthBaySparklz 7 baby beers down!! Need to chug!!!! #MeetTheBrewers

@jadfoo South Bay Brewers serving up great beer at #MeetTheBrewers. #sfbeerweek yfrog.com/kjlgmfuj

@newballpark At the #MeetTheBrewers Fest in San Jose. Best part: So many #Athletics hats. I love it.

@AliciaInMtnView RT @MtnViewPatch: With @davidTstevens and @younghan_ at #meetthebrewers! Let the fun begin! @tiedhouse @govoluntr pic.twitter.com/FWAZ4ILR

@FohBohGem The new Weizen Bock from @faultlinebrew tis delicious! Tastes like Banana Bread. #MeetTheBrewers #SFBW12 #craftbeer

@seasonsend24 Thanks @faultlinebrew for having the #WeizenBock at #MeetTheBrewers today!

@FohBohGem #febphotoaday Day 18 | Drinks. #craftbeer at #SFBW12 #MeetTheBrewers instagr.am/p/HLDeQ8MVkF/

@WellAndrea Yes! RT @faultlinebrew Thanks for Carolyn & the team from @tiedhouse for a fantastic #MeetTheBrewers event on Saturday! #SFBW12

@SouthBaySparklz @faultlinebrew yeah!! Loved it the year before but this year was definitely better!! Can't wait for next year! @tiedhouse #MeetTheBrewers