Elliott Bay Brewery’s annual Oktoberfest celebration will be held this Saturday, Sept. 24th at their Burien location, at 255 SW 152nd Street.

They’ll have a special menu all day, including Brats and Mashed, beer cheese soup, and Schnitzel, along with Live music (no cover!) from 6 p.m. – 9 p.m. from Bonnie Birch Bavarian Band.

Of course, it’s family-friendly event and always a good time.

So come get your chicken dance on!

Elliott Bay Brewery
255 SW 152nd Street
Burien WA 98166
206.246.4211
View Map & Directions

Our sister site The Waterland Blog wants our Readers to know that you can still save $5 if you buy your tickets to Saturday’s all-day Poverty Bay Blues & Brews Festival (they’re Sponsors) BEFORE Saturday.

100% of the net proceeds of this great all-day event will support Rotary’s Music4Life program, which expands music to youth in our local schools.

Tickets are $25 in advance (buy them online here BEFORE SATURDAY!), or $30 at the gate. Six tasting tokens are included with the price of admission. Cash only at the event; credit cards will accepted on a limited basis. Tickets are also available from any Rotary member, or at Corky Cellars, in Des Moines.

This is an outdoor event, and the latest weather prediction is for sunny skies and a high around 83 (!). You must be 21 or older to attend and no pets will be allowed inside the event. No outside food or beverages allowed. Low lawn chairs and picnic blankets allowed. There will be plenty of free parking in the Des Moines Marina.

WHAT: 2011 Poverty Bay Blues & Brews Festival!

WHEN: This Saturday, Sept. 10th from Noon – 7 p.m.

WHERE: Des Moines Beach Park.

COST: BUY TICKETS ONLINE HERE – tickets are just $25 in advance; $30 at the gate. Six tasting tokens included with the price of admission. Cash only at the event; credit cards will accepted on a limited basis.

INFO: This is an outdoor event and will be held rain or shine, you must be 21 or older to attend and no pets will be allowed inside the event. No outside food or beverages allowed. Low lawn chairs and picnic blankets allowed. There will be plenty of free parking in the Des Moines Marina.

For more information about the Poverty Bay Blues & Brews Fest, please visit www.dmrotary.org.

As you are sampling your way through the beer tent at the Poverty Bay Blues & Brews Fest on Saturday, Sept. 10th, make it a point to stop by the Elliot Bay Brewing Co. to taste their handcrafted organic beers and to thank them for the great work that they do in the community.

Todd Carmen, Doug Hindman and Brent Norton

Elliott Bay Brewing Co. is a family-owned company of high quality neighborhood brewpubs in the Seattle area. Owners Todd Carden and Brent Norton met in 1994 while working for the Maritime Pacific Brewing Co. They forged a friendship and explored their common goal and dream of owning and operating their own brewpub. They also met Head Brewer Doug Hindman at Maritime Pacific.

Todd and Brent incorporated the Elliot Bay Brewery in November of 1996. In March 1997, they began construction of a brewpub in the historic “Junction” of West Seattle. Elliott Bay Brewhouse and Pub, the company’s second brewpub, opened in Burien in March of 2007. The company is the first brewery in Washington to gain organic certification form W.S.D.A. for the vast majority of their beer styles.

Over the past thirteen years, Elliott Bay Brewery & Pub has been a leader in philanthropic support and instrumental in creating an amazing sense of community in the neighborhoods which it serves. The company supports a progressive company culture and socially responsible business practices and serves on various advisory boards and volunteered time and expertise to many charitable events. Some of the many valuable non-profit groups and worthy causes that Elliot Bay Brewery supports include:

• Burien Fire Victim Fund
• Susan G. Koman Breast Cancer Auction & 3-day Walk
• Children’s Hospital
• West Seattle Food Bank
• West Seattle Hi-Yu Festival
• YMCA

In an interview with the Burien Elliot Bay Brewhouse & Pub General Manager, Michael Goldsmith, when asked about the company’s belief in making a difference, stated:

“Giving back and being involved with our community has always been a big part of our culture. We do little advertising and pour that money and effort instead into charitable donations focusing primarily on local schools and kids. We depend on a kind ‘of word of mouth’ advertising and hope people know and respect us for our efforts. And more directly to your question…why give back to the community? Because from the owners, to brewers, to servers…we all live here and want to be proud of our community.”

The Rotary Club of Des Moines is pleased to partner with an organization like Elliot Bay Brewery who believes as strongly as they do about giving back to the community and truly implements the Rotary Motto “Service Above Self.”

100% of the net proceeds of this all-day event will support Rotary’s Music4Life program, which expands music to youth in our local schools.

Tickets are $25 in advance (buy them online now here); $30 at the gate. Six tasting tokens included with the price of admission. Cash only at the event; credit cards will accepted on a limited basis.

This is an outdoor event and will be held rain or shine, you must be 21 or older to attend and no pets will be allowed inside the event. No outside food or beverages allowed. Low lawn chairs and picnic blankets allowed. There will be plenty of free parking in the Des Moines Marina.

WHAT: 2011 Poverty Bay Blues & Brews Festival!

WHEN: Saturday, Sept. 10th from Noon – 7 p.m.

WHERE: Des Moines Beach Park.

COST: BUY TICKETS ONLINE HERE – tickets are just $25 in advance; $30 at the gate. Six tasting tokens included with the price of admission. Cash only at the event; credit cards will accepted on a limited basis.

INFO: This is an outdoor event and will be held rain or shine, you must be 21 or older to attend and no pets will be allowed inside the event. No outside food or beverages allowed. Low lawn chairs and picnic blankets allowed. There will be plenty of free parking in the Des Moines Marina.

For more information about the Poverty Bay Blues & Brews Fest, please visit www.dmrotary.org.

The Des Moines Rotary Club’s 2nd Annual Blues & Brews Fest (our sister site The Waterland Blog is a Sponsor) will be rockin’ Des Moines Beach Park on Saturday, Sept. 10th from Noon – 7 p.m., with a great lineup featuring Left Hand Smoke, Rod Cook & Toast, the Fabulous Roofshakers and Little Bill and the Bluenotes.

100% of the net proceeds of this all-day event will support Rotary’s Music4Life program, which expands music to youth in our local schools.

“Enjoy a day filled with local blues together with a variety of fine brews from local breweries,” reads a press release.

Tickets are $25 in advance (buy them online now here); $30 at the gate. Six tasting tokens included with the price of admission. Cash only at the event; credit cards will accepted on a limited basis.

This is an outdoor event and will be held rain or shine, you must be 21 or older to attend and no pets will be allowed inside the event. No outside food or beverages allowed. Low lawn chairs and picnic blankets allowed. There will be plenty of free parking in the Des Moines Marina.

WHAT: 2011 Poverty Bay Blues & Brews Festival!

WHEN: Saturday, Sept. 10th from Noon – 7 p.m.

WHERE: Des Moines Beach Park.

COST: BUY TICKETS ONLINE HERE – tickets are just $25 in advance; $30 at the gate. Six tasting tokens included with the price of admission. Cash only at the event; credit cards will accepted on a limited basis.

INFO: This is an outdoor event and will be held rain or shine, you must be 21 or older to attend and no pets will be allowed inside the event. No outside food or beverages allowed. Low lawn chairs and picnic blankets allowed. There will be plenty of free parking in the Des Moines Marina.

VIDEOS: Here are videos of some of the bands set to appear:

Click here to view the embedded video.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Our friends at Burien Little Theatre are happy to announce that “BLT is 30 years old, and finally we can drink liquor!“

That’s because BLT was granted a valid liquor license, after working on obtaining it for several months.

That’s right, starting with the Bill and Peggy Hunt Playwrights Festival (which opens TONIGHT), BLT will be able to serve beer and wine before the show and at intermission.

BLT will also host a champagne toast for the two opening nights of the festival — April 8 and 22.

The BLTers add:

Come and join BLT. What fun! A glass of wine or a beer and better live theater, what a great night!

Of course BLT will continue to have its full supply of non-alcoholic beverages and other snacks. Alcohol is an addition to BLT’s regular concessions.

So next time you are at BLT catching a show have a beer or glass of wine, provided you are over 21.

REMINDER: The first annual Poverty Bay Blues & Brews Festival runs Saturday (Sept. 25th), from Noon – 7pm at Des Moines Beach Park, with lots of great live music and microbrews.

It’ll be held at Des Moines Beach Park, and 100% of the net proceeds will support the Des Moines Rotary’s Music4Life program, which is aimed at expanding music to youth in our local schools.

Enjoy a day filled with local blues from five different bands, along with a variety of fine brews from 10-15 local breweries.

To complement your blues and brews, they’ll be barbecuing Bratwurst and B&E Market’s famous Tri-Tip for your dining enjoyment.

This is an outdoor event and will be held rain or shine (we hear that it’s going to be perfect weather!), you must be 21 or older to attend and no pets will be allowed inside the event. No outside food or beverages allowed. Low lawn chairs and picnic blankets allowed. There will be plenty of free parking in the Des Moines Marina. While you are in town, you might want to visit the Des Moines Farmer’s Market and enjoy the Poverty Bay Arts Festival. Tickets are $20 in advance; $25 at the gate. Cash only at the event; credit cards will not be accepted.

Tickets for the Poverty Bay Blues and Brews Fest can be purchased at CorkyCellars (206) 824-9462, 99 Bottles (253) 838-2558 or Des Moines Drug (206) 878-2345, through Rotary Club members, and, we believe, at the gate.

Here’s the musical line-up:

Noon – 12:45pm: Cold Shot Band

1:15 – 2:15pm: Stacy Jones Band

2:45 – 3:30pm: Rod Cook

4:00 – 5:00pm: Becki Sue and her Big Rockin’ Daddies

5:30 – 7:00pm: Dudley Taft

Here’s a sneak peek of what to expect – some videos of Becki Sue and her Big Rockin’ Daddies, who will play from 4pm – 5pm:

Click here to view the embedded video.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Click here to buy Tickets to the Blues & Brews Festival.

If it’s the last weekend in September, it means it’s the fourth annual Oktoberfest Celebration at Elliott Bay Brewhouse and Pub. Located right across from Burien’s Town Square at 4th SW and SW 152nd, you’ll find tons of traditional German fun, food and beer all day starting at 9:30am and through closing at 12-Midnight.

The Pub will have food specials all day as well as a special Oktoberfest Menu, an outdoor beer garden and live music from 3pm – 10pm inside. The musical line-up includes:

• Mellifluous Zephyrs are back this year by popular demand where they’ll be playing traditional German Polka Music on wind instuments
• The Bonnie Birch Bavarian Band will play traditional style of Bavarian music which includes Bonnie playing her accordian.

Be sure to plan on a Chicken Dance or two for you and your family. If you don’t know how to do the chicken dance, here’s an online lesson:

Click here to view the embedded video.

We’re told they’ll have a traditional German beer called Spaten on tap as well as Hop Von Boorian, brewed in their B-Town location and named after Burien’s founding father as well as a full selection of their home brewed suds.

The official musical lineup for the Des Moines Rotary’s Blues & Brews Festival has been released, and not only do we have it here, but we’ve also got a video of one of the bands to give you a sneak preview taste of what to expect.

Staff from our sister site The Waterland Blog (ahem, that’s also us…) will be there as well, doing “live blogging” demonstrations and hanging out, so be sure to look for us!

As a reminder, the first annual Blues & Brews Festival will be held from Noon – 7pm on Saturday, Sept. 25th at Des Moines Beach Park. 100% of the net proceeds will support Rotary’s Music4Life program, which is aimed at expanding music to youth in local schools.

Enjoy a day filled with local blues from five different bands, along with a variety of fine brews from 10-15 local breweries (we’ll be doing stories on local brewers soon).

To complement your blues and brews, they’ll be barbecuing Bratwurst and B&E Market’s famous Tri-Tip for your dining enjoyment.

This is an outdoor event and will be held rain or shine, you must be 21 or older to attend and no pets will be allowed inside the event. No outside food or beverages allowed. Low lawn chairs and picnic blankets allowed. There will be plenty of free parking in the Des Moines Marina. While you are in town, you might want to visit the Des Moines Farmer’s Market and enjoy the Poverty Bay Arts Festival. Tickets are $20 in advance; $25 at the gate. Cash only at the event; credit cards will not be accepted.

Tickets for the Poverty Bay Blues and Brews Fest can be purchased online, at CorkyCellars (206) 824-9462, 99 Bottles (253) 838-2558 or Des Moines Drug (206) 878-2345, and through Rotary Club of Des Moines.

All proceeds will go to service project Music4Life of the Rotary Club of Des Moines.

Here’s the musical line-up:

Noon – 12:45pm: Cold Shot Band

1:15 – 2:15pm: Stacy Jones Band

2:45 – 3:30pm: Rod Cook

4:00 – 5:00pm: Becki Sue and her Big Rockin’ Daddies

5:30 – 7:00pm: Dudley Taft

Here’s a video of Dudley Taft in action, a Seattle-based blues band described by the Washington Blues Society as:

Big, fat and loud are descriptives that got slapped around on the début album of Seattle’s rock and blues singer/songwriter Dudley Taft; pretty, soft and conservatively wired listeners need not apply.

There is no question that Taft, his band and this album have passed through the deep mojo fires of the Seattle music culture infecting a blend of blues standards like Willy Dixon’s “Back Door Man” and “Seventh Son” and Taft’s original work like the album’s title track, “Left For Dead” which encapsulates the spirit of the NW blues with lyrics like “My body hit the mattress, but my soul hit the floor”. The first tune out the gate is Taft’s “Ain’t No Game” which had me heading for my leather pants, boots and ready for a ride and by the last tune, also a Taft original, “If You’ll Come Home” I had to wonder if I wasn’t listening to the next Billy Gibbons or Joe Bonamassa.

If you are new to the name Dudley Taft, he is no upstart to say the least, he’s been rocking crowds for years with regional superstars Spike and the Impalers and it’s going to take a tornado to knock this showman off his game. So if it’s a feast of thick and beefy guitar tones or a stratospheric riff rock, blue note rocket ride this collection of NW styled blues tunes is a must have for any serious rock blues music collection.

by William Thomas Anderson
Rock the Blues/Washington Blues Society

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4mHPBa4lNc

Click here to buy Tickets to the Blues & Brews Festival.

The B-Town Blog would like to welcome Elliott Bay Brewhouse & Pub back to BTB. And boy have they got a very special reason to advertise – it’s BBQ season and they’ve got beer to go!

The calendar says it’s time for Barbecue Season. You remember this from last summer, when we’d already had a few 75-degree days by this time in June and it was sunny most of the time. Well, let’s pretend for one moment we’ll experience that weather again.

And while we’re pretending to have nice weather, remember our friends at Elliott Bay when planning your cookout. All of their year-round beers and the majority of their seasonal beers are certified organic ales. And they’re brewing all their beers right here in B-Town. They’ve got three sizes of kegs ready to pair with your burgers, brats steaks, fish, chicken or whatever you’re cooking.

• Full Keg, which is actually a Half-barrel in “keg-lingo” 50 Liters which is 105 Pints sold at $148
• Quarter (1/4) barrel called a Pony Keg  and is 62 Pints sold for $88
• Sixth (1/6) barrel keg or 40 Pints at a cost of $61

You need to give them a week’s notice, and they’ll have your keg ready for you. Call them at 206-246-4211 to place your order.

And here’s something you beer lovers need to know – Elliott Bay has Growlers (a really big bottle of beer, sold to go only) which is the size of a pitcher of beer. They’re normally $11, but on Tuesdays you can stock up for half price!

So, plan your outdoor party, pray for sunshine and order your kegs from Elliott Bay Brewhouse:

Elliott Bay Brewhouse & Pub
255 SW 152nd St.
Burien, WA 98166

206.246.4211

www.elliottbaybrewing.com/burien/

[Would you like to have a “Blogvertorial” story, Ad and/or Event Listing like this on a popular, fast-growing website seen by over 51,000 interested Local Readers every month? Email us for more info, or check out our Advertise page!]

BTB Advertiser Elliott Bay Brewhouse and Pub will be celebrating its 3rd birthday this Saturday March 6th!

Live reggae from Dub Lounge International starts at 8pm.

Families are welcome and there’s No Cover!

Cheers to a great local establishment!

Elliott Bay Brewhouse and Pub is located at 255 SW 152nd in downtown Burien; phone: 206.246.4211. This family-friendly neighborhood pub offers a full pub menu, large party facilities, tournament-sized shuffleboard tables, along with party platters and beer to go.

More info on Elliott Bay Brewhouse & Pub is available at their website.

Here are a couple of videos of Dub Lounge International to whet your rastaman appetite:

Click here to view the embedded video.

Click here to view the embedded video.