I happened to have a job interview in Burien so decided to stop at the Elliott Bay Brewing Company location there after to give the beers a try. I didn’t know they were all organic until I went into the brewery. I really appreciate when a brewery, like any business, tries to be environmentally friendly. Shouldn’t we all be?

I started with the Demolition IPA which had a very hoppy, strong nose. The beer was well balanced in general but the bitterness did hold a bit long on the tongue.

Next beer was the Hop Von Boorian, a Belgian IPA, which had a very nice herbal, Belgian nose and was very Belgian in flavor up front. The beer finished with a good about of bitterness and was very good and unusual.

Riot didn’t have much nose, but what was there was very grassy and earthy. This was an OK beer but the balance was a bit off leaving it feeling a little unfinished.

Virgil Sunshine IPA didn’t have much nose but had a good floral hop taste up front, yet finished very malty. Not my style of beer but would be good for a light beer drinker.

Alembic Pale was another beer without much nose. This beer was sweet with a tad of bitter at the end.

No Doubt Cherry Stout had a very slight chocolate nose, but has bold tastes. This beer is reminiscent of a chocolate covered cherry and is sweet without being too much so. There are also subtle underlying tastes of coffee and coconut.

Overall, this brewery did a good job with there beers. I have found that many breweries that do organic beers leave behind a lot of taste or the beers don’t seem well crafted. This was not the case here.

The location is also great– right downtown Burien. There is lots of shopping and restaurants nearby. The area seems one of the more international that I have seen with a good mix of flavors and styles.