It’s a new week, which means it’s time for a new installment of Bobble Tiki’s South Sound music news and notes column. Without further ado, let’s get rolling …

If you’ve followed Bobble Tiki’s career, you know the diminutive, island themed souvenir loves his boxed wine. It’s the silver bag of nectar that gets Bobble Tiki through the workday.

However, Bobble Tiki has a healthy respect for most any alcoholic beverage, and this respect even extends to malt liquor. For this reason, and plenty of others, Bobble Tiki holds the annual Maltoberfest party at Bob’s Java Jive in extremely high regard.

If you’re new to the Maltoberfest game — here’s the brief lowdown: It’s like Oktoberfest propped up with copious amounts of Mad Dog 20/20 — think ghetto culture spliced with lederhosen. It’s the most unique of parties, and it seems to be getting stronger by the year.

For this year’s Maltoberfest, which will be held Saturday night at Bob’s Java Jive, event co-creators Craig Egan and Jen Orr have booked quite a musical lineup, including Q Dot, Paris Spleen, Ten Miles of Bad Road, Faraca, Dandelion Junk Queens, 508 Disturbance and Darrren Selector.

“A few years back, some friends of mine and I came up with the idea of a fortified wine tasting party,” says Egan. “The party was so fun we decided to come up with the malt liquor version. Someone had the idea of a malt liquor Oktoberfest party, and the imagery that followed was too funny to let die. German homies, lederhosen and bling, malt liquor and hot dogs with sauerkraut.  I can’t confirm that we were drinking malt liquor at the moment of conception, but plenty of 40s were consumed during all the following stages of planning.”

That all sounds fine and good, of course — but it also presents a question: Isn’t offering up that much malt liquor to the masses dangerous?

“I must say that our event has been blessed by the gods of intoxication. For inviting Tacoma’s craziest people and feeding them 10,000 ounces of gnarly brew, we’ve had surprisingly little trouble,” says Egan. “We’ve only had to cut off a handful of people and call a few cabs.”

[Bob's Java Jive, Maltoberfest IV, Saturday, Oct. 3, 6 p.m., $15, $10 in Maltoberfest attire, 2102 S. Tacoma Way, Tacoma, 253.475.9843]