Marley’s Brewery & Grille, Bloomsburg PA

8 March 2026

Marley’s is about the only interesting option around here and the beers are good, but the Reuben wasn’t the best choice (should have ordered the pizza, I think). This photo shows just a very small portion of the space and they were doing a very good business when I arrived at 4:20pm on a Sunday.

In addition to the Reuben — not as tender as it should have been and VERY messy — and fries — tasty but twice as many as I could eat — I had a flight of six beers. They only have ten on their draft list but one had kicked. I’ll describe these in order of the numbers (top left, bottom left, left center, right center, top right, bottom right).

Fishing Creek Pale Ale – American Pale Ale, 5.9% – There are a lot of variations on this style and this wasn’t a bad one at all. I liked it even though it wasn’t one I’d immediately want more of.

Purgatory Lager – American Lager, 3.7% – These “house lagers” surprise me sometimes; this one was really good and I did enjoy it. There wasn’t any huge taste explosion, but it was a solid beer and very drinkable.

Just Kitten Kölsch – Kölsch, 5% – At first sip, I loved this beer! Unfortunately, the more I had the odder it came to seem. There was a great floral flavor as I would expect from a good Kölsch, but there was an odd taste on the back end no doubt imparted by the choice of hops.

Panther Porter – American Porter, 5.6% – I can’t fault this beer – it’s a really solid porter and a great flavor.

Flight 870 West Coast IPA – West Coast IPA, 7% – For some reason my eyes glossed over the “West Coast” part of the name. I’m not a big fan of that style, but fortunately this was a good one and I enjoyed it.

Big Falls Double IPA – Imperial IPA, 7.8% – I love a good DIPA, and the hop choices looked solid, so I’m not sure quite where this one failed to satisfy me. My best guess is that it’s also in the West Coast style as there was a strange flavor I tend to associate with beers from that coast. Ah well …

Overall, I’ll probably give Marley’s a miss the next time I’m on this route. It’s really hard to find a good brewery along I-8o in PA … some year, perhaps I’ll stumble on one I really do like that will be worth a return visit. Fingers crossed for another trip!