Robin Hood Brewing, Bellefonte PA

13 August 2026

I didn’t get a photo of the outside, and the inside was so busy when I arrived that I opted not to take a photo of all the people, so this is my reflection in the bar mirror with a tiny bit of the interior showing. They have a good sized place with a few rooms, and they were probably 2/3 full when I arrived around 1:30pm on a Thursday.

Their tap list has 16 of their own beers, four other craft beers in varying styles, and a section of six “Domestics” that includes the usual offenders. Here’s my flight, described left to right:

Little John – Blonde Ale, 5% – Possibly my favorite of the flight, this is just a perfect accompaniment to anything. It’s very easy-drinking and refreshing.

55 Burgers, 55 Fries: Columbus – New England Pale Ale, 5.2% – They used Columbus hops exclusively in this beer, hence that part of the name; I think the “55” refers to a state highway. I enjoyed it but it wasn’t quite what I expected. I could do a pint of it, but I could easily skip it as well.

Hazy Valley – New England IPA, 6.2% – This was another interesting take on a familiar style because they include flaked oats and wheat in a fairly standard NEIPA, giving it an unusual backbone that wasn’t unpleasant, just unexpected.

F Tuck – English Porter, 5.5% – What a great English Porter this is! If the weather had been cooler, I’d have happily enjoyed a full pint.

Robin Hood has a lunch from 12-2 Mon-Fri where you can choose any two items from a fairly large list of options. I decided on the Chicken Tenders and a Soft Taco with Beef. Those chicken tenders are much larger than they look here, and this taco is jammed full with ingredients, so this was a very satisfying meal and I wasn’t at all hungry later in the day! I had blue cheese dressing (chunky!) to dip the chicken in plus salsa (mostly just a chunky tomato sauce) and sour cream for the taco.

There were a couple more beers I wanted to try, so I had a 10oz of one and a 5oz of the other. Left to right, here they are:

Orangey Wheat – Wheat Beer, 4.5% – Just as the name implies, this is a fairly standard wheat beer with a hint of orange in it. It was quite good, but not dramatically so.

Tiki Time! Blue Hawaiian – Sour, 6% – There’s a lot going on in this questionably-green beer. They use Blue Curacao and rum in it to get a hint of the Blue Hawaiian flavor, and the Blue Curacao (basically the color of Windex) is what makes this an odd shade of green. The first taste impression is coconut, though, and lots of it! This is followed by an equal amount of pineapple and tangerine on the back end. I’m not sure I’d want a full pour of it, but I did enjoy this.

As the bartender and I were talking about the Tiki Time, she said I needed to have a taste of another beer and she gave me this:

Also green, but less so, this is the Lacto-Kooler (Green) from Voodoo, a 5.5% Berliner Weisse. I really enjoyed this beer! It was so refreshing, only mildly sour, and just a great feel in the mouth. If I hadn’t had to drive over an hour still, I’d have ordered a full pour of this. Voodoo says this is one of the most popular beers in their brewpubs.

Although I didn’t try it, their flagship IPA is Bulls IPA at 6.2%. I took a 4-pack with me and oh my, but this is such a pleasant IPA to drink! It would be my normal go-to beer if I lived close by and could visit often.

I enjoyed my visit to Robin Hood and they’ll go on my list as a good stopping point on I-80 in central Pennsylvania. Well done to all the Merry Men!