
(above picture is new location since 2018/ bottom picture is original)
BLOOMSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA
Situated east of Danville and west of Berwick along the Susquehanna River, Bloomsburg may be Columbia County's most industrialized town. Tucked into a midsize red-bricked space on Main Street's downtown stretch with maroon awning, green interior, Classical molding, and separate right side dining area stands
MARLEY’S BREWERY & GRILLE, visited April '11. Sitting at the left side bar across from a beautiful mirrored mural with Marley’s insignia, I enjoyed fruity ales, a porter, and stout alongside humus and prime beef sandwich while watching Philadelphia Flyers playoff hockey with my wife.

Silly dog-related names christened each well-balanced delight brewer Mark Brunwarth concocted in the basement tanks. Two fine white-peppered Belgian-styled ales led the way. Candi-sugared, plum-dried, prune-stewed, herbal-hopped
Choke Collar Trippel bested sweeter fruit-spiced
Dirty Dog Dubbel.
Another two Euro-fashioned offerings of German heritage fared well.
Bitch In Heat Hefe layered banana-breaded clove-coriander spicing and lemony orange tartness above honeyed wheat.
An abundant plum-soaked fig-spiced sharpness enveloped
Dock Jumper Dunkel, subduing bruised banana sweetness and dried mocha malts.
Dog Runner Ale, a mild Irish Red Ale, needed deeper crystal malting, riper black cherry fruiting, and better tea-like midst.
On the dark side, oats-toasted, chocolate-spiced, coffee-burnt, espresso-bent
Guard Dog Porter gave chocolate-bound barley roaster
Leg Humper Oatmeal Stout a run for the money.
Though soft-hopped,
Droopy Ear Alt retained loud raisin-pureed cherry prompting and molasses-sapped overture to earthy bottom. Dry-bodied pine-fruited
Tire Chaser IPA gained woody-hopped grapefruit-peeled black currant bittering to contrast zesty orange, pineapple, peach, and apple.
Crisp citric-fizzed
Kong Kolsch was least memorable, placing nasty corn-oiled astringency aloft pungent vegetal graining.
Overall, a nice showing on a rainy Friday eve from a cordial neighborhood pub opened February 2010.
www.marleysbrewery.com