WILLIAMSPORT, PENNSYLVANIA

After departing John Ryan Brewery one mile south, my wife and I ventured into Rosko’s on a Saturday afternoon, November ’25, discovering six English and German styled homemade suds.

Inside a restored pale blue-bricked 19th century Victorian dwelling on the northside of downtown Williamsport, ROSKO’S BREW HOUSE opened August ’22. A family-friendly pub owned by Samantha and Adam Roskowski, its cozy red brick-backed barroom, nifty parlor space and fireplace mantle offer warm elegance.

A few metal-stooled wood tables fill out Rosko’s main area and the nano brewing setup is staged toward one side. An enclosed cement patio with umbrellas sidles the green turfed exterior. A studio loft apartment is available for rent.

Featuring a highly sessionable rotating menu of brews, Rosko’s never deviates too far from stylistic guidelines. Full-time brewer, Taylor Strein, whose homebrewed maple stout impressed friends early on, attended Brewing and Fermentation Sciences at Pennsylvania College of Technology before joining the Rosko’s fold.

Excellent flagship, Admiral Halsey ESB merged dewy peat mossing, earthen Fuggle hop herbage to toasted rye breading.

English dark mild, The Butcher’s Dog, placed toffee-spiced fig and raisin alongside toasted caramelized nuttiness.

“No frills” Terrassee Hefe splotched lemony cider souring upon banana breaded coriander spicing atop soft sourdough base.

Utilizing kolsch yeast, grainy Bavarian malts and tropical Huell Melon/ Mandarina Bavaria hops, Kiefenstrasse German IPA nodded towards a New England IPA with its salty mango-skinned kumquat, passionfruit and guava tartness picking up a zesty orange-peeled grapefruit tingle.

Lightly spiced date, plum and fig commenced moderate-bodied Munich-styled Dunkel, sweetened further by caramelized Vienna malting.

Similarly styled and more robust, Roskator Doppel loaded roasted chocolate inside sugary date-plum-fig spicing, mild burgundy swagger and tobacco-roasted cereal graining.