Public Can Get A Taste Of Future Newtown Taproom On Saturday (2024)

Second Sin will soon be opening a new taproom on North State Street.

Posted Tue, Jan 9, 2024 at 2:20 am ET|Updated Fri, Jan 12, 2024 at 5:26 am ET

The Bristol Township-based brewer will be holding a "pop-up" tasting on Saturday, Jan. 13 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Calm Waters Coffee Roasters at 15 South State Street.

The pop-up will feature four different brews for patrons to try including:

• Coffee Boi: El Salvador Finca Santa Matilde, a 6 percent oatmeal stout with single origin coffee provided by Calm Waters and lactose

• I Survived 2023, an 8.3 percent Hazy Double IPA brewed with mosaic and eclipse

• Schwarzbier, a 5.1 percent German Black Lager

• So Juicy It Hurts, a 6 percent Hazy IPA brewed with Riwaka, Citra, and Motueka

Second Sin, which is home-based in the Keystone Industrial Park off of Newportville Road, is in the process of transforming 17 North State Street into a 50-seat taproom.

The Coffee Boi: El Salvador Finca Santa Matilde, a 6 percent Oatmeal Stout with Single Origin Coffee provided by Calm Waters and Lactose.

The future taproom is located next to the Newtown Borough Hall and inside the former location of Rittenhouse Home, which relocated to the Village at Newtown a number of years ago.

The 12-tap operation, according to head brewer Jake Howell, will feature a list of beers that will appeal to everyone’s taste. In addition, several additional taps will be devoted to co*cktails, Pennsylvania-produced wine, and potentially a nitro coffee offering.

“A lot of breweries focus on one niche like IPA. We try to keep everything balanced so anyone who comes in we probably will have something that you will enjoy,” said Howell. “We always have something light on tap for the typical Bud, Miller, and Coors type of drinker. We always have one
lager on tap. We have IPAs, stouts, and sour beers. We carry a list that will appeal to everyone,” he said.

In addition to its broad selection, Second Sin’s beer quality separates it from the crowd, adds
Howell, noting that Second Sin has consistently been named as one of the top breweries in the state out of more than 400 breweries.

"So Juicy It Hurts."

The beer will be brewed at its manufacturing operations in Bristol and delivered to its Newtown site, which will be used as a taproom to showcase its brews.

The brewery, founded by Pennsbury graduates Mike Beresky, Phil Harris, and Howell, opened in 2011 as Second Sin Brewing Company at 1500 Grundy Lane in Bristol Township, the former site of the Broken Goblet which had relocated its taproom to Bensalem.

Since 2011 Second Sin has built a reputation and a following for its craft beer.

Opening in Newtown is like coming home for the three owners who often visited Issac Newton’s while formulating their plans to open a brewery and taproom in Bucks County.

"Even when we were originally looking for a spot for our brewery we had looked at the Newtown Business Commons,” said Howell. “But we ended up opening in Bristol.

“It almost goes without saying that we couldn't have done this without the undying support of the people that love our beer,” the owners said. “Fret not, our taproom and brewery in Bristol will remain open. This will be a chance for us to get our product in front of a lot of new people, and expanding the Second Sin family.”