New Taphouse Announces Opening Day In Newtown Borough

NEWTOWN BOROUGH, PA — Second Sin Brewing Company will open its Newtown Borough taproom later this month.

The Bristol Township-based brewing company announced the big news on its Facebook page.

“The finishing touches are happening as we speak! It's been a long time coming, but we're very excited to announce that our taproom at 17 N. State Street in Newtown will open at noon on April 27,” the owners announced on Facebook.

“Give @secondsinnewtown a follow for upcoming info about a few Newtown only releases. Thank you to all of our fans over the last four and a half years that helped make this a possibility.”

Extensive renovations began last fall at 17 North State Street, the future home of the 50-seat Second Sin Brewing Company.

“It took a while to find a place that fit our needs, and we think this spot will be a great addition to the Bucks County beer scene - an inviting space to come and enjoy a pint of Second Sin beer,” the owners wrote on Facebook in announcing the new location last fall.

When completed, the 1400-square-foot taproom will be the second location for Second Sin, which is home-based inside the Keystone Industrial Park in Bristol Township where its brewing operations are located and it runs a taproom.

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.

“We’re putting in a good-sized investment into making this taproom really nice, inviting, and an upscale to fit with Newtown,” head brewer Jake Howell told Newtown Patch last fall. “It’s going to be a well designed, aesthetically pleasing place to hang out and have some good beer.”

Inside the new North State Street taproom. (Second Sin Brewing Co. photo)

When they open, they will be bringing their successful formula to Newtown, including a “balanced list of different types of beer.”

The 12-tap operation, said Howell, will feature a list of beers that will appeal to everyone’s taste. In addition, several additional taps will be devoted to cocktails, 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 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 do have IPAs. We have stouts. We have 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.

The beer for its new taproom 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 Jake Howell, opened in 2011 as Second Sin Brewing Company at 1500 Grundy Lane in Bristol Township after Broken Goblet relocated its taproom to Bensalem. Since opening it has built a reputation and a following for its craft beer.

In many ways, opening a location 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.”
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“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.”