{"id":362,"date":"2016-12-22T20:30:51","date_gmt":"2016-12-23T01:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/beerme\/?p=362"},"modified":"2016-12-22T18:03:28","modified_gmt":"2016-12-22T23:03:28","slug":"beer-is-always-in-bloom-in-west-newton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/beerme\/westmoreland\/beer-is-always-in-bloom-in-west-newton\/","title":{"rendered":"Beer is always in Bloom in West Newton"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When he opened up Bloom Brew<\/a> more than two years ago, Jeffrey Bloom didn’t have much space. His brand new brewery, after all, was tucked into the back corner of the of the West Newton Fire Department’s building.<\/p>\n

That didn’t stop him from filling the spot with ambition. And kegs … enough to keep 24 taps flowing nearly all the time.<\/p>\n

But the smaller scale of the brewery and the insanely ambitious number of taps actually work hand in hand, as does Mr. Bloom’s\u00a0obsession with aging beer in wood barrels. An example: When the tap room was open this week, Mr. Bloom handed tasters of a new mango sour to several customers, clarifying that this version — the first to go on tap — was his least favorite of the six — SIX — varieties he brewed while tinkering with the recipe.<\/p>\n

Six takes on one new beer? That’ll help keep those 24 taps from running dry, and it’ll give craft beer lovers in his neck of Westmoreland County a chance to follow along with the experiments.<\/p>\n

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