Bad Tom Smith Brewing

They connected because their sons play soccer together, which led to socializing together, and later led to brewing together. The trio settled on the current location at 4720 Eastern Avenue to make their dream come true, but little did they know how much work it would take. “It was major sweat equity,” Sean said. “It was a hole in the wall. At the end of the day, it was like walking out of a coal mine. We were doing drywall, threading pipe, and we put the walk-in cooler together. It was total rehab. Because we were doing it ourselves, just construction took 14 months – that’s with no brewing of beer. In 2012, I used every vacation day I had to meet with inspectors,” Sean said, of the process.