Tom Briggs, New York Field Manager
Since graduating with a degree in English Literature in 1996, Tom has worn many hats for many companies. Trading mutual funds, leading historical tours, and recovering stolen Teddy Bears are just a few (the last one, unfortunately, is no joke), but he found his true calling when a friend plucked him from a modest bartending gig and set him up as a beer salesman. After spending three years in the bars, restaurants and retail outlets of Boston and New York City, advancing the presence of craft beer one shelf set and draught line at a time, Tom took a seven month breather as the manager and co-conspirator of a small Beer Bar in New York City's Lower East Side. Now he joins Smuttynose as the New York and New Jersey rep for our ever-expanding brewery. When not out on the streets trying to get deli owners to move the Old Brown Dog to a better cooler location, Tom can be found reading obscure beer and whiskey journals, trekking central park on foot, watching toxic amounts of programming on the History Channel, or in a Boston-expatriate bar cheering for the Red Sox.