Angel Antonio Anez Naveda
Head Chef
The people behind the beer
Our Team
Good beer is made by people. Creativity, care and character shape every Tommy’s brew and taproom visit.
Founder & CEO
John Tannous
John’s story with beer started long before Tommy’s. From a young age, he was drawn to the beverage industry, partly for the fun of it, but also for the possibility of building something of his own that could last.
He entered the beer business in 2007, importing and distributing international brands in Trinidad & Tobago. Over the next decade, he built brands, grew a team and challenged an established market. It wasn’t always easy, but those years gave him the experience and determination to start his own brewery.
Along the way, John fell in love with craft beer. He still remembers his first Sierra Nevada Pale Ale on draft and thinking, beer can taste like this? From then on, finding local breweries and enjoying a fresh beer became part of his travels. He wanted to build a beer company rooted in Trinidad & Tobago, with a future across the Caribbean.
John started home brewing, took a brewing course with renowned beer expert Charles Bamforth and began working towards setting up a 10-barrel brewery. In 2018, Tommy’s Brewing Company opened its doors at MovieTowne.
He named it after his grandfather, Gabriel Tommy. The name carries a spirit that has always stayed with John: hard work, creativity, resilience and the courage to make your own way. To get back up when things don’t go according to plan and never be afraid to do things a little differently.
That same spirit runs through Tommy’s today.
Born in Trinidad and Caribbean at heart, Tommy’s is about more than brewing great beer and serving it fresh and cold. It’s about creating places where people feel they belong. Somewhere to come together, leave the weight of the day at the door and simply enjoy good beer, good food and good company.
Because for John, what happens around the beer matters just as much as what’s in the glass. The conversations, the laughter, the familiar faces and the stranger at the next table who somehow ends up part of the lime.
Today, Tommy’s has three locations, with John continuing to grow the business and expand its brewing capacity. His ambition remains to build a Caribbean beer company that people can be proud of, one that lasts and can be passed on to the next generation.
Preferably over a beer.
He entered the beer business in 2007, importing and distributing international brands in Trinidad & Tobago. Over the next decade, he built brands, grew a team and challenged an established market. It wasn’t always easy, but those years gave him the experience and determination to start his own brewery.
Along the way, John fell in love with craft beer. He still remembers his first Sierra Nevada Pale Ale on draft and thinking, beer can taste like this? From then on, finding local breweries and enjoying a fresh beer became part of his travels. He wanted to build a beer company rooted in Trinidad & Tobago, with a future across the Caribbean.
John started home brewing, took a brewing course with renowned beer expert Charles Bamforth and began working towards setting up a 10-barrel brewery. In 2018, Tommy’s Brewing Company opened its doors at MovieTowne.
He named it after his grandfather, Gabriel Tommy. The name carries a spirit that has always stayed with John: hard work, creativity, resilience and the courage to make your own way. To get back up when things don’t go according to plan and never be afraid to do things a little differently.
That same spirit runs through Tommy’s today.
Born in Trinidad and Caribbean at heart, Tommy’s is about more than brewing great beer and serving it fresh and cold. It’s about creating places where people feel they belong. Somewhere to come together, leave the weight of the day at the door and simply enjoy good beer, good food and good company.
Because for John, what happens around the beer matters just as much as what’s in the glass. The conversations, the laughter, the familiar faces and the stranger at the next table who somehow ends up part of the lime.
Today, Tommy’s has three locations, with John continuing to grow the business and expand its brewing capacity. His ambition remains to build a Caribbean beer company that people can be proud of, one that lasts and can be passed on to the next generation.
Preferably over a beer.
Bryan Elias
Strategy & Brand Development
Devika Seepersad
Brewery Administration
Fazeena Khan-Singh
Taproom Administration
Satyamohan Tripathy
Brewmaster
Sharla Alexander
Operations Manager
Wilfredo “Gigio” Omana
Taproom & Restaurant GM
And to every bartender, server, chef, manager and team member who brings Tommy’s to life every day: cheers.