Bad Sons Beer Co

Bad Sons Beer Company is a craft brewery that opened in Derby, Connecticut in July 2017. It was founded by brothers Bill Mark DaSilva as well as their business partners John Walsh, Dan DiSorbo and Mike Student. The DaSilva Brothers previously had success in Connecticut 's craft beer industry when they founded Southport Brewing Company in Fairfield in 1996. At the height of their success, the small brewpub chain had five locations throughout the state. Today there is only one location left (Milford) and they no longer brew their own beer. Eventually the brothers wanted to get back into brewing, so they purchased the circa 1904 Manger Die Casting Company building in Derby and gave it a major facelift. The name 'Bad Sons ' was chosen as an acronym comprising all the towns of the Naugatuck River Valley (Beacon Falls, Ansonia, Derby, Seymour, Oxford, Naugatuck and Shelton). The name is also a reference to how the DaSilvas ' father jokingly referred to them as the 'bad sons ' after their older brother became a pastor. Mark, who serves as the head brewmaster, and his team brew a wide range of different beer styles. In 2020, the partners opened a Roseland Apizza satellite pizza kitchen on the premises. The legendary Derby pizzeria was founded in 1935 and is located just a few blocks away from the brewery. I recently stopped for lunch at Bad Sons along with my young son. I 've been to Bad Sons several times in the past, but this was the first time since they opened the pizza kitchen. When we first arrived, I ordered a sampler flight which consisted of Veruca 's Demise (Cranberry Gose with Orange), Bad Billy (Brown Ale), Street Fight (New England IPA), and Boobious (Hazy IPA). The latter was my favorite of the flight. After looking over the pizza menu, my son and I ordered The 1935 (Tomato Sauce, Grated Parmesan, Extra Virgin Olive Oil) and The BadSonOfA... (Chicken, Bacon, Hot Cherry Peppers, Mozzarella). My son enjoyed watching the friendly pizzaioli making our pies. These pizzas were excellent; not as good as pizza from the original Roseland, but still VERY good. Excellent sauce and crispy crust!! I know my son liked his because he didn 't make a peep for almost an hour. I washed my apizza down with a delicious full pour of Winter Haze (Hazy IPA with Spruce Tips). If you 're looking for a great place in The Valley to get great craft beer and delicious New Haven-style pizza, then head to Bad Sons!

Went for trivia night which was cool Apizza was fine but underdone not enough garlic in the mashed potatoes. And took almost an hour to get. Beer was undrinkable following the SBC playbook of green beers on draft. Surprisingly it is busy when I drive by but it is the valley

Good bartender is very attentive. Beer is actually and they have in-house Rosen's Pizza. What could be better?

I come here often. Love this place! Brewery is always clean and the staff is great. I love their pizza. Cooked perfectly and delicious! They had sheppards pie pizza for a few days around St Patty's day of wow was it yummy! One of the best pizzas I've ever had. There's live music on Fridays. There's a fire pit out side and they have shuffle board. And on top of all that the beer is good and reasonably priced. All around a great spot to hang out at!

I visited this restaurant on a Saturday afternoon for a reunion with former colleagues. There was a beer festival happening in the parking lot, making the place quite crowded. We waited a long time and never really got a table. Eventually, we found some seating along the back wall, but the arrangement and noise level made conversation nearly impossible without raising our voices. We ordered pizza, which took almost an hour to arrive. However, the pizza was excellent. Overall, it was just bad timing for our visit; it wasn’t a great experience. On a positive note, it seems like there’s plenty of parking when there aren't any events taking place.