Mother’s Day: A Toast to Three Amazing Women

There are a multitude of ways to bring life into the world. The very acts of bringing this brewery to fruition, are all labors of love guiding this dream into a reality. Bridget Tipton is a designer by trade, and she is constantly breathing new life into spaces and communities by restoring and rebuilding. Ryan Tipton, is a UX designer, but the heart of what he does in all his endeavors is to foster connections between people, at times, with a good beer in hand. Jennifer Hermann is a skilled brewer creating beverages that whet the appetite and encourage authentic conversation and connection. All three founders are opening the doors of a new space, where brewing and community will flourish.

On this Mother’s Day 2021, we celebrate three amazing women who have been integral to raising up these three lives and what they bring to the Bell Tower Brewery! 

Barbara Adams

Bridget’s gift for creating beauty is both an attribute of nature and nurture. Barbara Adams has always had an eye for beauty, as well as the ability to share it with others in her home, at events, and in her extended family. She weaves creativity, celebration and craft into all the spaces she inhabits.

Barbara raised three daughters as both a homemaker and a realtor. She and her husband Mike also loved and served their parents well in the twilight of their lives in her own home. Barbara is so full of life and good humor, which is why she is always at the heart of the party planning committee! She is famous for the pitchers of margaritas she serves at events with friends and family and always has a craft (or two or three) ready for all of the children in her life to create.

As Barbara never arrives at any place empty-handed, she contributes to the brewery by offering her aesthetic expertise, financial savvy, and spotting good bargains on needed materials. She is constantly on the search for cool finds that can be incorporated into the brewery. She has been so supportive throughout the process, an open ear to the many trials along the way. So too, the decades of hospitality she demonstrated throughout Bridget’s youth laid the groundwork for the business of hospitality that is about to unfold at the Bell Tower Brewing Co.!

Linda Hermann

Linda Hermann has raised two daughters and one granddaughter while also serving with distinction as Carol Cartwright’s Administrative Assistant at Kent State University. A long-time Kent resident, she has watched Kent bloom over the past several decades into the town it has become. She has supported the idea of a brewery in Kent since the beginning and is eager to be involved in the process of bringing fresh, local beer to Kent.

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Linda is an avid gardener and spends most of her free time tending to her beautiful gardens surrounding her home. She is highly competitive and loves to be challenged on the pickleball and cornhole courts; chances are, you will lose. With the occasional exception of Framboise, Linda is not a beer lover. Yet her enjoyment of strawberry kombucha margaritas is well known!

Jennifer’s audacious move into the professional realm of brewing years ago would not have been financially, emotionally or physically possible without the support of her mother. She has continued to be Jennifer’s greatest ally and her loudest cheerleader. She has been so much more than a provider and caretaker, becoming a friend to her daughter – always seeing her potential, always encouraging. She has been steadfast, through and through. She eagerly anticipates the brewery opening so she can continue to brag about her daughter.

Mary Tipton

Ryan comes by persistence, integrity, and craft honestly. In these three ways, he is most certainly his mother’s son. Mary Tipton has raised three sons while also pursuing her career at Kent State University as an educator and Director of Instructional Technology. The woman can sew anything – and she has! In addition to decades of creative Halloween costumes, when Main Street Kent needed a beer-toting, human-sized Black Squirrel-wearing lederhosen, Mary made two! She is always ready and willing to contribute her time and creative gifts in caring for 3 grandchildren and supporting all the endeavors that her sons dream up. Mary also donates time and talent to the local community through her church, her Bible Study group, and wherever needs are present.

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Mary has given countless dollars and hours to further the development of the Bell Tower Brewing Co. She has graciously spent several hundred hours scraping and sanding and refinishing the four original, 14-foot wood doors in the building in order to restore them to their historic glory. Mary has also cooked many delicious meals for the family & friends demolition teams at the brewery and spent hours watching our nieces and nephews so that family members could help with building projects.

We are so grateful for all the ways these mothers have brought life into the world, the countless impacts they have had on our own growth, and the many contributions they have made to make our dream of the Bell Tower Brewing Co. into a reality that will impact many for the better.