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The Brew Believer Leading UMD’s Fermentation Lab

Lecturer Teaches the Art and Science of Thousands-Years-Old Craft

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November 25, 2025 Maryland Today Staff

Tom Flores '92 started out as a young home brewer. Now after decades in the business, he's showing University of Maryland students that the craft isn't all about beer. Now a lecturer in the Department of Nutrition and Food Science and the Department of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, he works in UMD's Fermentation Science Laboratory, sharing the fundamentals of a field that spans cheese to kimchi to kefir. 

This story was originally published in Maryland Today