Tom began his journey into beer via home-brewing over 25 years ago. This began his discovery into the innumerable styles of beer as well as the various brewing techniques and methods. Tom is also an avid historian with one of his degrees being a BA in History from the University of Texas, and has done considerable research into the true “Old World” styles of beer as well as how they were developed.
Tom has done numerous tastings varying from individual beer styles as well as “Old World” versus “New World” tastings. Throughout the years, he has taken numerous courses on beer styles and has judged numerous events through the Beer Judge Certification Program.
He has brewed commercially with many microbreweries throughout the United States including recipe developments and guidance on cellaring programs. Tom is also a proud member of the Cicerone® program, the Texas Craft Brewers Guild which promotes craft beer in the State of Texas, the Brewers Association which promotes craft brewery at a national level, as well as the Master Brewers Association of the Americas, a global organization focused on advancing, supporting and encouraging scientific research into brewing malt beverages and the related industries.
