Ben Edmunds is the founding Brewmaster at Breakside Brewery in Portland, Oregon. In his interview, Edmunds talks about growing up in Michigan, attending Yale University, where he majored in Spanish, and his experiences with outdoor and wilderness education. Edmunds also talks about home brewing and learning beer styles, moving to Oregon, his interest in brewing as a career, experiences attending the Siebel Institute of Technology in Chicago, work at Upright Brewing, and how he got his position at Breakside Brewery. Edmunds concludes the interview by reflecting on Breakside's growth and development, mentorship of new brewers, and how COVID-19 may change the industry.

This interview took place on Zoom. It is a component of the Oregon Hops and Brewing Archives Oral History Collection (OH 35), Special Collections & Archives Research Center, Oregon State University Libraries.