Presentation Date: Tuesday, October 3, 2023
Brian Edwards is the co-owner of Hapa’s Brewing Co. and is a South Bay native having grown up in Los Gatos. After graduating from Los Gatos High School, he went back East to study and play football at Harvard University. After finishing his studies, he moved back to California and began his professional life at the sports agency IMG. Four years later he shifted industries and began working in tech at Salesforce. After Salesforce he spent a few years at Google before following his passion and becoming a full time brewer. He honed his craft at Dempsey’s in Petaluma before he and Derek Tam opened up Hapa’s Brewing Company in 2017.