Hailstorm Brewing Co.

Who We Are

Brandon Banbury - Owner / Head Brewer
Brandon is an accomplished home brewer who has specialized in Belgian, sours, and barrel aged beer. Brewing at his home in the south suburbs, his beers have gained regional recognition and won many national awards. Currently he has a pro-am entry in this years GABF which was brewed at the Orland Park Rock Bottom brewery. Brandon also brings 8 years experience in food and beverage plant systems and mechanical and construction engineering. Brandon will be scaling up his specialties at Hailstorm and brewing many small pilot batches which will only be available in our tasting room.


Chris Schiller - Owner
Chris has home brewed for friends and family for many years and has wanted to scale up to commercial brewing since the start. Specializing in porters, stouts, Belgian Tripels, and Bavarian Wheat's, he rounds out some of the offerings that will be available on tap. Coming from a career in consulting and software engineering Chris will support the accounting/finance/IT operations of the business as well as brewing.


Our Philosophy
We believe in focusing on the key aspects of the brewing process that most affect quality and stability We plan on automating as many aspects of the process as possible to maximize consistency and our brew crews safety. We will be barrel aging as many beers as we can fit into our cellar space.