Brandon came from a background as an accomplished home brewer who has specialized in beligian, sours, and barrel aged beer. Brewing at his home in the south suburbs, his beers have gained regional recognition and won many national awards. Brandon also brings 8 years experience in food and beverage plant systems and civil engineering. Professionally with Hailstorm Brandon has won a gold, silver and bronze medal in the indiana beer cup, as well as a silver medal at the 2015 Great American Beer Festival. He is a BJCP recognized beer judge and frequently judges in both professional and home brewing competitions.

Chris was a homebrewer for over 5 years and had wanted to scale up to commercial brewing since the start. Specializing in porters, stouts, belgian trippels, and bavarian wheats, he rounds out some of the offerings at Hailstorm. He designs the labels, and coming from a career in consulting and software engineering, Chris supports the accounting/finance/IT operations of the busines.

Steve brings a wealth of brewing experience to our team. Former owner of Slapshot Brewing, Steve has been brewing for over 10 years keeps our process running smoothly.

One of our founding owners, Gene was instrumental in helping us get opened. He was our first delivery driver, then warehouse manager, providing mechanical, maintenance, and brewing assistance in the brewery. Gene spins rare and vintage vinyl on Tuesday nights bartending in the taproom.

Brian is our taproom chef with 22 years of culinary experiance, from country clubs to corporate kitchens. He brings a culinary degree from Joliet Junior College and fantastic personal and kitchen skills. His creativity has brought us fantastic selections from candied bacon waffles to authentic Miami cubano's. He brings a constantly evolving menu to keep things exciting.