Welcome to the Family

The secret behind our in-house brand's success is our stable, skilled team of brewers. Our four primary brewers each have years of experience working with the brewery's equipment. Since accepting our first contract brewing client in 2017, we have brought more than 400 projects to completion for over thirty different restaurant groups, breweries, and entertainment venues.

Lisa Gregor- Owner/Admin

Lisa has managed Church Street Brewing for more than a decade. A longstanding member of the Illinois Craft Brewers Guild, she knows what it takes to bring a craft beer to market and will ensure that you have everything you need to be successful.

Sean Gregor- Head Brewer

Sean landed his first head brewer gig at the age of 21 where he helped build Bircus Brewing from the ground up before returning to his native Illinois to work with his family at Church Street Brewing. A consummate professional, Sean will handle production and quality testing for your product.

Chuck Fort- Admin Brewer

Chuck has been an award-winning home brewer scene since the 1980's. He leverages his extensive brewing and programming experience to ensure that your ingredients are ordered on time and the fermentation process goes smoothly.

Andrew Elliot-Cellarman

Andrew's primary responsibility is ensuring that the brewery's fermentation and brewing equipment remain clean and sanitary, preventing off-flavors from affecting the final product.

Michael Smith-Packaging Supervisor

Michael runs our canning line and kegging equipment. He will ensure that your finished product gets out the door.

Our Team

Our Equipment

Our custom brewhouse was designed to brew very clean continental-style lagers at scale, which means it can handle just about anything.

-30 Barrel Step and Decoction-Capable Brewhouse

-In-House Canning Line capable of filling 12 and 16oz cans

-Kegging capabilities (all sizes)

-Lenticular Filtering

-Pasteurization

-Lab Work and Quality Control (Flask Fermentation, daily gravity readings, pH Tracking, MRS and MRS+ plating)

Our Approach

At the end of the day, we want your product to get to market and perform competitively for you once it's there. To that end, we offer:

-A broad variety of services, taking your product from grain to glass

-Bulk Malt Pricing

-Custom quotes to make sure that you only pay for the services you use

-Contract brewers choose their level of personal involvement on brewing and canning days

-No Volume Commitments

-Label Making Assistance

-Sales and Marketing Assistance