Indio Brewing is a family owned brewery, owned by two Indio families, the Callahans and del Campo Hartmans.

Who we are

Chris and Lizzy del Campo Hartman are originally from Cincinnati Ohio. They were born and raised in Cincinnati Ohio, meeting in High School and have been together ever since. While in college at the University of Dayton, Chris begin brewing as a part of a class senior year. He was completing a mathematical model of fermentation, and continued in designing a continuous flow fermentation reactor, vs the traditional batch fermentation. After graduation, working in Cincinnati, Chris worked as an engineer at P&G in engineering, operations, and quality assurance. He continued brewing during this time. Lizzy was in the schools as a high school science teacher, instructional coach, and assistant principal. They made the journey with their 2 kids from Ohio to the Coachella Valley in 2016. Upon arriving to the valley, Chris was working as an engineer at Arrowhead bottled water, and Lizzy was working for the local school district, in La Quinta and Indio.

Kyle and Stephanie Callahan relocated their family to the Coachella Valley in 2012 from Temecula. Kyle served in the Army for 9 years. He has worked in sales, security and maintenance over the course of his life. He currently is the Maintenance Supervisor at the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway. Stephanie has experience in the sales and finance industries before going back to school, earning her Master’s Degree in Teaching. She is currently still teaching in Desert Sands Unified.

How did Indio Brewing get started?

The 2 families met at the conclusion of the 2016 - 2017 school year. The del Campo Hartman family hosted an end of the year party for their kids, who at the time, were finishing first and second grade. The girls of the 2 families became friends during first grade, and sons became friends, and shortly after the parents became friends. While the kids would hang out, the parents would visit breweries, some of which were local, and some a little further away. In 2020, many breweries closed to the public. Chris and Kyle, missing the breweries, started homebrewing together.

the Local Community

Here at Indio Brewing, we are a part of the Indio community. While we have only just opened, we strive to make a positive impact on the community. For starters, we are partnering with local Indio businesses wherever possible. One of our first partners, Mix38, supplies the chavela mixes to us. Mix38 is a business in North Indio, only 1 mile up the road. Unique Bites Eatery, only a few units away here in the Shadow Hills Plaza, will bring food in ordered in person, online, or via phone to the brewery. Our merch, such as keychains, hats, shirts, and tumblers are engraved / printed here in Indio. Many of the food vendors we host are also here in Indio, such as TKB and Dad’s Burgers. Beyond these Indio business relationships, we are working with other small businesses in the Coachella Valley and looking to integrate local ingredients into our brews, where possible. We are currently working on a beer using Candy’s Dates, and looking for additional collaborations with local ingredients. Stay posted to see these beers as they are announced. As we get past the open phase of the brewery, we plan to engage more in the community that we are lucky to be a part of.

The Brewers

Chris and Kyle are our head brewers. Leveraging their backgrounds and passions helps to bring a balanced approach to brewing, and give creativity to excite our customers. Chris is into the science approach, leveraging his background in chemical engineering where he spent years optimizing chemical processes, increasing the rigor of quality in pharmaceuticals, and strong food safety in food manufacturing. Kyle brings recipe creativity and rigor in maintaining our equipment with his military background and experience being both a mechanic and maintenance supervisor.