Hiatus Craft House

About Us

Hiatus Craft House was founded in 2022 as Banks and Baugher Craft Distillers. Dean Banks and Jeff Baugher made significant, lasting contributions to the start-up distillery before moving on to new adventures in 2024. Dawn and Dave Gross now own and operate the distillery and tasting room with an eye towards their philanthropic endeavors. Born from a passion for making, a compulsion to create. Baking, cooking, canning, weaving, designing, fabricating, building, gardening, coding, optimizing, engineering, investing, giving, gaming, brailling, and now distilling. A culture of experimentation requires a tolerance for failure. Taking risks and making mistakes has been instrumental to the success of the founders.