7/22/20: Public Opening of the Sketchbook Skokie Taproom on 7/31! Read Press Release here.
Sketchbook Brewing has expanded to Skokie and has successfully brewed and packaged several styles! Our new site is located at 4901 W. Main Street, between Skokie Boulevard and Niles Center Road. This represents a major expansion for our brewery, more than tripling our brewing capacity. The new Tap Room will feature outdoor seating, a large and inviting bar-area, games and room for events.
All thanks to the Village of Skokie for welcoming us and making this expansion possible!
Bookmark this page to catch up on the photo gallery, plus other updates. Here’s to Sketch-Sko! Read our press release for more info.
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Spacious Patio
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Interior of Taproom
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Plenty of Shade
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Butterfly Garden
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Fermenters
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Mash Tun
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Commemorative Glass image
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Taps in, growler fill station completed....!
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Mother-ship: The Bar emerges!
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Butterfly garden in progress
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The patio is finished!
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Solar lights wrapping the hawthornes near the patio.
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Patio in Progress!
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Tap Room, looking east
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Tap Room in progress, looking northeast
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4901 W. Main St.!
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May 2020: Surviving--and expanding--during COVID-19!
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Cesar--proud father
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The floor drain is ready
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the view from the Tap Room into the brewery
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The first 20 BBL fermenter arrives
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Mock Up of Main St. View
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Old Cooler/New Space
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We have a silo!
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Progress: April 2020
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3.9 Miles between our two sites
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Design Sketch of the Bar (from Could Be Architecture)
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Progress: March 2020
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Concrete Truck for Scale