Sketchbook Brewing Company is the brainchild of two home-brew heroes, Shawn Decker & Cesar Marron, who met through Evanston's Homebrew Club- a mighty throng of beer enthusiasts. Cesar's brewing skills have earned him a dozen medals, and he was the Samuel Adams Longshot American Homebrew contest 2013 winner: his gratzer was selected from over 1,000 entries nationwide.
Shawn brings a solid home-brewing practice to the partnership and decades of experience as a musician, artist, and teacher working on big projects where quality was important.
Recipe swapping and mutual appreciation accelerated into partnership when Shawn and Cesar realized they shared a passion to bring the first CSB (Community Supported Brewery) to their hometown on the shores of Lake Michigan, just north of Chicago.