Sketchbook & The Black Beer Baron-Funkin' For Jamaica
Foreign Stout · 6.5% ABV · ~220 calories
Sketchbook Brewing Company · Evanston & Skokie, Illinois
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Sketchbook Brewing Co. - Evanston
282.5 miles away · 821 Chicago Avenue, Evanston, IL 60202
Brewery · Menu Updated: 10/10/2025
0.15L Draft $3 · 0.3L Draft $5 · 0.5L Draft $8 · 32oz Growler $8 · 64oz Growler $14
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Sketchbook Brewing Co. - Skokie
285.7 miles away · 4901 Main Street, Skokie, IL 60077
Brewery · Menu Updated: 10/10/2025
5oz Draft $3 · 0.3L Draft $5 · 0.5L Draft $8
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Beer Description
A tropical stout that pays homage to the foreign export stouts primarily brewed in the Caribbean. As grains weren’t all that available in these warm and humid conditions, brewers would use molasses and molasses based ingredients like brown sugar to brew beer. Our take on this style features Maris Otter malt and piloncillo sugar, also known as brown cane sugar. FFJ has a deep roasted malt and chocolate flavor without the heaviness that people generally equate with stouts. It also has an ever so slight essence of rum stemming from the molasses content in the sugar.
The name Funkin’ For Jamaica is inspired by one of my favorite songs of all time, Tom Browne’s Funkin’ For Jamaica (N.Y) which is actually about the Jamaica Queens neighborhood in NYC.
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