Dovetail Brewery
Chicago, IL
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Dovetail Rauchbier
Smoked Beer · 5.3% ABV
This beer is dark with reddish tones and an off-white head with a rocky foam standing above the rim of the glass...266.4 miles away at Family Wine & Liquors Homewood · See all places
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Dovetail Kölsch
Kolsch · 4.6% ABV
A happy beer, sessionable, makes you want to have glass after glass. Fruity, floral, crisp.274.8 miles away at Monk's Pub · See all places
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Dovetail Helles
Helles Lager · 4.4% ABV
Brewed especially for baseball season, this Helles is the ultimate easy- to-drink beer.276.6 miles away at The Bad Apple Lincoln Park · See all places
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Dovetail Hefeweizen
German Hefeweizen · 4.8% ABV
This beer is easy to drink with a lingering, pleasant aftertaste. A rich, yolky-orange wheat beer, featuring the aroma of clove and fruit in perfect balance...276.6 miles away at The Bad Apple Lincoln Park · See all places
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Dovetail Vienna
Vienna Lager · 5.1% ABV
Copper in color, with a warm, malty character, it's made with 100% Vienna malt and Styrian Golding hops278.3 miles away at Toons Bar and Grill · See all places
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Dovetail Baltic Porter
Baltic Porter · 6.1% ABV
When the popular English Porter started traveling up the Baltic coast in the 1800s, brewers in Sweden, Finland, Poland, and Russia adapted the style and made it their own...278.9 miles away at Dovetail Brewery · See all places
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Dovetail Fraise
Lambic - Fruit · 6.5% ABV
Fraise is from a conversation we had with folks from Timmermans, the legendary 300-year-old lambic brewery, who came to visit Dovetail...278.9 miles away at Dovetail Brewery · See all places
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Dovetail Pinot Noir
Lambic - Fruit · 6.5% ABV
Part of our wine grape series, this is specialty selected spontaneously fermented barrels, aged one-to-years in oak, and further aged and refermented on pinot noir grapes (plummy, blackberry)278.9 miles away at Dovetail Brewery · See all places
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Dovetail Hopfenweisse
German Hefeweizen · 5.1% ABV
A hoppier version of our Hefeweizen, made with Illinois-grown Cascade.278.9 miles away at Dovetail Brewery · See all places
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Dovetail Pilsner
Pilsner · 4.6% ABV
Our version of the original pale lager. This pilsner is a showcase for Czech Saaz hops, brewed with 100% Pilsner malt and “heaven’s water”—a Chicago-recreated version of the soft water of Plzen...278.9 miles away at Dovetail Brewery · See all places
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Dovetail Weizenbock
Weizen Bock · 6.7% ABV
Everything we love about Dovetail Hefeweizen—a balance of banana-clove and bready wheat malt—but with the warming richness of a Bock. In short, it’s a hefty Hefeweizen. Ripe banana, honey, luscious.278.9 miles away at Dovetail Brewery · See all places
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Dovetail Altbier
Altbier · 5.1% ABV
Literally, the "old style" of German beers. Malty, bitter and balanced. A top-fermented beer that undergoes cold-conditioning for a crisp, clean finish. .3L served in a traditional strange for that true Alstadt feel!278.9 miles away at Dovetail Brewery · See all places
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Dovetail Smoked Helles
Helles Lager · 4.4% ABV
A smoked version of our Helles, hopped with Hersbrucker; using the yeast from our Rauchdopplebock to add a subtly smoked flavor.278.9 miles away at Dovetail Brewery · See all places
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Dovetail Dunkel
Dunkel · 4.8% ABV
Inspired by a trip to a monastery brewery on the way to Bamberg; Chocolate, bread crust, and pretzel is lifted by spicy Hersbrucker and Saaz hops.278.9 miles away at Dovetail Brewery · See all places
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Dovetail Barrel Aged Rauchdopplebock
Bock · 10.4% ABV
Rauchdopplebock aged in Heaven Hill Barrels.278.9 miles away at Dovetail Brewery · See all places
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Dovetail Framboise
Lambic - Fruit · 6.5% ABV
A blend of four barrels of our traditionally-made, spontaneously-fermented beer from Fall 2016 and Spring 2017, and aged for 10 months on 225 kg of Michigan raspberries.278.9 miles away at Dovetail Brewery · See all places
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Dovetail Pils
Pilsner · 4.6% ABV
Say it with us: "PILS" -- not Pilsner. A German-Style Pils inspired by Franconia. Bitter, but not bracing; hoppy in good measure; with a malt showcase like a fancy charcuterie cracker...278.9 miles away at Dovetail Brewery · See all places
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Dovetail Fraise 2020
Lambic - Fruit · 6.5% ABV
Spontaneously fermented beer made with strawberries.351.3 miles away at Terra Ferment · See all places
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Dovetail Lager
Lager · 4.8% ABV
A golden, malty, rich, creamy complex lager with aroma of malt and fresh hops... -
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Dovetail Czech Dark Lager
Dark Lager · 5.3% ABV
Inspired by JP's afternoon in Prague drinking at U Fleku — a brewery that’s been making dark lager more than 500 years — Dovetail’s Czech Dark Lager is a malt showcase of chocolate, bread crust, ca... -
Dovetail Kriek
Lambic - Fruit · 6.5% ABV
Spontaneously fermented in the Belgian lambic tradition but with Chicago microbes and 2300 pounds of fresh Balaton cherries from Michigan. -
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Dovetail Bourbon Barrel Rauchbier
Smoked Beer · 9.0% ABV
A limited-release Bock-strength Rauchbier aged in bourbon barrels from Koval Distillery. -
Dovetail Holiday Bock
Bock · 6.1% ABV
This beer is brewed for merrymaking. It's 100% barley malt lager with reddish tones from the generous addition of caramel malt. -
Dovetail Winter Bock
Doppelbock · 7.6% ABV
100% barley malt lager with reddish tones from the generous addition of carmel malt. -
Dovetail Dunkelweizen
Dunkelweizen · 5.1% ABV
A dark hefeweizen for Fall and Winter. This beer features rich chocolate and roast notes in addition to clove and banana found in traditional hefewiezens. -
Dovetail Helles Lager
Helles Lager · 4.4% ABV
Brewed especially for baseball season, this Helles is the ultimate easy-to-drink beer. Malty, floral, refreshing. -
Dovetail Zoigl
Kellerbier · 4.0% ABV
Zoigl is a tradition of beer made in the Oberpfalz region of Bavaria... -
Dovetail Bohemian-Style Pilsner
Pilsner · 5.1% ABV
The Bohemian pilsener has a slightly sweet and evident malt character and a toasted, biscuit-like, bready malt character... -
Dovetail Festweizen
Festbier · 6.6% ABV
This year, we decided to put the Weizen (wheat) into the Wisen (what the Munich locals call the place where the Oktoberfest tents are pitched). This is a make-party-wheat for the festive season. -
Dovetail Grodziskie
Smoked Beer · 3.8% ABV
Light, citrus-like overtones with a surprising glimmer of spice and smoke. -
Dovetail Grodziskie Oak Smoked
Grodziskie · 3.8% ABV
Cool and refreshing, this soft summer beer goes down nice and easy. Pale straw in color, with a spirited effervescence, Grodziskie is the specialty beer of its namesake town in Poland... -
Dovetail Pêche
Lambic - Fruit · 6.5% ABV
One barrel of our traditionally-made, spontaneously-fermented beer aged on peaches from a tree in Hagen's aunt and uncle's yard. A limited, draft-only release. -
Dovetail Rauchdoppelbock
Smoked Beer · 10.0% ABV
A strong version of our Rauchbier that went through an extended lagering period; showcasing a balance of complex chocolate malt flavors and beechwood smoke. -
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Dovetail + Revolution Hopfenlager
Lager · 5.1% ABV
Our first collaboration! We teamed up with the fine folks at Revolution to created this hoppy lager... -
Dovetail Vignette
Lambic - Gueuze · 6.5% ABV
A four year blend of specially selected spontaneously fermented barrels. -
Dovetail X01
Flanders Red Ale · 5.5% ABV
X01, our first experimental release, is what we call a "Flanders Rauch." It begins life as our Franconian-style Rauchbier... -
Dovetail X02 Wild Table Beer
American Wild Ale · 6.0% ABV
Our 2nd limited-edition special release—a boundless beer that’s never been done before and defies style guidelines: part Dovetail Lager, part lambic-style spontaneous, born of wild Chicago microbes... -
Dovetail 12.24.16
Lambic - Faro · 6.5% ABV
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Dovetail 12.25.16
Lambic - Gueuze · 6.5% ABV
‘Twas the night before Christmas ... in 2016 and a very rare bit of warm weather swept Chicago—warm enough to spontaneously ferment a beer out of season... -
Dovetail 12.25.19
Lambic - Gueuze · 6.9% ABV
A spontaneously-fermented ale brewed the night before Christmas and made with darker Belgian malts for added cheer. -
Dovetail 2018 Kriek
Lambic - Fruit · 6.5% ABV
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Dovetail 2019 Kriek
Lambic - Fruit · 6.5% ABV
Every July, we spend a day destemming Michigan-grown Balton cherries from the year's harvest... -
Dovetail 2020 Kriek
Lambic - Fruit · 6.5% ABV
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Dovetail 2020 Myrtille
Lambic - Fruit · 6.5% ABV
A blend of 4 different barrels of our spontaneously fermented beer from 2 different seasons in 2017... -
Dovetail Barrel Aged Rauch Doppelbock (Koval Bourbon)
Doppelbock · 9.5% ABV
A Doppelbock brewed with smoked malts and aged in Koval Bourbon barrels. -
Dovetail Barrel Aged Rauch Doppelbock (Koval Rye)
Doppelbock · 9.5% ABV
Doppelbock brewed with smoked malts and aged in Koval barrels. -
Dovetail Berliner Weisse
Berliner Weisse · 3.2% ABV
A refreshing, low-alcohol sour wheat beer for the hottest of summer days. -
Dovetail Bourbon Barrel Aged Kriek 2021
Lambic - Fruit · 8.5% ABV
Our 2020 Kriek further aged in Kentucky bourbon barrels. -
Dovetail Bourbon Barrel Aged Vignette 2021
Lambic - Gueuze · 6.5% ABV
Vignette aged in Kentucky Bourbon Barrels -
Dovetail Cab Franc 2020
Lambic - Fruit · 7.0% ABV
A 3 barrel blend of 1 & 2 year spontaneous beer. Re-fermented on 150 LBS of Cabernet Franc grapes for an additional 6 months... -
Dovetail Cassis
Lambic - Fruit · 7.0% ABV
Specially selected spontaneously fermented barrels of various age, further aged on black currents. -
Dovetail Chardonnay
Lambic - Fruit · 7.0% ABV
Specially selected spontaneously fermented barrels of various age, further aged and refermented on Chardonnay grapes. Expect the grape to add notes of lemon and apple. -
Dovetail Cranberry
Lambic - Fruit · 6.5% ABV
Specially selected spontaneously fermented barrels, aged one-to-three years years in oak barrels and further aged and refermented on Wisconsin cranberries (the Cranberry Capital of the World). -
Dovetail Dovetaiberliner Weisse
Berliner Weisse · 3.2% ABV
A refreshing, low-alcohol sour wheat beer for the hottest of summer days. -
Dovetail Dubbel
Dubbel · 6.8% ABV
his Trappist-style beer is copper colored, double-decocted malty-rich beer with flavors of cocoa, caramel, and raisin bagel... -
Dovetail Elderflower
Lambic - Fruit · 6.5% ABV
A friend of ours brought us a bunch of elderflower from a forest reserve he manages; we added it to a 1-and-2 year blend of our spon beers. Elderflower is said to open up doors to fairy worlds. -
Dovetail Few Rye Barrel Aged Rauchdoppelbock
Smoked Beer · 10.1% ABV
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Dovetail Flanders Rauch
Flanders Red Ale · 5.5% ABV
Franconian smoked lagers and Belgian sours— into a distinct style. Crazy and complex, smoke and tart with a hint of funk. -
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Dovetail Framboise Noire 2020
Lambic - Fruit · 6.5% ABV
A single barrel from fall of 2017 aged on Wisconsin-grown black raspberries. -
Dovetail Frambois Noire
Lambic - Fruit · 7.0% ABV
Specially selected spontaneously fermented barrels of various age, further aged on black raspberries from Michigan. -
Dovetail Gluhkriek 2020
Lambic - Fruit · 6.5% ABV
Warm up this holiday season with a mulled version of our 2020 Kriek -- our spontaneous cherry ale spiced with orange peel, cinnamon, cardamom, and clove. Serve warm, or enjoy as is. -
Dovetail Growler Fill
Lager · 4.8% ABV
We don't have growlers in our taproom, but, if you bring your own in we will gladly fill it for you! Prices vary between $36-$45 depending on which beer you choose. -
Dovetail Hagen Big
Lager · 5.0% ABV
Longtime off-menu favorite, The Hagen Big is a creation from our resident "taste tester" Hagen Sr- this is a mix of mostly Dovetail Lager with a little Dovetail Rauchbier. - View all beers