Dovetail Brewery
Chicago, IL
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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 Helles
Helles Lager · 4.4% ABV
Brewed especially for baseball season, this Helles is the ultimate easy- to-drink beer. -
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... -
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... -
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 hops -
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. -
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... -
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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 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. -
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 Kölsch
Kolsch · 4.6% ABV
A happy beer, sessionable, makes you want to have glass after glass. Fruity, floral, crisp. -
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 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. -
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 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. -
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 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! -
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... -
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. -
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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). - View all beers