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...
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...
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...
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
A strong version of our Rauchbier that went through an extended lagering period; showcasing a balance of complex chocolate malt flavors and beechwood smoke.
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...
‘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...
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!
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...
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.