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...

  • Dovetail Festbier

    Oktoberfest · 6.8% ABV

    Festbier/Märzen

  • 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 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 Maibock

    Maibock · 6.9% ABV

    Lentebock

  • 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 Zoigl

    Kellerbier · 4.0% ABV

    Zoigl is a tradition of beer made in the Oberpfalz region of Bavaria...

  • 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 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 Oktoberfest

    Oktoberfest

  • 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.

  • Dovetail Rauchweizen

    German Hefeweizen · 3.8% ABV

    A smoked version of Hefeweizen

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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 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 Barrel Aged Rauchdopplebock

    Bock · 10.4% ABV

    Rauchdopplebock aged in Heaven Hill 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 Dunkel Lager

    Dunkel · 5.1% ABV

  • 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

  • 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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