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Dovetail Brewery

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German, Czech & Belgian styles. Traditional methods. Try our Lager, Hefeweizen and Rauchbier!
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09/29/2026

DOVETAIL x UNDERBERG USA
2026 ONE LITER CLUB STEIN
(OR “GLASKRUG” FOR THE PEDANTS)
UNVEILING
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Behold: the 2026 Dovetail One Liter Club Stein, presented with our pals at Underberg USA.

HOW TO GET ONE:

No preorders this year!

We’ll start selling these 1L cuties at our Oktoberfestiversary Pre-Party on Friday, October 9, from 4–9pm in the Biergarten, where we’ll also tap a 200L gravity keg of Festbier.

Can’t make Friday? Find them anywhere we’re selling b**r during Oktoberfestiversary, October 10–11.

Get your Dovetail x Underberg tankard while supplies last — or bring in your vintage Dovetail One Liter stein from any past fest and bring it along for One Liter Club specials all weekend.

ONE LITER CLUB OKTOBERFESTIVERSARY SPECIALS:

EARLY BIRD STEIN HOUR
Saturday & Sunday, 11am–12pm
$10 fills of any Dovetail b**r*
Coming after noon? $20 refills all day.

KICK THE (SQUARE ROOTS) CANS
Sidekick Bar · Saturday and Sunday
$10 for two 16 oz cans of Dovetail Square Roots, poured straight into your stein.

*Excludes Spon b**rs and slushies

09/24/2026

Our former bartender and friend Chris Abbey (and an artist who drew our coolship you see on the front of the taproom menu) recently suffered a hemorrhagic stroke and is now in Colorado working hard on his recovery.

While he was at Dovetail, Chris created The Abbey—a tart and refreshing (and very pretty!) combo of a Kölsch with a Kriek float that we've had on our "Secret Menu" for those in the know. Starting today, and the end of the year (at least), we're bringing it front and center: For every Abbey sold, we’ll donate $1 to help Chris as he works toward returning home to Chicago.

And if you happen to be in the neighborhood on October 5, our friends at The Longroom are hosting a community fundraiser to support Chris, with a 20% of sales for the evening donated to Chris, along with raffle prizes from some very cool businesses.

09/20/2026

Rainy, fall-like Sunday? Sounds perfect!

Bring your pals in for a board game day, and pair one of our cozier b**rs (Vienna L***r, Festbier, Dubbel or Rauchbier, natch) with a pizza from Limoni Belli while you play!

Visit our board game wall or BYOG! Grab a deck of cards and play Bierskat! Loser buys the next round!

09/16/2026

As we round the bases of Belgian-style b**rs, back just in time for cozy season is Dovetail Dubbel. After becoming much-loved in our taproom when we introduced it in early 2024, Dubbel makes its way into cans for the first time when we release it in our taproom tomorrow, September 17.

This Trappist-style b**r is copper-colored, double-decocted, and malt-rich, with flavors of cocoa, caramel, and raisin bagel. A ferulic acid rest and open fermentation allow the Belgian yeast profile to really shine, with spritely notes of black pepper and a gentle floral character that, in the words of Hagen, “takes me back to Brussels.”

We also built a Westvleteren water profile for this one, adding a mouth-coating, dry minerality, while candi sugar dries it out even further and gets you ready for the next sip.

And it’s a good year to celebrate the style: Dubbel turns 100 this year, tracing its modern origins to the famed Trappist brewery Westmalle, which introduced Dubbel to the world in 1926. A beautiful b**r that has been beloved for generations.

We’ll kick off its release with a gravity keg tapping around 6pm.

A taproom-mostly release.

09/07/2026

Moodboard: Summer’s not over, and neither is the weekend!

Open Labor Day · Noon ’til 10p
Industry Monday · 15% off all draft b**r

Los Gorditos Taco Truck · 1–7p

09/06/2026

Dovetail Long Weekend Sunday Funday Moodboard:
Patio time!
B**r slushies!
Festbier!
Share a Kranz with friends!
Pizza by Limoni Belli starting at 1pm!

09/04/2026

Celebrate Mexican Independence Day at Dovetail with our friends from Los Gorditos on Saturday, September 12, from noon ’til close!

At noon, Omar of Los Gorditos will kick things off with a guacamole-making demo, sharing how he makes his guac, sharing tips for at-home chefs, and answering questions along the way! The demo is free, but space is limited — so RSVP in advance at dovetailbrewery.com/events to guarantee a seat.

Then, Los Gorditos will fire up the taco truck, and we’ll have Helles Micheladas made with mich mix from Pinches Miches and pineapple-tequila barrel-aged Vignette slushies all day long. (Yes, slushies made from our spontaneously fermented b**r, aged in a tequila barrel and finished with Bitter Ex Pineapple Syrup.)

09/01/2026

Recently, we got to meet a DePaul class studying “third spaces”-- the places outside of home and work where we gather, hang out, and connect with other people -- and they’re making Dovetail one of their field trips this semester!

Which feels like a pretty good excuse for a special Back-to-School edition of Pfiff! -- when we open the taproom early for coffee pop-ups, remote work, and a little of the Viennese coffeehouse culture that inspired it.

Tomorrow, our friends at Ceramic Coffee Roasters are taking over the coffee side of things from 10am–2pm. Regulars of the Pfiff!, Ceramic is a neighborhood roastery focused on making specialty coffee and coffee education more accessible and inclusive -- which feels pretty right at home in this special conversation we'll have tomorrow about third spaces, community, and the places where we learn from each other.

STUDENTS: Show your school ID and get $2 off a coffee drink from Ceramic. Offer good for this edition of Pfiff only!

08/25/2026

FESTBIER IS BACK.

After a couple years in recipe hibernation, Festbier returns with a new recipe (but hopefully not in a “New Coke” kind of way): 5.7% ABV, a shorter maturation time, and—most importantly—enough b**r to go around.

Our original Festbier clocked in at 6.7% ABV and needed months to ferment, l***r, and fully mature. Higher-alcohol b**rs generally ask more of the yeast and need more time to finish fermentation, condition, and come into balance. By bringing Festbier down to 5.7%, we were able to shave several weeks off that process without rushing the b**r itself.

That means our tanks turn over sooner: instead of brewing just one turn of Festbier for the season, this year we brewed four. So you’ll be seeing a whole lot more of it at the taproom and at bars, restaurants, and b**r stores around Chicagoland.

We’re kicking things off Thursday, August 27 at 6pm with a gravity keg tapping in the taproom and 4-packs to go.

Want the full pour on the new recipe, why ABV matters, and the behind-the-scenes logistics of getting a seasonal l***r out into the world? The Schnitt subscribers already got it.

08/21/2026

Next Friday! Roll into the end of summer with a bike tune-up -- there are still plenty of good riding days ahead!

Curbside Bicycles will be poppin' up at Dovetail on August 28 from 3-8pm, and every tune-up includes a b**r to enjoy while you wait.

Sign up for a spot at curbsidebicycles.com!

Address

1800 W Belle Plaine Avenue
Chicago, IL
60613

Opening Hours

Monday	12pm - 10pm
Tuesday	12pm - 10pm
Wednesday	12pm - 10pm
Thursday	12pm - 10pm
Friday	12pm - 11pm
Saturday	12pm - 11pm
Sunday	1pm - 7pm

Website

http://www.dovetailbrewery.com/

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