June at Dovetail: The World Cup is coming! ⚽️ Join us each Thursday during the tournament (sorry, no TVs at Dovetail — but we’re just a short stroll to the Globe, and a longer walk to AJ Hudson’s), as we explore how people gather around beer in five countries competing in this year’s World Cup

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Also we made shiny cans, hitting your better bottle and can shops around town this weekend: www.dovetailbrewery.com/10year

You should come to our party next weekend!!

Saison Sundays start April 26! Last Sunday of the month through August. Bring a Belgian bottle to share—when you purchase 0.5L Saison per bottle (your corkage). De Garre–ish bar snacks on us.

Where Do You Draw the Rhine? On April 25, it’s Düsseldorf vs. Köln in one of beer’s fiercest rivalries, as Altbier faces off against Kölsch in the region's signature style of service. Our Köbes keep the beer flowing -- .2L pours of Dovetail Kölsch and Altbier --until you say, “Stop!”

As sandal season approaches, a reminder that it's closed-toe shoes only on our brewery tours. Use code CLOSEDTOES26 to save $2 on a future brewery tour: www.dovetailbrewery.com/tours (Coupon valid til April 30, 2026)

Also this month: April Showers Bring More Lagers (And Some Ales). Join us for the release of Summer Hopfenlager (April 2), Saison (April 16) and Grodziskie (April 23). We'll tap a gravity keg around 6pm each day. Subscribe to our newsletter for more! mailchi.mp/dovetailbrew...

Where Do You Draw the Rhine? On April 25, it’s Düsseldorf vs. Köln in one of beer’s fiercest rivalries, as Altbier faces off against Kölsch in the region's signature style of service. Our Köbes keep the beer flowing -- .2L pours of Dovetail Kölsch and Altbier --until you say, “Stop!”

On Wed, March 25 (one day only), we’re opening at 10AM for coffee, pfiffs, and a quiet taproom to get a few things done. ☕🍺 Espresso drinks by Ceramic Coffee Roasters and Double Umlauts on all pfiffs of Core 5 beers until 2pm. What the heck is a pfiff? A .2L pour, common in Austria and Bavaria.

On Wed, March 25 (one day only), we’re opening at 10AM for coffee, pfiffs, and a quiet taproom to get a few things done. ☕🍺 Espresso drinks by Ceramic Coffee Roasters and Double Umlauts on all pfiffs of Core 5 beers until 2pm. What the heck is a pfiff? A .2L pour, common in Austria and Bavaria.

Pre-order the Opening Day Helles Collection! dovetailbrewery.square.site

Altbier is back. Which means beer’s biggest rivalry returns April 25.

Logging in because we owe it to you to know that THANK YOU FOR SMOKING returns Feb 22 with more than a dozen smokies on tap. Head here for more info: www.dovetailbrewery.com/events#calen...

Coming up after our Winterpause from Jan 5-8 ... BEER HALL MONTH! After a holiday break, we’ll reopen our taproom and kick off our 10th year with three Beer Hall events, each one showcasing the beer and traditions of a historic beer place: PRAGUE • January 10 KÖLN • January 17 VIENNA • January 31

Last week, a few of our neighbors wanted to host a Whistlemania event in Ravenswood and asked if we were able to provide some space to spread out so they could assemble whistle kits for an evening. It’s been one way that Chicagoans have been able to organize to protect their neighbors.

Join Hagen and Laurin from Seipp Brewing at the DANK Haus this Friday, October 24 for a talk lead by Northwestern University professor Robert Ryder called "From Biergarten to Breweries: The Cultural History of Beer from Germany to Chicago." Get tix here: dankhaus.com/event-6363909

October at Dovetail: putting the BOO into BOOK WORMS, spooky origami, Chicago-style magic, Mahjong, yoga, and more! Grab a pal and head to the taproom! 🍎

Tomorrow from noon–8p, Chicago Growth Project takes over the parking lots at Dovetail and our neighbors Demo Brewing (just a 4-minute walk away!) for Park(ing) Day with live music, yoga, speakers, and urbanist displays.

We're celebrating Mexican Independence Day and National Hispanic Heritage Month in the taproom today with michelada service today! It’s another entry into the “How the heck do they drink lager in ____?” question we love to ask. Come on thru after da game!

This weekend, we’re proud to be a stop on this year’s Ravenswood ArtWalk. Stop by for a live screen printing demo by Chicago Printmakers Collaborative and more visiting artists: www.instagram.com/p/DOeR1Pdjkgf/

Belgium Beer Week kicks off at the taproom tonight with a gravity keg tapping with Michael Roper of the Hopleaf 🇧🇪

This summer, take the CTA to ... BERLIN. TOKYO. BRUSSELS. KÖLN. MEXICO CITY.

This Sat (7/26), we’re headed to Alsace—a region where French culinary and agricultural influence meets German lager traditions. Bad Johnny rolls thru with his wood-fired oven to make Flammkuchen (don’t call it pizza!!), made with our spontaneous beer sourdough. 12–8pm. Beer specials. Bis bàll!

New issue of the Schnitt: Square Roots, the Mekons, Indonesian-style beer service and the incredible ferments of our 2nd Sunday pop-up, Piñatta -- read and subscribe so we don't have to post here! mailchi.mp/dovetailbrew...

We’ll be at @dovetailbrewery.bsky.social’s Bike Social and Radler Party on Saturday w/ friends from @femnthembikechi.bsky.social & @oofd.org, stickers & season schedules, food from Good Omen Gyoza and Tacos Las Manitas, tune-ups, vendors, and all kinds of hand-mixed radlers. Come make bike friends!

DOVETAIL JUNE POP-UPS AND EVENTS: FRI JUN 6: Dovetail Secret Garden: Slushie Edition We’re pulling out some of our colorful, fruited spons out of the cellar and slushifiying them to benefit The Center on Halsted

This Sunday, June 1 at 2pm -- Introducing the Old Town Ale House House Ale. What started out as a joke, now has a tap handle: www.beerculturecenter.org/events/2025/...

Good thing I like biking and don't mind going out of my way but still...anyway, this looks like a cool event on Sunday!

On May 16 & 17, order your Dovetail Helles the Indonesian way—over ice. Called bir es, it’s how millions across Southeast Asia enjoy beer: cold, crisp, perfect for hot days and spicy food. We’re pairing it with Bumbu Roux, a new-to-Dovetail food truck blending Indonesian and Creole flavors.

The latest issue of The Schnitt is out today—subscribe to learn more about what we're up to at Dovetail and what we're into. In this issue, we talk about our new Tripel collab with Pink Boots Chicago, the magic of open fermentation, and Chicago's newest makgeolli: mailchi.mp/dovetailbrew...

Tomorrow we say once again, “This is our year,” with an Opening Day Party at GMan showcasing the breweries of Malt Row. If yr looking to pre-game or post-game this season, look for Malt Row beer at yr fav Wrigleyville bars, or head up the street for a visit. Free to attend! Waco Brothers at 11am!

Introducing our virtual punch card, the DOVETAIL UMLAUT PERK PROGRAM. It’s like that thing they do at that big coffee chain with collecting stars, except someone in our management meeting said we should call them Umlauts (probably the guy who loves Hüsker Dü).

Tourism season is starting and it’s time to travel the CTA with Dovetail—Join us for two spring beer hall events as we head to Köln and Franconia!

Friday night: Join us for late-night Japanese-style beer service as two of baseball's weirdest curses take center stage.

Interrupting our social media step-back to say it is a PERFECT SUNDAY to kick the beer bucket and grab a Kranz of Kölsch instead—now at a lower price! Open at 1pm with Raza's Pizza popping up at 2pm. 🌞

I tried to find out what a short-rib melt would taste like with a different beer in each sandwich component. This is the beer-in-everything sandwich featuring beers from Dovetail Brewery and it was pretty tasty.

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It's <3 Week! Looking for a last-minute date? We've got some seats left for love-inspired origami tonight with the Japanese Culture Center and a pop-up from Good Omen Gyoza! Tix here, or just walk-in (6pm start): www.eventbrite.com/e/1226922471...

Final days of our BIG HELLES SALE

DUNKEL is back in the taproom tonight. We'll celebrate with a gravity keg tapping at 5pm with Tacos Las Manitas poppin' up. 🌮 Save this post for future releases and gravity keg tappings.

While we'll still check in from time-to-time, we're shifting the focus from social media platforms to invest more time in our biweekly newsletter, the Schnitt. Who knows, maybe we'll make a 'zine too.

LAST CHANCE! Reserve your spot to enjoy some Chimaek with us on Wednesday!

Looking for a date night idea for you and your Valentine? Join us for a special 😍 origami night with the Japanese Culture Center and Good Omen Gyoza on February 10: www.eventbrite.com/e/dovetail-b...

We think we host one of the most unique brewery tours you'll find in the US -- USA TODAY's 10Best thinks so, too, because we're up for best brewery tour! If you've been on a Dovetail tour and found it fun, pls support our tour guides and give em a vote: 10best.usatoday.com/awards/trave...

Looking for something to do today? Take a brewery tour at noon! For $20, get three .3L of beer and a 90-minute behind-the/scenes look at our brewery—one of the most unique in the US. Walk ups welcome!

Spend a cozy, rainy Friday with us 🧵

As part of our ongoing series of events exploring “How the heck do people drink lager around the world?” we dive into the Korean tradition of eating fried chicken (chikin) and beer (maekju)—a snack combination so popular it has its own portmanteau: Chimaek. 🍗 🍺

On Sunday, February 16 at 11am, as part of THANK YOU FOR SMOKING, Dovetail is proud to present a live taping of the world's MOST important, long-running, and most awarded show dedicated to smoked beer, THIS WEEK IN RAUCHBIER. Do not miss this once-in-a-lifetime event.