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Dovetail Brewery @dovetailbrewery.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Rainy, fall-like Sunday? Sounds perfect! Bring yr pals in for a board game day, and pair a cozy beers (Vienna, Festbier, Dubbel or Rauchbier ...) with a pizza from Limoni Belli! Visit our board game wall or BYOG! Grab a deck of cards and play Bierskat! Loser buys the next round! No TVs!

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Dovetail Brewery @dovetailbrewery.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Moodboard: Summer’s not over, and neither is the weekend! Open Labor Day · Noon ’til 10p Industry Monday · 15% off all draft beer Los Gorditos Taco Truck · 1–7p

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Dovetail Brewery @dovetailbrewery.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

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

Photo depicts Pinterest-style moodboard featuring images of a Kranz of Dovetail Kölsch, Pizza, Beer Slushy, and sunglasses.

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Dovetail Brewery @dovetailbrewery.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Back-to-School Pfiff! ☕️ Inspired by a DePaul class studying “third spaces” -- places outside home & work where we gather and connect. Tomorrow, Ceramic Coffee pop-ups from 10am–2pm. Students: show your school ID for $2 off a coffee drink!

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!

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Dovetail Brewery @dovetailbrewery.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

This weekend -- we're having a 10 Year Birthday Party! www.dovetailbrewery.com/10year

10 YEAR PARTY BEER SPECIALS!
Noon til close, Saturday and Sunday

All DAY! $5 pours of the three beers we opened Dovetail with: Hefeweizen, Rauchbier and the 10th Anniversary edition of our Lager

10 Year Anniversary Tankard Keep the glass! For $15, get a special half-liter 10 year anniversary tankard and a fill! Once they’re gone, they’re gone!

ONE LITER CLUB: One Liter Club members can also bring their vintage Dovetail steins for $10 pours of the OG Three, or $15 pours of anything else (except Spons, don’t do that to your tummy).

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Dovetail Brewery @dovetailbrewery.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Breaking our "No TVs in the taproom" for Belgium vs USA at 7pm. No sound. All day: $1 off draft pours of all of our Belgian-style beers, including our spontaneously-fermented beers made in the Senne Valley Tradition. Proost op onze lever!

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Dovetail Brewery @dovetailbrewery.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Mark your calendar for Sunday, July 26 -- Dovetail's Bike Social and Radler Party returns!

On July 26, join us for our 3rd annual Bike Social & Radler Party, where we gather some of Chicago’s riders, makers, and movers for a day devoted to the joy of biking. And you can’t have a Bike Social without a Radler — it literally means “cyclist” in German. We’ll have a full lineup of these low-ABV, refreshing beer cocktails ready for you after your ride to the taproom. Since 2016, we’ve made our house Radlers with Filbert’s pop, a South Side institution that’s been making soda for more than 100 years. 🚲 🍺 The first 50 attendees get a free Dovetail water bottle!

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Dovetail Brewery @dovetailbrewery.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

TOMORROW: Join us for Week Two of our series celebrating global beer traditions during the World Cup! For Global Beer Traditions: Germany, we’ll be pouring Diesels, a beer cocktail of 50% pale lager and 50% cola.

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Dovetail Brewery @dovetailbrewery.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

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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Dovetail Brewery @dovetailbrewery.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

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

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Dovetail Brewery @dovetailbrewery.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

You should come to our party next weekend!!

Inspired by the backyard parties of SXSW’s heyday, porch concerts at the Hideout, and Fitzgerald’s American Music Festival, Dovetail’s Secret Stage gathers a whole bunch of our friends, artists we admire, and even a few talented Dovetail employees. 😎

Thanks to Colvin House for supporting this year’s Secret Stage. Located in a historic Edgewater mansion, they host year-round public programming including their Sunday Salons series.

Join us next Saturday and Sunday in the alley just south of the North Gate at Warner!

SATURDAY, MAY 23
12:00 pm DJ: Josh Rodin (from packaging!)
1:15 pm Rosacea boy
2:30 pm Barrett Haselwood
3:45 pm Damon Hennessy Trio
5:00 pm Toney Honk (from the warehouse!)
6:15 pm Jon Langford and Kelly Hogan

SUNDAY, MAY 24
12:00 pm DJ: so.crates (from the brewhouse!)
1:15 pm Scott & Odie
2:30 pm Tuba Force
3:45 pm Expo 76
5:00 pm John Green Band
6:15 pm Phillip-Michael Scales

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Dovetail Brewery @dovetailbrewery.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

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.

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Dovetail Brewery @dovetailbrewery.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

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!”

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Dovetail Brewery @dovetailbrewery.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

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)

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Dovetail Brewery @dovetailbrewery.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

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...

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Dovetail Brewery @dovetailbrewery.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

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.

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Dovetail Brewery @dovetailbrewery.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

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Dovetail Brewery @dovetailbrewery.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

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

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Dovetail Brewery @dovetailbrewery.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

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

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Dovetail Brewery @dovetailbrewery.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

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...

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Dovetail Brewery @dovetailbrewery.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

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

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Dovetail Brewery @dovetailbrewery.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

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.

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Dovetail Brewery @dovetailbrewery.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

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

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Dovetail Brewery @dovetailbrewery.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

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! 🍎

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Dovetail Brewery @dovetailbrewery.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

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.

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Dovetail Brewery @dovetailbrewery.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

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!

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Dovetail Brewery @dovetailbrewery.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

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/

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Dovetail Brewery @dovetailbrewery.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

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

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Dovetail Brewery @dovetailbrewery.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

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

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Dovetail Brewery @dovetailbrewery.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

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!

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Dovetail Brewery @dovetailbrewery.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

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...

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THE SCHNITT: A Square Roots pre-party and Indonesian-style beer service returns! 🇵🇱

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Chicago Bike Sox @chicagobikesox.com · 20/06/2025

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!

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BIKE SOCIAL & RADLER PARTY
JUNE 21
NOON-6PM
MEET US AT DOVETAIL!

The poster is a grid of green bike tires on a beige circles against a pink background. The bottom right circle is a sunny yellow. It looks like it’d taste like citrus.

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Dovetail Brewery @dovetailbrewery.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

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

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Dovetail Brewery @dovetailbrewery.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

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.

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Dovetail Brewery @dovetailbrewery.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

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...

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THE SCHNITT: Pink Boots Tripel, Open Fermentation, and a Makgeolli Moment

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Dovetail Brewery @dovetailbrewery.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

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!

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Dovetail Brewery @dovetailbrewery.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

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).

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Dovetail Brewery @dovetailbrewery.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

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!

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Dovetail Brewery @dovetailbrewery.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

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

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Dovetail Brewery @dovetailbrewery.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

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. 🌞

Graphic featuring a Kranz of Kölsch that says, "Grab some pals and Get a Kranz. Now at a special price. That's more Dovetails for less money."

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Jonathan Surratt @beerinator.com · 24/02/2025

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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The beer-in-everything sandwich

Have you ever enjoyed a barley sandwich? Can we fill a sandwich with beer? Come along as I try to figure out these beery questions.

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Dovetail Brewery @dovetailbrewery.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

🔗 www.dovetailbrewery.com/events-and-t...

TEXT: The Curse of Colonel Sanders vs The Curse of the Billy Goat

TEXT: Dovetail Tachinomi. Osaka vs Chicago. Top image: Statue of Colonel Sanders in Osaka, Japan. Bottom image: William Sianis and his pet goat

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Dovetail Brewery @dovetailbrewery.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

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...

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Dovetail Brewery Valentine's Sip 'N Fold Origami Night

Learn how to fold Valentine's Day inspired creations while enjoy a gyoza and Dovetail beer!

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Dovetail Brewery @dovetailbrewery.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

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.

Image: Dovetail 2025 Release Calendar

YEAR-ROUND
The Core 4 is now the Fab 5:
Helles
Kölsch
Hefeweizen
Vienna
Pils

Other Year-Round beers:
Rauchbier
Lager

SEASONAL RELEASES
January - Altbier and Smoked Helles
February - Dunkel and Weizenbock
March - Hopfenweisse
April - Saison and Grodziskie
May - TBA
August - Lichtenhainer
November - Smoked Vienna and Baltic Porter

HOPFENLAGERS
May - Spring Hopfenlager
July - Square Roots Hopfenlager
September - Wet-Hopfenlager
October - Winter Hopfenlager

BOCKS
April - Maibock
September - Festbier
November - Holiday Bock
December - Rauchdoppelbock

GRAVITY KEG TAPPINGS

All tappings around 5pm. Beer can be fickle, so things are subject to change. TBAs are our Third Thursday tappings, and will be whatever beer is ready to be enjoyed. 200L = We’ll roll out the big barrel.

ANUARY
JAN 23 • SMOKED HELLES

FEBRUARY
FEB 6 • DUNKEL
FEB 20 • WEIZENBOCK

MARCH
MAR 13 • HOPFENWEISSE
MAR 20 • TBA

APRIL
APR 3 • SAISON
APR 17 • GRODZISKIE
APR 24 • TBA

MAY
MAY 8 • SPRING HOPFENLAGER
MAY 22 • TBA
MAY 23 • MAIBOCK (200L)

JUNE
JUN 19 • TBA

JULY
JUL 10 • SQUARE ROOTS HPL
JUL 17 • TBA

AUGUST
AUG 14 • FESTWEIZEN
AUG 21 • TBA
AUG 28 • LICHTENHAINER

SEPTEMBER
SEPT 11 • FESTBIER
SEPT 18 • WETHOPFENLAGER

OCTOBER
OCT 10 • FESTBIER (200L)
OCT 16 • TBA
OCT 23• WINTER HPL

NOVEMBER
NOV 13 • HOLIDAY BOCK
NOV 20 • SMOKED VIENNA
NOV 27 • BALTIC PORTER

DECEMBER
DEC 4 • RAUCHDOPPELBOCK
DEC 19 • TBA
DEC 21 • HOLIDAY BOCK (200L)

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Dovetail Brewery @dovetailbrewery.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

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.

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