We Brew Like Monks. (Minus the Vows.)
Dovetail Brewery
Master Brewers Bill Wesselink and Hagen Dost met in Munich while attending brew school at Doemens Academy and returned to Chicago to start a brewery inspired by the small, family-operated breweries they visited while abroad.
Focusing on continental European styles and traditional methods, each Dovetail beer is handcrafted to play on all the senses. We use imported European malt and hops; historic water profiles; decoction mashing; a coolship; open-fermentation; and patient maturation in horizontal lager tanks to ensure that the Dovetail beer in your glass has great flavor, body, aroma and aftertaste.
After opening our doors in June 2016, Dovetail was named one of Beer Advocate’s 34 Best New Breweries in the US.
Chicago, IL
We are a craft-distribution and importing company built on the passion for the product we sell. Inspired by the liquid in the bottle, we have scoured the US and beyond to find, what we believe, to be the best beer, cider and mead available in the world. We go to great lengths to then get these liquids to the customer in the best possible condition. Our suppliers work hard to make a world class product and we’re dedicated to treating them with the respect they deserve.
We do not carry multinational macro-lagers or “utility” beers
We do not carry beer brewed with adjuncts used to reduce flavor and body.
We are not in the business of “moving boxes”