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Dovetail Brewery

🌍 United States · Regional · Known for Lager · Belgian Blonde Ale
Known for Lager · Belgian Blonde Ale

Founded in 2016 by Bill Wesselink and Hagen Dost, two Americans who met while studying at the Doemens Academy in Munich. Dovetail is one of the few American craft breweries built from the ground up around European lager traditions rather than ales. Located in Chicago's Ravenswood neighborhood on what locals call Malt Row, the brewery keeps a deliberately narrow focus on styles like Helles, Hefeweizen, Kölsch, Rauchbier, Grodziskie, and Maibock. The approach draws direct inspiration from the small family breweries of Germany, Belgium, and the Czech Republic.

3Beers
3Styles
4.9%Avg ABV

Beers by Dovetail Brewery

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Blonde
Belgian Blonde Ale · 6.2%
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Grodziskie
Grodziskie · 3.8%
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Brewery DNA

The recurring character behind the beers

Drawn from all 3 beers in the catalogue.

Emerging signature · based on 3 beers
Signature
What keeps showing up across their beers.
crispevery beer
3 of 3 beers
lightevery beer
3 of 3 beers
cleanevery beer
3 of 3 beers
refreshingevery beer
3 of 3 beers

With 3 beers, only recurring notes are shown — one unusual beer moves this a lot.

Portfolio range
How broad they brew.
Varied3 beers · 3 style families
Lager 1Belgian 1Wheat Beer 1

A handful of styles across their range — a shared thread has to hold across each of them.

What sets them apart
Each beer measured against others of its own style, then averaged across the range. Compared with 235 other breweries making Lager.
Three beers is enough for a first read, not a full house style — one unusual beer moves this a lot.
typical for LagerDovetail Brewery
in no beersin every beer
herbal
in all 3 of their beers · typical Lager brewery: fewer than 1 in 5
Far more herbal than typical.
hoppy
in all 3 of their beers · typical Lager brewery: 1 in 5
Far more hoppy than typical.
dry
in all 3 of their beers · typical Lager brewery: 2 in 5
Notably more dry than typical.
bready
in all 3 of their beers · typical Lager brewery: 2 in 5
Notably more bready than typical.
yeasty
in none of their beers · typical Lager brewery: 3 in 5
Absent — the field expects it.
Brewery performance
How their beers place in the hopIQ ranking.
Top 36%
average beer performance
0
beers in the Top 100
3 / 3
beers above the median
#1018
best ranked beer
10th Anniversary Lager

Their beers place in the Top 36% of the catalogue on average, across 3 ranked beers. Consistent rather than spiky — no single standout carrying the rest.

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About Dovetail Brewery

Founded in 2016 by Bill Wesselink and Hagen Dost, two Americans who met while studying at the Doemens Academy in Munich. Dovetail is one of the few American craft breweries built from the ground up around European lager traditions rather than ales. Located in Chicago's Ravenswood neighborhood on what locals call Malt Row, the brewery keeps a deliberately narrow focus on styles like Helles, Hefeweizen, Kölsch, Rauchbier, Grodziskie, and Maibock. The approach draws direct inspiration from the small family breweries of Germany, Belgium, and the Czech Republic.

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