
TAPROOM EVENTS & TOURS

Raza’s Pizza pop-uP
It’s a Sunday Funday residency with Raza’s Pizza through April! We love Raza’s for their pillow-y, loaded pizza slices (or whole pies — enjoy your ‘za at the taproom, or take one to go with a 4-pack!)

Music Bingo with Ben
Every other Wednesday, or thereabouts, our taproom manager Ben hosts Music Bingo from 6-8pm. The premise is fun and simple—each round is variations of a theme, and you must match snippets of songs to your squares. Say, for example, the theme is Umlauts. You better brush up on your Björk, Mötorhead, and Blue Öyster Cult.

Sip n Stitch
Our bartender and tour guide Liz is also co-owner of Cogs Cycles and Yarns, a very cool bike-slash-knitting store on the Northwest side.
Once a month, Liz is brings her expertise in knitting to the taproom, and hosts a Sip and Stitch! Get cozy, bring a project and hang out with other knitters (and get 15% off your tab), or learn something new and book a lesson from Liz (she’ll bring all the materials you need to take home).

Maibock release and gravity keg tapping
Join us for the taproom release of our strong spring lager, Maibock, with a 30L gravity keg tapping at 5pm. The big party for Maibock is Friday, May 23, where we’ll tap a 200L gravity keg of Maibock to kick off the Mayfestiversary weekend. You’re gonna want a cool stein to go with that weekend of Maibock drinking—reserve yours here.

Pinatta Pop-Up
We welcome Chicago’s Indigenous-inspired taqueria, Pinatta, back to the taproom!
BREWERY TOUR
Each 90-minute-ish brewery tour includes three .3L beers (that’s nearly a liter of beer!) and insight into our traditional brewing processes. You will get to participate in a water tasting (bet you didn’t see that coming!), a hop rubbing, and malt tasting, while exploring the unique features in our brewery, including (spoilers!) our coolship and 115-year-old copper kettle from Weihenstephaner (that’s the oldest brewery in the world).

Mom Market
Show ma how much you love her at our annual Mother's Day market with a gift from more than 20 local artists and makers! From candles to ceramics, to sweets and small delights, there's something for every mom within our talented round-up of vendors.

Good Omen Gyoza Pop-Up
Good Omen Gyoza will offer their Japanese-style dumplings and other inspired small bites.

Magic By Brielle
Joining us in the taproom is MAGIC BY BRIELLE, bringing “How’d she do that?!” table-side illusions straight to your bar seat. A Chicago-based magician and “Penn & Teller: Fool Us” alum, Brielle is helping revive tavern magic, a close-up style born right here in Chicago, with performances at spots like Beard & Belly and Long Room.

Dungeons & Dragons with Wizard Staffing Co
Join us for a night of adventure as Wizard Staffing Co. brings Dungeons & Dragons to Dovetail Brewery! Whether you're a seasoned player or a newbie, grab a Dovetail and roll some dice. Head to their website for more info on how to sign up.

PIZZA DOM POP-UP
Let’s welcome Pizza Dom and his Neapolitan-style pies to the the taproom!

Summer Hopfenlager Release and Gravity Keg Tapping
You want a new porch pounder for the longer, warmer days? We got you. Join us for the release of SUMMER HOPFENLAGER, the latest in our seasonal releases of lagers that explore the fun, wide world of hops. This version showcases Vista and Strata hops, for this tropically-bent pale lager. Gravity keg tapping at 5pm.

KITE STRING CANTINA POP-UP
Neighborhood cuties Kite String Cantina visits us to dole out their delicious taquitos and cult-favorite vegan nacho cheese dip.

Chicago Not Dogs & BĒF Pop-Up
Chicago Not Dogs joins us to serve their creative, plant-based twists on classic Chicago dishes like hot dogs (natch) and their own brand of Chicago-style Italian beef sandwhiches they call Italian Bēf. Tested for over a year with delicious results!
BREWERY TOUR
Each 90-minute-ish brewery tour includes three .3L beers (that’s nearly a liter of beer!) and insight into our traditional brewing processes. You will get to participate in a water tasting (bet you didn’t see that coming!), a hop rubbing, and malt tasting, while exploring the unique features in our brewery, including (spoilers!) our coolship and 115-year-old copper kettle from Weihenstephaner (that’s the oldest brewery in the world).

Pinatta Pop-Up
We welcome Chicago’s Indigenous-inspired taqueria, Pinatta, back to the taproom!

The Collective Co-op Yoga + Happy Hour at Dovetail Brewery
Join Paco and Jamie at Dovetail Brewery for an all-levels vinyasa class. Your ticket includes a 45-minute flow, sound bath, and your first happy hour brew or non-alcoholic beverage on us. BYO mat and water bottle. Class is free for Signature Members (check your monthly member email for your code) or you can sign up here.

Music Bingo with Ben
Every other Wednesday, or thereabouts, our taproom manager Ben hosts Music Bingo from 6-8pm. The premise is fun and simple—each round is variations of a theme, and you must match snippets of songs to your squares. Say, for example, the theme is Umlauts. You better brush up on your Björk, Mötorhead, and Blue Öyster Cult.

Chicago Not Dogs & BĒF Pop-Up
Chicago Not Dogs joins us to serve their creative, plant-based twists on classic Chicago dishes like hot dogs (natch) and their own brand of Chicago-style Italian beef sandwhiches they call Italian Bēf. Tested for over a year with delicious results!

Bumbu Roux Pop-Up
Bumbu Roux is a unique culinary venture by chef Chris Reed, blending his Indonesian and Creole heritage into a harmonious menu, with the likes of the pork sambal po’boy and seafood gumbo. We welcome them to the taproom for the first time for a weekend of pop-ups!
BREWERY TOUR
Each 90-minute-ish brewery tour includes three .3L beers (that’s nearly a liter of beer!) and insight into our traditional brewing processes. You will get to participate in a water tasting (bet you didn’t see that coming!), a hop rubbing, and malt tasting, while exploring the unique features in our brewery, including (spoilers!) our coolship and 115-year-old copper kettle from Weihenstephaner (that’s the oldest brewery in the world).

Bumbu Roux Pop-Up
Bumbu Roux is a unique culinary venture by chef Chris Reed, blending his Indonesian and Creole heritage into a harmonious menu, with the likes of the pork sambal po’boy and seafood gumbo. We welcome them to the taproom for the first time for a weekend of pop-ups!

Windy City Alphorn Workshop Chamber Concert
Join us at the brewery for an afternoon performance by the Windy City Alphorn Workshop! While traditionally used by shepherds and herders to communicate across distances in the Alps, these days alphorns are probably more recogized from those iconic Riiiicolaaaa commercials. But there so much more to this brass instrument than that—Here's your chance to get up close with this part of German Alpine culture right here in Chicago.
Each ticket includes one .5L pour of Dovetail beer to enjoy during the performance! GET YOUR TICKET HERE.

Dungeons & Dragons with Wizard Staffing Co
Join us for a night of adventure as Wizard Staffing Co. brings Dungeons & Dragons to Dovetail Brewery! Whether you're a seasoned player or a newbie, grab a Dovetail and roll some dice. Head to their website for more info on how to sign up.

PIZZA DOM POP-UP
Let’s welcome Pizza Dom and his Neapolitan-style pies to the the taproom!

Music Bingo with Ben
Every other Wednesday, or thereabouts, our taproom manager Ben hosts Music Bingo from 6-8pm. The premise is fun and simple—each round is variations of a theme, and you must match snippets of songs to your squares. Say, for example, the theme is Umlauts. You better brush up on your Björk, Mötorhead, and Blue Öyster Cult.

Dungeons & Dragons with Wizard Staffing Co
Join us for a night of adventure as Wizard Staffing Co. brings Dungeons & Dragons to Dovetail Brewery! Whether you're a seasoned player or a newbie, grab a Dovetail and roll some dice. Head to their website for more info on how to sign up.

Sip n Stitch
Our bartender and tour guide Liz is also co-owner of Cogs Cycles and Yarns, a very cool bike-slash-knitting store on the Northwest side.
Once a month, Liz is brings her expertise in knitting to the taproom, and hosts a Sip and Stitch! Get cozy, bring a project and hang out with other knitters (and get 15% off your tab), or learn something new and book a lesson from Liz (she’ll bring all the materials you need to take home).

Happy Lobster Food Truck
-Festiversary favorites The Happy Lobster roll up to serve their Chicago-style lobster rolls made with Maine lobsters.

Dunces and Degenerates Comedy Showcase
Come on out to Dovetail Brewery for Dunces and Degenerates comedy showcase! Featuring some of the best comics in the city, you won't want to miss this. A suggested $10 donation goes towards the performers.

Mother Prepper Pop-Up
Let’s welcome Mother Prepper to the taproom! This Latina-owned pop-up specializes in Latin-fusion cuisine, blending Puerto Rican, Cuban, and Mexican flavors with modern twists.
BREWERY TOUR
Each 90-minute-ish brewery tour includes three .3L beers (that’s nearly a liter of beer!) and insight into our traditional brewing processes. You will get to participate in a water tasting (bet you didn’t see that coming!), a hop rubbing, and malt tasting, while exploring the unique features in our brewery, including (spoilers!) our coolship and 115-year-old copper kettle from Weihenstephaner (that’s the oldest brewery in the world).

Dolin' Out Pop-Up
Dolin' Out joins our smoked beer fest with their small-batch, made-from-scratch gumbo. The key ingredient in gumbo? Andouille, a smoked meat, naturally.
BREWERY TOUR
Each 90-minute-ish brewery tour includes three .3L beers (that’s nearly a liter of beer!) and insight into our traditional brewing processes. You will get to participate in a water tasting (bet you didn’t see that coming!), a hop rubbing, and malt tasting, while exploring the unique features in our brewery, including (spoilers!) our coolship and 115-year-old copper kettle from Weihenstephaner (that’s the oldest brewery in the world).
BREWERY TOUR
Each 90-minute-ish brewery tour includes three .3L beers (that’s nearly a liter of beer!) and insight into our traditional brewing processes. You will get to participate in a water tasting (bet you didn’t see that coming!), a hop rubbing, and malt tasting, while exploring the unique features in our brewery, including (spoilers!) our coolship and 115-year-old copper kettle from Weihenstephaner (that’s the oldest brewery in the world).
BREWERY TOUR
Each 90-minute-ish brewery tour includes three .3L beers (that’s nearly a liter of beer!) and insight into our traditional brewing processes. You will get to participate in a water tasting (bet you didn’t see that coming!), a hop rubbing, and malt tasting, while exploring the unique features in our brewery, including (spoilers!) our coolship and 115-year-old copper kettle from Weihenstephaner (that’s the oldest brewery in the world).
BREWERY TOUR
Each 90-minute-ish brewery tour includes three .3L beers (that’s nearly a liter of beer!) and insight into our traditional brewing processes. You will get to participate in a water tasting (bet you didn’t see that coming!), a hop rubbing, and malt tasting, while exploring the unique features in our brewery, including (spoilers!) our coolship and 115-year-old copper kettle from Weihenstephaner (that’s the oldest brewery in the world).

KÖLSCH NIGHT
Enjoy an evening of our nationally-recognized Kölsch-style service.
Our taproom will turn into a bierstube à la Köln, where we will serve you 200mL stange of Kölsch until you say “Stop.”

Franconian Night
At our beer hall on Saturday, April 26, we’ll showcase the beers we make that reflect this region of Germany—Rauchbier and Lager. Rauchbier, of course, being the famous, smokey beer of Bamberg.
Also at our Franconian Beer Hall, we’ll also showcase a couple of the region's delicacies with our friends at Beard and Belly: The Coburger Bratwurst (we first grilled these up at our Holiday Market last year) and the Bamberg-style onion.
BREWERY TOUR
Each 90-minute-ish brewery tour includes three .3L beers (that’s nearly a liter of beer!) and insight into our traditional brewing processes. You will get to participate in a water tasting (bet you didn’t see that coming!), a hop rubbing, and malt tasting, while exploring the unique features in our brewery, including (spoilers!) our coolship and 115-year-old copper kettle from Weihenstephaner (that’s the oldest brewery in the world).

Windy City Burger Social Club Pop-Up
BURGERS! WCBSC returns to the taproom : ) Expect lots of crispy edges and melty cheese — they’ll be serving their signature smashburger!

Xicago Cevicheria Pop-Up
Xicago Cevicheria brings their menu of aguachile, ceviche and more.

Raza’s Pizza pop-uP
It’s a Sunday Funday residency with Raza’s Pizza through April! We love Raza’s for their pillow-y, loaded pizza slices (or whole pies — enjoy your ‘za at the taproom, or take one to go with a 4-pack!)

Happy Lobster Food Truck
-Festiversary favorites The Happy Lobster roll up to serve their Chicago-style lobster rolls made with Maine lobsters.

KÖLSCH NIGHT
Enjoy an evening of our nationally-recognized Kölsch-style service.
Our taproom will turn into a bierstube à la Köln, where we will serve you 200mL stange of Kölsch until you say “Stop.”
BREWERY TOUR
Each 90-minute-ish brewery tour includes three .3L beers (that’s nearly a liter of beer!) and insight into our traditional brewing processes. You will get to participate in a water tasting (bet you didn’t see that coming!), a hop rubbing, and malt tasting, while exploring the unique features in our brewery, including (spoilers!) our coolship and 115-year-old copper kettle from Weihenstephaner (that’s the oldest brewery in the world).

Good Omen Gyoza Pop-Up
Good Omen Gyoza will offer their Japanese-style dumplings and other inspired small bites.

Polombia Pop-Up
For the release of our Grodziskie, Polombia will join us at the taproom to serve their homestyle Polish-Colombian food, including pierogi and Kielbasa!

GRODZISKIE Release Day
Join us for the release of Grodziskie with a gravity keg tapping at 5pm!
Cool and refreshing, this soft summer beer goes down nice and easy. Pale straw in color, with a spirited effervescence, Grodziskie is the specialty beer of its namesake town in Poland. More carbonated than Hefeweizen and lower in alcohol (3.8%), this 100% smoked wheat beer features light, citrus-like overtones with just a surprising hint of spice and smoke in the backnotes.

Raza’s Pizza pop-uP
It’s a Sunday Funday residency with Raza’s Pizza through April! We love Raza’s for their pillow-y, loaded pizza slices (or whole pies — enjoy your ‘za at the taproom, or take one to go with a 4-pack!)

El Zorro Tacos Pop-Up
El Zorro Tacos is back to serve tacos, burritos, birria, chilaquiles and quesadillas!
BREWERY TOUR
Each 90-minute-ish brewery tour includes three .3L beers (that’s nearly a liter of beer!) and insight into our traditional brewing processes. You will get to participate in a water tasting (bet you didn’t see that coming!), a hop rubbing, and malt tasting, while exploring the unique features in our brewery, including (spoilers!) our coolship and 115-year-old copper kettle from Weihenstephaner (that’s the oldest brewery in the world).

Johnny's Table Pop-Up
We welcome Johnny’s Table to the taproom, known for an eclectic range of inspired menus from tortas to Sonoran hot dogs.

Saison Release Day
Join us for the release of Saison with a gravity keg tapping at 5pm!
A straightforward nod to the Hainaut stalwart that captivated American brewers and beer drinkers when it arrived in the US in the 1980s. Brewed with 100% Pilsner malt, French Strisselspalt and Hallertau Blanc hops, and an expressive Belgian yeast strain, this beer is a rustic expression of straw and hat, grass and white grape aromas, while open-fermentation nurtures the notes of bubblegum and black pepper. A bright and dry beer for the new season.

Raza’s Pizza pop-uP
It’s a Sunday Funday residency with Raza’s Pizza through April! We love Raza’s for their pillow-y, loaded pizza slices (or whole pies — enjoy your ‘za at the taproom, or take one to go with a 4-pack!)

Mother Prepper Pop-Up
We’re pleased to welcome Mother Prepper to the taproom for the first time! This Latina-owned pop-up specializes in Latin-fusion cuisine, blending Puerto Rican, Cuban, and Mexican flavors with modern twists.
BREWERY TOUR
Each 90-minute-ish brewery tour includes three .3L beers (that’s nearly a liter of beer!) and insight into our traditional brewing processes. You will get to participate in a water tasting (bet you didn’t see that coming!), a hop rubbing, and malt tasting, while exploring the unique features in our brewery, including (spoilers!) our coolship and 115-year-old copper kettle from Weihenstephaner (that’s the oldest brewery in the world).

Malt Row Opening Part at Gman Tavern
Baseball is back (can you tell we're excited?)—and so is the Malt Row Opening Day Party! To celebrate the Chicago Cubs home opener, the breweries of Malt Row are teaming up for another party in Wrigleyville. Join us at Gman Tavern on Friday, April 4 for beer made just up-the-street from Wrigley Field and a performance by Chicago's legendary Opening Day last band standing, Waco Brothers! No ticket is necessary, but RSVPs encouraged. This is our year!

The FRIENDSHIP CENTER YOGA
Join Michaela for her yoga class --- fight hunger with your fitness, with a $15 suggested donation to support The Friendship Center, our local food pantry that’s served the Northside for more than 50 years. Pre-sale tix can be purchased here. Walk-ins welcome, limited yoga mats available to borrow.

Raza’s Pizza pop-uP
It’s a Sunday Funday residency with Raza’s Pizza through March! We love Raza’s for their pillow-y, loaded pizza slices (or whole pies — enjoy your ‘za at the taproom, or take one to go with a 4-pack!)

Dolin' Out Pop-Up
Dolin' Out visits our taproom to serve up their small Batch, made from scratch, Louisiana cooking.
BREWERY TOUR
Each 90-minute-ish brewery tour includes three .3L beers (that’s nearly a liter of beer!) and insight into our traditional brewing processes. You will get to participate in a water tasting (bet you didn’t see that coming!), a hop rubbing, and malt tasting, while exploring the unique features in our brewery, including (spoilers!) our coolship and 115-year-old copper kettle from Weihenstephaner (that’s the oldest brewery in the world).

KITE STRING CANTINA POP-UP
Neighborhood cuties Kite String Cantina visits us to dole out their delicious taquitos and cult-favorite vegan nacho cheese dip.

Dunces and Degenerates Comedy Showcase
Come on out to Dovetail Brewery for Dunces and Degenerates comedy showcase! Featuring some of the best comics in the city, you won't want to miss this. Show is free, but tips are appreciated as all the $$ goes to paying the comedians.
Hope to see you there!

Chicago Not Dogs & BĒF Pop-Up
Chicago Not Dogs joins us to serve their creative, plant-based twists on classic Chicago dishes like hot dogs (natch) and their own brand of Chicago-style Italian beef sandwhiches they call Italian Bēf. Tested for over a year with delicious results!

Springtime Sip 'N Fold Origami Night
Learn how to fold spring-inspired creations while you loosen up those foldin' fingers with a Dovetail beer!

Polombia Pop-Up
Polombia will join us at the taproom to serve their homestyle Polish-Colombian food, including pierogi and Kielbasa!

Windy City Burger Social Club Pop-Up
Our first burger pop-up!! Say hello to WCBSC as we welcome them to our taproom for the first time: ) Expect lots of crispy edges and melty cheese — they’ll be serving their signature smashburger!