South Dakota was one of 14 U.S. states that forbade small breweries from directly distributing beer products. Small breweries were required to use a distributor under South Dakota law. In 2018, South Dakota Law was changed to allow micro breweries to self-distribute.
Breweries
Current Breweries XIX Brewing Company - Vermillion 12 Mile Creek Brewing Company - Parkston A Homestead Brew - Valley Springs Altered Species Ales - Sioux Falls Armour Brewing Company - Armour Ben's Brewing Company - Yankton Big Lost Meadery & Brewery - Sioux Falls Buffalo Ridge Brewing - Hartford Choteau Creek Brewing Company - Wagner Cohort Craft Brewery - Rapid City Covert Artisan Ales & Cellars - Sioux Falls Crow Peak Brewing Company - Spearfish Dakota Point Brewing - Rapid City Dakota Shivers Brewing - Lead Dempsey's Brewery, Pub, and Restaurant - Watertown Eponymous Brewing Company - Brookings Fernson Brewing Company - Sioux Falls Firehouse Brewing Company - Rapid City Granite City Food & Brewery - Sioux Falls Hairy Cow Brewing Company - Box Elder Hay Camp Brewing Company - Rapid City Jacob's Brewhouse and Grocer - Deadwood Jefferson Beer Supply - Jefferson Look's Beer Company - Sioux Falls Lost Cabin Beer Company - Rapid City Mt Rushmore Brewing Company - Custer One Legged Pheasant - Aberdeen Palace City Brewing Company - Mitchell Platte Creek Brewing Company- Geddes Remedy Brewing Company - Sioux Falls Sawyer Brewing - Spearfish Severance Brewing Company - Sioux Falls Sick N Twisted Brewery - Hill City Spearfish Brewing Company - Spearfish Sturgis Brewing Company - Sturgis Watertown Brewing Company - Watertown Wooden Legs Brewing Company - Brookings WoodGrain Brewing Company - Sioux Falls Woodland Republic Brewing and Blending- Rapid City Zymurcracy Beer Company - Rapid City
Former Breweries Backspace Brewing Company - Yankton Berger Brewing (Never brewedEmail from George Berger, 4/2/2026) - Sioux Falls Bitter Esters Brewhouse - Custer Borderline Butchering & Brewery - Brandon Dakota Territory Brewing Company - Aberdeen Gandy Dancer Brew Works - Sioux Falls Heist Brewing Company - Brookings Hydra Beer Company - Sioux Falls Jailhouse Taps - Lead Jekyll & Hyde Brewed Potions (precursor to SeveranceThis information has been extracted from social media and is believed to be reliable, though its accuracy cannot be guaranteed.) - Sioux Falls The Knuckle (precursor to Sturgis Brewing) - Sturgis Last Mile Brewery - Rapid City Lean Horse Productions (never brewed, Beer brewed by Crow Peak) - Spearfish Lupulin Brewing - Sioux Falls Miner Brewing Company - Hill City Obscure Brewing - Sioux Falls Piney 44 - Rapid City Sioux Falls Brewing Company - Sioux Falls Six Degrees Brewing Company (precursor to Zymurcracy) - Rapid City
Historical Breweries Black Hills Brewing Company"The Boom and Bust of Central City". South Dakota State Historical Society. 1972. pp. 244-245. Sioux Falls Brewing & Malt Company
Wineries Baumberger Vineyard and Winery - Dell Rapids Calico Skies Vineyard & Winery - Inwood, Iowa (near SD border) Chateau Sylvania Vineyard and Winery - Toronto ChrisaMari Winery - Pierre Dakota Falls Winery - Brandon Firehouse Wine Cellars - Rapid City Naughti Wines - Custer Prairie Berry Winery - Hill City Schade' Vineyard and Winery - Volga Schade' Winery - Deadwood Strawbale Winery - Renner Tucker's Walk Vineyard - Garretson Valiant Vineyards Winery - Vermillion
See also Beer in the United States List of breweries in the United States List of microbreweries South Dakota wine
References
Further reading Stewart, Kenneth (2012). "'Dakota's Finest': A Sampler of Early South Dakota Brewing History". South Dakota History Vol. 42, No. 4 Winter 2012. South Dakota State Historical Society Press.