Covert Artisan Ales: veteran-owned craft brewery and taproom in Sioux Falls, SD

Your neighborhood's best-kept secret.

Covert started with two people and a simple idea: make beer worth keeping secret, then share it anyway.

Years of service taught them that the best results come from discipline, preparation, and a team you trust. When they opened in Sioux Falls, they brought that mindset with them: Dan into the brewhouse, and his wife and business partner Stacey into everything else it takes to turn a passion into a place people want to be.

We call it Covert because the most interesting things usually happen out of sight. Behind our doors, beers age quietly in tanks and barrels, and recipes get refined until they're right, not just finished. Our approach is precise where it needs to be and patient where it counts. The result is beer with character: bright, balanced sours, barrel-aged ales with depth, and hazy IPAs built with the same attention to detail as everything else.

But Covert was never meant to be just a brewery. It's home to good conversation, a book club that reads what others have tried to ban, and a secret menu for those who know to ask. It's a neighborhood spot where regulars feel like insiders and newcomers become regulars.

Veteran-owned. Need-to-know basis. Welcome to the operation.