# Swiftwater Brewing Co. — Rochester, New York

> Swiftwater Brewing Co. in Rochester, New York, United States scores 3.86 out of 5 — Fine, #207 in New York. 422 beers tracked, mostly IPA.

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Swiftwater Brewing Co. is a brewery in Rochester, New York, United States. We grade it Fine, with a score of 3.86 out of 5 on the beer it brews — #207 in New York. Of the 422 beers we track, 47% are IPA and 15% Other.

## Rating

- Score: 3.86 out of 5
- Grade: Fine 🙂 — Make genuinely good beer, if not the pint you will still be talking about next year.
- Ranked: #207 in New York · #3,238 in United States · #4,457 worldwide
- Popularity: Well rated
- Beers tracked: 422

## About

Swiftwater Brewing Co. produce's fine quality beer and are constantly experimenting brewing new ones. They are most well known for "IPA", which is an American IPA and "Alpaca Kisses", which is an American IPA. Their primary focus is brewing IPAs and Sours.

## What they brew

- IPA — 47% of the beers we track
- Other — 15% of the beers we track
- Sour / Other — 13% of the beers we track
- Stout / Porter — 10% of the beers we track
- Pale Lager — 6% of the beers we track
- Wheat Beer — 5% of the beers we track
- Pale Ale — 4% of the beers we track

## Find them

- Address: 378 Mount Hope Avenue, Rochester, New York, United States
- Coordinates: 43.1424151, -77.6119478
- Website: http://swiftwaterbrewing.com/

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## Rankings this brewery appears in

- [Best breweries in Rochester, New York](https://finding.beer/breweries/united-states/new-york/rochester.md)
- [Best breweries in New York](https://finding.beer/breweries/united-states/new-york.md)
- [Best breweries in United States](https://finding.beer/breweries/united-states.md)

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