# Swing Barrel Brewing Co. — Moorhead, Minnesota

> Swing Barrel Brewing Co. in Moorhead, Minnesota, United States scores 3.86 out of 5 — Fine, #70 in Minnesota. 158 beers tracked, mostly IPA.

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Swing Barrel Brewing Co. is a brewery in Moorhead, Minnesota, United States. We grade it Fine, with a score of 3.86 out of 5 on the beer it brews — #70 in Minnesota. Of the 158 beers we track, 27% are IPA and 16% Wheat Beer.

## 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: #70 in Minnesota · #3,326 in United States · #4,585 worldwide
- Popularity: Modestly rated
- Beers tracked: 158

## About

Swing Barrel Brewing Co. produce's fine quality beer and are usually experimenting brewing new ones. They are most well known for "Sweet Melissa", which is a Wheat Beer and "Tree Shaker", which is an American IPA. Their primary focus is brewing IPAs and Wheat Beers.

## What they brew

- IPA — 27% of the beers we track
- Wheat Beer — 16% of the beers we track
- Other — 15% of the beers we track
- Stout / Porter — 13% of the beers we track
- Sour / Other — 12% of the beers we track
- Pale Lager — 11% of the beers we track
- Amber Ale — 6% of the beers we track

## Find them

- Address: 814 Center Avenue, Moorhead, Minnesota, United States
- Coordinates: 46.8753166, -96.7668897
- Website: http://swingbarrelbrew.com/

## Breweries nearby

- [Junkyard Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/junkyard-brewing-company-2548.md) — 4.48, Exceptional — Moorhead, Minnesota — 0.5 mi away
- [JL Beers](https://finding.beer/brewery/jl-beers-4611.md) — 3.06, Limited — Fargo, North Dakota — 1 mi away
- [Drekker Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/drekker-brewing-company-1908.md) — 4.53, Exceptional — Fargo, North Dakota — 1.9 mi away
- [Sickies Garage](https://finding.beer/brewery/sickies-garage-33638.md) — 3.04, Limited — Fargo, North Dakota — 5.1 mi away
- [Icewind Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/icewind-brewing-22809.md) — 3.86, Fine — Mapleton, North Dakota — 13 mi away
- [Lakeside Tavern & Brewery](https://finding.beer/brewery/lakeside-tavern-brewery-4513.md) — 3.41, Poor — Detroit Lakes, Minnesota — 44 mi away
- [Bucks Mill Brewing](https://finding.beer/brewery/bucks-mill-brewing-33754.md) — 3.83, Fine — Detroit Lakes, Minnesota — 44 mi away
- [Fergus Brewing Company](https://finding.beer/brewery/fergus-brewing-company-19843.md) — 3.76, Fine — Fergus Falls, Minnesota — 52 mi away

## Rankings this brewery appears in

- [Best breweries in Fargo, North Dakota](https://finding.beer/breweries/united-states/north-dakota/fargo.md)
- [Best breweries in Minnesota](https://finding.beer/breweries/united-states/minnesota.md)
- [Best breweries in United States](https://finding.beer/breweries/united-states.md)

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