Swift Cider

Cidery in Portland, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸

Established in 2014

Contact
100 NE Farragut St, Unit 101, Portland, OR, 97211, United States
Description
Swift Cider is a small-batch, craft hard cider company from Portland, Oregon. The reincarnation of Outcider LLC, Swift carries forward the same dedication to fresh-pressed apples, wholesome local ingredients, slow-and-cold fermentation, wild yeasts, and intensely delicious flavor. Aidan Currie is the head-cider maker, founding owner, and obsessive fermentation sage. Aidan's small batch blends will begin releasing in the summer of 2014. Identified by a Volume number and flavor description, each batch is one of a kind and truly handcrafted. We encourage you to try each Volume and experience the incredible organoleptic spectrum of locally made hard cider.

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7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 7.5

Pounder from Press online. Lo-ball glass at home.

Red plum color, very gentle haze on the fizzy pour.
Grassy & lingering floral blueberry skin on the nose, lemon, jammy, tannic apples in the background.
Taste is bittersweet leaning tart. Really jammy, grape-y, not fake bluebs, juice box apples with some complimentary orange juice. Lingering malic & citric acid, pear-like sweetness, pedestrian feel & could go drier. Prickly but fast dying carb. Overall thin, with some light residual tannins.

Simple & good.

Tried from Can on 26 Jun 2025 at 23:27


4.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 2 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 2.5

(Tap) clear, bright, very pale yellow color with a small white head; aroma of tartness, slight, herbal and medicinal flavor, no finish

Tried from Draft on 08 Jul 2024 at 01:04


7
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Draft: Poured a clear golden with white head. Aroma is mushy apples, musty. Taste is similar loads of mushy apples, little tingle and tannins.

Tried from Draft on 18 Sep 2023 at 00:28


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

16oz can from Tavour. Murky, thick pour looks like pear nectar. Aroma is apples and a whole basket of tropical fruit. Taste is super fruity, the apples riding high on an undercurrent of guava, mango, papaya and passion fruit. Thick, creamy.

Tried from Can on 02 Nov 2022 at 02:06


7.5
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

5oz. Appearance: nuce clear purple with a rose head. Aroma: nice sweet blueberries with some light apple character. Taste: semi sweet, quite simple, light blueberries and apples. Overall: ok, refreshing and easy to drink.

Tried on 05 Jun 2022 at 02:52


8

Lighter than I expected given the can says to give it a spin but still nice and fun basil notes on definitely strawberry forward cider.

Tried from Can on 28 Dec 2021 at 23:29


6.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Tap @ Schilling Cider House, Portland. Clear gold appearance, rich wine like acidity on the nose, taste is bright sweet apple fruit, some white grape, apple skin, moderately sweet. Not bad.

Tried from Draft on 01 Oct 2019 at 22:11


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

500mL bottle, pours a clear bright red with a small white head. Aroma brings out lots of fresh marionberries upfront, with gentle apple skins, and gentle acidity. Flavour is dry and fruity, with lots of berries upfront, light acidity and some apple skins. Bright and juicy, despite being quite dry. Good stuff.

Tried from Bottle on 03 Aug 2019 at 21:48


7.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

on tap pours out a pink red topped with a very small head. Nose is nice crisp jammy berries light apple notes and a sweet tart balance. Taste is more of the nice sweet jam berries touch of apple and tart note to keep it balanced.

Tried from Draft on 20 May 2019 at 22:20


6.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 8

On tap at Tin Bucket. Pours golden with small white head. The aroma is strong floral, apple skin, oak. Thin body, rose, apple, light dry finish, very good.

Tried from Draft on 02 May 2019 at 00:11