The Ale Apothecary La Tache

La Tache

 

The Ale Apothecary in Bend, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸

  Sour / Wild Beer Rotating Out of Production
Score
7.76
ABV: 8.0% IBU: 20 Ticks: 55
American Wild Ale, winner of a Gold Medal at Oregon Beer Awards and a Double Gold at the Tasting Alliance in SF. Open-fermented, barrel-aged, dry-hopped and naturally carbonated with wildflower honey.
 

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8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

From tap at BeerTemple, Amsterdam. Sour and funky with an aroma of citrus, light grain, touch of stone fruits, funk, apricot, some peach, bit zesty. Nicely funky and sour, medium body, complex. Great!

Tried from Draft on 07 Feb 2025 at 11:56


8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Dullish pale amber. No head. Refined buggy aroma, gently sweet biscuity malts. Lots of bugs, peachy stone fruit notes, oaky tannins. Refined and balanced. Excellent.

Tried on 02 Sep 2024 at 05:23


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

Poured from 750mL bottle @ FHF Day 2 (batch 4.21.22). Hazy gold with small white head. Gentle funk, not a huge amount of depth. Decent.

Tried from Bottle on 13 Aug 2023 at 19:23


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle, date: April 2016, gift from a stranger, at Brasserie du Bas-Canada - Hautes Plaines, members event at May 2021 release, savoured on May 21, 2022; eye: golden, cloudy, no effervescence, ring of khaki head, no lacing; nose: vinous, wild yeasts, peach, fruity; mouth: vinous, wild yeasts, peach, fruity, fruity finale with presence of tannin, medium body, average carbonation, lightly bitter, lightly sweet, slick texture; all in all: nice surprise FRANÇAIS
Bouteille, date : avril 2016, cadeau d'un étranger, chez Brasserie du Bas-Canada - Hautes Plaines, évènement pour les membres lors de la mise en marché de mai 2021, savourée le 21 mai 2022; œil : dorée, voilée, pas d'effervescence, anneau de mousse kaki, pas de dentelle; nez : vineuse, levures sauvages, pêche, fruité; bouche : vineuse, levures sauvages, pêche, fruité, finale fruitée avec présence de tanin, corps moyen, carbonatation moyenne, légèrement amère, légèrement sucrée, texture coulante; en résumé : belle surprise

Tried from Bottle on 06 Aug 2022 at 19:14


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

bottle 3/5/18 oro legno bret miele un lieve nota balsamica discreta acidita caramella gasatura leggera finale un po aspra un po agro dolce

Tried from Bottle on 29 May 2022 at 12:58


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle shared at a tasting at Lior's place. Hazy golden. Funk, oak, fruitiness, a bit of honey, sour, slightly acetic. Very good.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Feb 2022 at 18:34


10
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 10 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 10

Cork-top bottle, 0.375l, thanks to Bongtribe for sharing. Aroma of grape skin, ripe fruit, barnyard and honey. Pours cloudy dark golden color with thin creamy white head. Taste is tart vinous, citrusy, sweet honeyish, milky and woody. Medium to full body, slick texture and average carbonation in palate. Funky cure for every kind of problem…

Tried from Bottle on 20 Nov 2021 at 20:49


8.5
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9

Bottle at legendary Backbone. Orange color with white head. Aroma of vinous notes, bayrnard, earthy notes. Taste, nice sourness, vinous notes, light honey. Nice.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Aug 2021 at 17:35


7.9
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle shared by Lizzie & Daren, thanks! Pours a slightly hazy light orange gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has sour light fruits with a hint of oak and a decent amount of sour lemon and light fruits with light funk and an oak backbone.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Dec 2020 at 06:15


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Tried on 19 Aug 2020 at 11:36