The Ale Apothecary

Microbrewery in Bend, Oregon, United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: The Ale Apothecary Tasting Room

Established in 2011

Contact
61517 River Road, Bend, OR, 97703, United States
Description
Origin beer, connected to nearby farms, artisans and the land surrounding the brewery. 100% made by us on our own equipment with our creative brains and hearts. Children welcome in our tasting room.

The Ale Apothecary is a very small artisanal brewery, located 10 miles west of Bend, Oregon in the middle of the Deschutes National Forest. Paul & Staci Arney built the brewery on their property in 2011 after Paul had decided that his career in industrial beer-brewing was officially over. Taking cues from historical breweries, Paul decided that he would take the very basic concepts of making beer and build a totally unique brewery out of them, relying on locally grown or foraged ingredients and using the most natural approach possible.

Before there were beer styles, there were just breweries making the best beer they could out of the raw materials nearby, the water from the ground, and the yeast in the air. Paul believes that the Process in making beer can be used as a primary ingredient, so The Ale Apothecary has its very own methodology that gives us our house character that cannot be reproduced anywhere.

We get our grain from Mecca Grade Estate Malt in Madras, Oregon. Our hops primarily come from Goschie Farms in Silverton. We naturally carbonate our beer in the bottle with Oregon wildflower honey and try to avoid any and all industrial processing aids or commodity ingredients. Instead of using exotic ingredients, we experiment with the process of making beer to find unique and inimitable flavors and experiences.

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7.8
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Gulbrun tåkete med hvitt skum. Lukter bondegård, fyrstikker og stikkelsbær. Lett. Sursyrlig. Smaker eplesidereddik, bondegård og grønne rips. Middels lang.

Tried on 10 Oct 2025 at 14:56


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7.9
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Tåkete lys brun med hvitt skum. Lukter eddik, svovel og noe floral. Smaker syrlig. Sitron, eddik, gjær. (Farmhouse 2022)

Tried on 10 Oct 2025 at 14:54


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

Bottle. Orange color with no head. Aroma is mushrooms, a bit dirty, honey, berries. Taste is earthy, berries, not too sour. Oily mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Decent.

Tried on 08 Aug 2025 at 15:09


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 6.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle. Pours clear burnt orange, small off white head, decent lacing. Aroma is ascetic, oaky, hint of nail polish remover, light cherry, tannin. Flaky is light plus tart, light funk, tannic. Medium body, low carbonation.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Jul 2025 at 00:56


5.6
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 5

750mL bottle, pours a cloudy dark amber it’s a medium white head. Aroma has some nice funk, plenty of acetone, a touch of pine needles, and oak. Flavour is quite acetonic, with plenty of funk, some bitter pine needles, oak, and balsamic. That’s borderline enamel-stripping acidity. There’s some nice funky depth but the acidity is too high. Difficult one to stomach.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Jul 2025 at 07:27


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

Pours unclear dark amber, small white head. Scent is full funky, wood. Milder tecognizable, yet intensely aromatic grapes. Taste is full, tart, dry, very aromatic. Midlly sweet (by the grapes) impression. Not as spicy as Pinot Noir usually is to me, more (red) fruityness - the way Pinot Noir is in very high standards. Elegant and balanced, yet typical US acidity.

Tried on 03 May 2025 at 06:34


Tried on 01 May 2025 at 23:07


5

Hapu, happeline, veinine, karamelline, äädikane.. see on ikka korralik american wild, tunnen kõrvetisi seda juues.. joodav, aga see kogus on max, sobiks pigem salatikastmeks või millegi marineerimiseks.

Tried from Bottle on 01 May 2025 at 23:07


8

Tried from Bottle on 26 Mar 2025 at 11:30


8

Tried from Bottle on 26 Mar 2025 at 11:30