The Ale Apothecary
Microbrewery
in Bend,
Oregon,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: The Ale Apothecary Tasting Room
Established in 2011
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.
IpaPils (12224) reviewed Farmhouse from The Ale Apothecary 4 months ago
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.
Arsol (4727) reviewed Farmhouse from The Ale Apothecary 4 months ago
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)
SinH4 (15499) reviewed Blackberry Vamanos from The Ale Apothecary 6 months ago
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.
Bytemesis (16229) reviewed Demon King Of Friday from The Ale Apothecary 6 months ago
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.
mcberko (47456) reviewed Bonanza from The Ale Apothecary 7 months ago
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.
Kraddel (15844) reviewed Punchdown from The Ale Apothecary 9 months ago
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.
mart (27297) ticked El Cuatro (4/09/2021) from The Ale Apothecary 9 months ago
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.
Reubs (35480) ticked Fresh Hop Sahalie from The Ale Apothecary 10 months ago
Reubs (35480) ticked El Cuatro (2017) from The Ale Apothecary 10 months ago