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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9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 10 Overall 9
Bottle, 0.375l, shared with Simona & David. Aroma is vinous, cherry-like, honey-like and woody. Pours cloudy dark brown color with thin soapy tan-like head and average sparkling appearance. Taste starts funky vinous backed up with honey and cherries, following is malty, woody and leathery with smooth mouthfeel. Full body, slick texture and average carbonation in palate. Was a king on Tuesday, too…
Tried from Bottle on 04 May 2024 at 21:53

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
16oz can from Buckeyeboy. Pale, cloudy golden, pour, small foamy white head. Aroma and taste are smoky, but the pale malts still carry the day. Mildly sweet too. Wonderful.
Tried from Can on 04 May 2024 at 00:58

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
16oz can pours out hazy straw topped with a white head. Nose is nice smoke notes some meat and a light spice. Taste is more of the nice smoke notes a little spice grain.
Tried from Can on 04 May 2024 at 00:55

9/10
Bottled 8.22. Tasty honey and citrus dry hop notes, soft funk, wish ale apothecary shipped but delicious what I can get.
Tried from Bottle on 25 Mar 2024 at 19:25

8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
2018 bottle split at a share. Can't remember where I sourced the bottle. Pours clear amber with cream foam. Aroma: caramel, honey, wine barrel, funk, light dried fruits. Taste: light tart acidity, sour, caramel, wood, wine, brandy, esters. Medium body with spritzy carbonation. Nice complexity, lots going on.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Mar 2024 at 23:30

6.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6.5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
0,75l bottle at Nicos place. Copper clear color, small white head. smells funky, bit Balsamic, wood, cognac, heavy but decent smell. full body, light carbonation. tastes wood, lactic, Balsamic, cognac, glue ish, boozy. finishes lightly sweet and lightly sour with notes of balsamic, cognac and glue ish notes. Bit too heavy for me

8, 7, 6.5, 6, 6.5
Tried from Bottle on 10 Mar 2024 at 17:45

9/10
The most delicious canned Saison-like ale ever, citrusy crispness with floral notes.
Tried from Can on 03 Mar 2024 at 18:06

8.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 9
Collab version with Old Standby Brewing. Aromas are a very nice traditional style blend of yeast, spice, pale malt, floral, tart and oak. Flavors are like nose, mainly tart with a little fruity in back. Refreshing, satisfying beer well done.
Tried from Can from Tavour on 01 Mar 2024 at 20:17

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
Pour at Dark Fields of Winter. Pours clear golden with foamy head. Aroma has a lot of honey. Flavour has a lot of honey with some sour lemon. Not getting a whole lot of pine. Nice balance of sour and honey sweetness
Tried on 25 Feb 2024 at 08:06

8/10
Middle. Sour and tart, medium acidity. Citrus with orange, some dry wood. OJ integrates nicely, very nice.
Tried on 09 Feb 2024 at 16:45