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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7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle, 375 ml, shared with others. Cloudy orange with small white head. Fruity, citrus, some pineapple, grapes, wood notes, nice tartness. Medium bodied.
Tried from Bottle on 28 Jan 2024 at 20:05

8/10
Tried on 09 Jan 2024 at 19:12

8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Canned, 473 ml in Yakima. Cloudy orange with small white head. Fruity, grapes, citrus, pleasant tartness, some herbal notes. Medium sourness.
Tried from Can on 08 Jan 2024 at 20:36

8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Canned, 473 ml. Cloudy orange with small white head. Fruity, citrus, cherries, pleasant sourness, complex enough. Medium bodied.
Tried from Can on 08 Jan 2024 at 20:31

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
On tap. Pours amber with little head. Aromas of funky tropical fruit, wine gums and light wheaty malts. Flavors of pineapple, tart grape skins and sharp wheaty malts. Very good though quite tart for even a wide range saison style.
Tried from Draft on 06 Jan 2024 at 23:12

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottled 375ml. -at Goblet Zagreb. Hazy golden coloured, no head at all, funky nose. Yeasty, funky, fruity, wild herbs and touch of honey with light notes of barrel and touch of salt in the finish. Quite nice.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Jan 2024 at 23:42

8.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 9
At the taproom. Cloudy orange with white head. Some funk, light fruit notes, wood, herbal, nice sourness. Complex and well executed.
Tried from Draft at The Ale Apothecary Tasting Room on 04 Jan 2024 at 21:29

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
On tap at the taproom. Cloudy golden with medium white head. Citrus, lemon, floral, bit yeasty, some barrel notes. Drinks nicely.
Tried from Draft at The Ale Apothecary Tasting Room on 04 Jan 2024 at 19:50

8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
On tap at the taproom. Orange amber with medium white head. Fruity, funky, nice medium sourness, mezcal blends well to the flavours, nice one.
Tried from Draft at The Ale Apothecary Tasting Room on 04 Jan 2024 at 19:42

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Can from Tavour. Pours translucent gold with a transient white head. Aroma is floral and mildly tart. Med body. It's dry and moderately tart. Oak astringency. Strangely floral flavor. Earthy bitter. Light funk note. Very nice.
Tried from Can on 04 Jan 2024 at 00:10