The Ale Apothecary
Microbrewery
in
Bend,
Oregon,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: The Ale Apothecary Tasting Room
Established in 2011
Contact
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.
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.
8.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
2014 bottle.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Sep 2023
at 17:23
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Hazy reddish-amber, medium head. Light fruity acidity on the nose, smoke on the palate but somewhat generic - tart amber ale, some tannin, complexity. A bit yeasty and it doesn'�t 100% come together but it'�s not bad.
Tried
on 02 Sep 2023
at 04:16
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle shared by Jeremy at the August 2023 PS tasting, 8/19/23. New brewery! Brewery # 2214, USA # 1810, OR # 35 (that # will skyrocket in a couple weeks). Clear amber, large tan head, average retention. Aroma of spruce, soap, tart fruit. Taste is spruce, cherry, stone fruit, soap. Bright, strong tartness. Would be great but for the soapy notes I'm getting from the spruce.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Aug 2023
at 03:09
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Hazy, beige, thin head. Tart but complex, a bit grapey and peachy at the same time, as expected. Good malt base. Medium acidity.
Tried
on 23 Aug 2023
at 03:44
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Pink, with a nice big fruit character. Woody and tart - spruce, pine. Tart and complex.
Tried
on 17 Aug 2023
at 04:14
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Poured from the tap. Hazy golden orange with small white head. Apricot forward, a bit of acidic tartness, mild peach underlay, okay.
Tried
from Draft
on 14 Aug 2023
at 23:35
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Opaque plum sort of colour. Nice beer - has a good balance of juicy berries, gentle acidity and clean malt backbone.
Tried
on 13 Aug 2023
at 20:29
7.4/10
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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
5.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 4
Overall 5.5
Bottle pour at Farmhouse Fest 2023, pours an opaque dark orange with a small white head. Aroma is raw and earthy, with lots of twigs galore. Flavour is full of very sour notes, tons or twigs, and earthiness. Too sour and twiggy. Not great.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Aug 2023
at 06:17
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
A taster shared with Josh, Matt, Phill, and Ryan during FHF with priceless Rachel's (yup, again!) help in organizing all the mess with glasses. Appearance: almost clear golden with a white head. Aroma: nice bugs with some fruity character. Taste: same. Overall: good.
Tried
on 12 Aug 2023
at 21:11