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.
8/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Feb 2023
at 23:53
8/10
Funky and herbal with loads of soapy spruce notes, tartness, sourness and mineraly, hints of lime and earthiness. Intense.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Feb 2023
at 23:50
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 6
Bottle thanks to Phil? Pours a shitty brown with small beige head. The aroma is maple, wood, and grapes. Slick body, licorice, maple, sour grape, wood, tart, strange.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Jan 2023
at 02:07
8/10
Taster from Bottle, at a share in Oslo. Cloudy reddish brown with offwhite head. Sour, Fruity, funky, yeast, oak,
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Jan 2023
at 20:02
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 4
Overall 8
Bottle shared with others. Pours a slightly hazy earthy orange gold with a white head that dissipates quickly to the edges. Aroma has funk and sour dry fruits with a bit of an acidic citrus note supporting. Flavor has dank, sour citrus with a good amount of funk and light menthol in the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Dec 2022
at 01:03
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Can shared with others. Pours a hazy gold with a slight orange hue and a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has tart citrus and a bit of tart tropical fruits with a bit of funk supporting. Flavor has great tart citrus and tropical fruits with a light funkiness underlying.
Tried
from Can
on 12 Dec 2022
at 01:01
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Sampled from the tap at the brewery. Pours a clear gold with a white head that lasts throughout the beer. Aroma has a good amount of oak and light tart fruits with a bit of grass supporting. Flavor has earthy tart light fruits with bread, funk, oak and lemon in the finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Dec 2022
at 20:34
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Sampled from the tap at the brewery. Pours a clear amber with a red hue and a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has sour berries and sweet grains with oak and a bit of funk supporting. Flavor has sour dark fruits and light lemon with funk and a bit of oak in the finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Dec 2022
at 20:31
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Sampled from the tap at the brewery. Pours a near clear earthy amber with a red hue and a near white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has tart cherry with a good smithy of oak and a wine note underlying. Flavor has sour cherry up front with dry red wine with an oaky backbone.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Dec 2022
at 20:29
7.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Sampled from the tap at the brewery. Pours a clear dull gold with a white head that dissipates completely. Aroma has earthy spruce and tart lemon with oak backing. Flavor has tart lemon and light fruit with oak and a growing spruce presence.
Tried
from Draft
on 11 Dec 2022
at 20:23