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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7.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
Sampled from the tap at the brewery. Pours a hazy copper with an orange hue and a white head that dissipates slowly to the edges and laces. Aroma has light tart fruits with a good amount of funk, grass and light flora supporting. Flavor has strong herbal and grassy notes with light tart fruits, some lemon and oak backing.
Tried from Draft on 11 Dec 2022 at 20:18

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
375ml bottle pours out amber color topped with a small fizzy head. Nose is nice berries barrels tart sour kick and spice. Taste is more of the nice tart berries currants spice and barrel.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Dec 2022 at 21:26

7.4/10
The honey and oak barrel dominates. Only 400 made, well done sipper. With lots of sourness. James bottle ams
Tried from Bottle on 03 Dec 2022 at 19:23

9/10
Yummy light funk, heavy citrus, tangy sweetness and slight grape love.
Tried on 19 Nov 2022 at 20:20

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750ml bottle. Intense pine needle notes, foresty spiciness, honey and funky sourness. Refreshing and complex.
Tried from Bottle on 12 Nov 2022 at 21:50

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9-3-8-4-16 Bottle, batch apr 10 2020, 9.72 % alc/vol, 18 months after bottling. Pours dark mahogany brown, with a small rocky head. Aroma is acetic acid with balsamic vinegar with dark fruity notes of wine grapes, prunes and dark fruits, as well as leather, liquorice, tannins and wooden barrels. Medium to full body, with almost no carbonation. Flavour is acetic acid with balsamic vinegar, wine grapes, dark berries and fruits, as well as tobacco, tannins and wooden barrels.
Tried from Bottle on 29 Oct 2022 at 18:26

7.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 9 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Draught, taster. @Barcelona Beer Festival 2022, 16/10/2022 [#5.524 Global - #842 United States of America - #4 The Ale Apothecary] Pours hazy yellow with a lacing white head. Aroma: funk, wild yeast and pine needles. Very nice indeed. Taste: must, pear, wood barrels amd wild yeast. Extremely well balanced acidity. Crushable. Next one please!
Tried on 25 Oct 2022 at 09:28

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle, taster. @Barcelona Beer Festival 2022, Barcelona (Spain). 14/10/2022 [#5.446 Global - #823 United States of America - #3 The Ale Apothecary] Pours dark brown with almost no head. Aroma: vinegar, dried fruits, fruity esters and honey. Taste: vinous oak, funky yeast and oak barrels. Extremely sour. Next one please!
Tried from Bottle on 20 Oct 2022 at 09:43

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Bottle, taster. @Barcelona Beer Festival 2022, Barcelona (Spain). 14/10/2022 [#5.445 Global - #822 United States of America - #2 The Ale Apothecary] Pours orange with a lacing head. Some floaters. Aroma: spruce, pine needles and oak wood. Very nice aroma. Taste: wild yeast, pear, tart and pine. Tart mouthfeel. Long tart finish. Next one please!
Tried from Bottle on 20 Oct 2022 at 09:41

7.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Draught, taster. @Barcelona Beer Festival 2022, Barcelona (Spain). 14/10/2022 [#5.433 Global - #816 United States of America - #1 The Ale Apotecary (My Brewery #237 from the States)] Pours dark mahogany with a lacing white head. Aroma: vinous, sweet cherry, vinegar and candy sugar. Taste: leather, cherry, oak barrels and vinegar. Tartness mouthfeel. Hints of vinegar and candy sugar. Next one please!
Tried from Can on 19 Oct 2022 at 07:53