The Ale Apothecary
Microbrewery
in Bend,
Oregon,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: The Ale Apothecary Tasting Room
Established in 2011
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.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Golden colour with a small white head. Aroma is funky, mild spicy and wooden tones with some berries and fruits too. Flavour is zesty, spicy, some funky and mild tart wooden tones with some slight acidic edge to it as well. Simplistic, but still really nice to drink.
oh6gdx (51139) reviewed Sauvie from The Ale Apothecary 11 months ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Backlog. Golden colour with a small white foamy head. Aroma is funk, some apricots, tartish wooden tones too with some mild herbal tones. Flavour is dried fruits, some tart dry wooden tones with mild herbal tones as well as some slight earthy tones. Smooth and nicely dry palate.
oh6gdx (51139) reviewed El Cuatro from The Ale Apothecary 11 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Backlog. Deep amber colour with a mediumsized off-white foamy head, slightly lacing. Aroma is citrus, some slight acidity, tart berries and wood with some mild spiciness to it too. Flavour is floral, some citrus, mild acidity, tart wood and berries with an evident Brandy stinging sweetness popping through.
oh6gdx (51139) reviewed Field Spirits from The Ale Apothecary 11 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Backlog. Hazy coppery brpwn colour with a tiny head. Aroma is wood, some red wine, mild toasted and rye bready tones with quite much tartness as well. Flavour is slightly acidic tartness with some tanninlike dry elements as well as some wooden and slight fruity tones. Wild, but a bit too much on the acidic side of things.
tricksta_p (13664) reviewed La Tache from The Ale Apothecary 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
From tap at BeerTemple, Amsterdam. Sour and funky with an aroma of citrus, light grain, touch of stone fruits, funk, apricot, some peach, bit zesty. Nicely funky and sour, medium body, complex. Great!
tricksta_p (13664) reviewed Graff from The Ale Apothecary 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
From tap at BeerTemple, Amsterdam. Aroma is tart citrus and stone fruits with peach, some apricot, touch of apple. Sour, tangy, puckering flavour. Body is medium. Dangerously drinkable for a 9+ %. Good stuff.
tricksta_p (13664) reviewed Sauvie from The Ale Apothecary 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
From tap at BeerTemple, Amsterdam. Big tart & sour puckering flavour complimented by an aroma of grain, fruit, bretty funk, and notes of grapes. Medium body. Pretty complex, wow, really quite good.
tricksta_p (13664) reviewed Sahati from The Ale Apothecary 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
From tap at BeerTemple, Amsterdam. Heavy spruce motherfucker with a big puckering sourness. Aroma is vinegar, floral suggestions, rosemary, some yoghurt, and more spruce. Body is medium. Bold and beautiful eccentric, heavy on the spruce.
oh6gdx (51139) reviewed Sahalie from The Ale Apothecary 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Orangeish amber colour with a small white head. Aroma is fruity, floral, some funk and mild white wine like tones with some wood to it. Flavour is nicely fruity and funky with some wooden, mildly spicy tones with quite much sour fruity tones to it too. Pleasant and somewhat dry palate.
Funky, vinous and farmyardy with some tartness, pine, hints of honey and soapy notes, spruce and earthiness. Pretty complex and tasty.