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.
Kraddel (15872) reviewed Punchdown from The Ale Apothecary 11 months ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7.5 | Flavor - 7.5 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Pours unclear dark amber, small white head. Scent is full funky, wood. Milder tecognizable, yet intensely aromatic grapes. Taste is full, tart, dry, very aromatic. Midlly sweet (by the grapes) impression. Not as spicy as Pinot Noir usually is to me, more (red) fruityness - the way Pinot Noir is in very high standards. Elegant and balanced, yet typical US acidity.
mart (27261) ticked El Cuatro (4/09/2021) from The Ale Apothecary 11 months ago
Hapu, happeline, veinine, karamelline, äädikane.. see on ikka korralik american wild, tunnen kõrvetisi seda juues.. joodav, aga see kogus on max, sobiks pigem salatikastmeks või millegi marineerimiseks.
Grapes, tannic, funky, tart
Vinous, tart, touch of drying tannins in the back. Acidity
Sharp funk, lots of red cherry, maybe a bit over sharp still, could use some more time to mellow
We think this is the right checkin. Chestnut Guinea, touch of herbal, rosemary notes, pleasant acidity.
Reubs (35701) ticked Sahalie - Fresh Hop from The Ale Apothecary 1 year ago
Reubs (35701) ticked El Cuatro (2017) from The Ale Apothecary 1 year ago
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.