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
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.

Tried on 03 May 2025 at 06:34


Tried on 01 May 2025 at 23:07


5

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.

Tried from Bottle on 01 May 2025 at 23:07


7.8

Grapes, tannic, funky, tart

Tried from Bottle on 27 Apr 2025 at 23:40


8.2

Vinous, tart, touch of drying tannins in the back. Acidity

Tried from Bottle on 27 Apr 2025 at 23:31


8.2

Sharp funk, lots of red cherry, maybe a bit over sharp still, could use some more time to mellow

Tried from Bottle on 27 Apr 2025 at 22:24


8.4

We think this is the right checkin. Chestnut Guinea, touch of herbal, rosemary notes, pleasant acidity.

Tried from Draft on 21 Apr 2025 at 23:58


8

Tried from Bottle on 26 Mar 2025 at 11:30


8

Tried from Bottle on 26 Mar 2025 at 11:30


7.8
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.

Tried from Bottle on 10 Mar 2025 at 18:03