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.
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
750ml bottle. 10.1% ABV. Batch 8/2019. Tart, sweetish and funky with some honey, oak and toffee. Okay.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Nov 2021
at 16:42
8.4/10
This is really good, soft fruit, acidic, but not overly dominant.vinous, barrel notes of vanilla, oak.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Nov 2021
at 22:16
10/10
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Appearance 10
Aroma 10
Flavor 10
Texture 10
Overall 10
Cork-top bottle, 0.375l, thanks to Bongtribe for sharing. Aroma of grape skin, ripe fruit, barnyard and honey. Pours cloudy dark golden color with thin creamy white head. Taste is tart vinous, citrusy, sweet honeyish, milky and woody. Medium to full body, slick texture and average carbonation in palate. Funky cure for every kind of problem…
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Nov 2021
at 20:49
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
12.7 oz corked and caged. Aroma has notes of brett, vanilla, wood, lemon, dusty basements, overripe dark fruit. Pours hazy amber with a one finger bone-white head with decent retention. Taste is moderately to highly sour (8/10) and a little sweet, finishing slightly dry. Perfectly carbonated mouthfeel. Awesome beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Nov 2021
at 01:57
8/10
0,75 litre Bottle, at a share. Cloudy Golden with white head. Sour, sweetness, tart, Smooth.
Tried
from Bottle
on 12 Nov 2021
at 21:01
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle. Pours a cloudy orange with small white head. The aroma is agave, yeast, oak, berry. Slick body, agave, earth, wood, light tart berry, very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Oct 2021
at 02:39
7/10
On tap at Craftbeer Corner Cologne. A clear amber beer with a white lacing. Aroma of sour grapes, brett, caramel. Taste of sour red berries grapes, brett.
Tried
from Draft
on 04 Sep 2021
at 15:21
4.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 4.5
Flavor 5
Texture 5
Overall 4.5
Süffiger, fein säuerlicher Beginn mit süßlichem Hintergrund. Kräutrig, mittellanger Abgang. 9/7/8/7//8
Tried
from Draft
at
Craftbeer Corner Coeln
on 04 Sep 2021
at 15:21
8.6/10
Tried
from Draft
on 01 Sep 2021
at 20:51
7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 28 Aug 2021
at 22:48