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.
8.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle at legendary Backbone. Orange color with white head. Aroma of vinous notes, bayrnard, earthy notes. Taste, nice sourness, vinous notes, light honey. Nice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Aug 2021
at 17:35
8.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
12.7 oz corked and caged, 2020 vintage. Aroma has notes of dark jammy fruit, lemon, wood, wild forest mushrooms, raisin--fascinating. Pours murky brown with a one finger beige head that falls into a ring immediately. Taste is moderately sour (7/10) with a light to moderate bitter finish and a hint of traditional barleywine malt sweetness. Ale Apothecary hits it out of the park again. Crazy complex and delicious.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Aug 2021
at 03:04
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
375ml bottle pours out cola color topped with a small head. Nose has lots going on toffee rich malts light tartness some funky barrel. Taste is more of the nice sweet malts and complex light tart barrel mix.
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Jul 2021
at 12:53
8.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 9
Bottle. Pours a clear gold with a white head that dissipates nearly completely. Aroma has agave and sour light fruits with a bit of tequila underlying. Flavor has tequila and sour funky fruits with a bit of agave in the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Jun 2021
at 18:20
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle thanks to AJ. Pours a dark amber with small beige head leaving spotty lacing. The aroma is strong leather, oak, earth, cherry skin. Slick body, tart cherry, leather, oak tannin, very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 May 2021
at 00:22
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cloudy, amber color and almost no head. Very low carbonated...ok, natural with honey... cool idea. Nose is sour, fruity, faint honey. Taste is tart, funky, nice bitter-fruity finish. Good work, guys.
Tried
on 23 Apr 2021
at 11:28
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours hazy orange, small off white head, decent residual. Aroma is brett, hay, hint of caramel, lemon, orange. Flavor is light tart, medium funk, interesting. Merlin body.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Apr 2021
at 03:13
6.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 5
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottle thanks to Rainer. Pours a hazy orange gold with small white head leaving spotty lacing. The aroma is oak and wheat. Slick body, wheat, citrus, light finish, good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Mar 2021
at 01:22
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle thanks to Rainer. Pours a hazy orange gold with medium white head that lasts. The aroma is strong honey, earth, oak, grapes. Slick body, funky, honey, grape, citrus, light dry finish, very good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Mar 2021
at 00:32
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle sample at a tasting at Yoav's place. Cloudy orange. Spruce, oak, wine, honey, vinegar, sour, spicy and herbal, acidic, medium-bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 15 Feb 2021
at 17:00