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.
7.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
375ml bottle – Pours an almost clear dark reddish amber colour with a tiny off-white head that settled to a thin film. Aroma is tart fruit, berries with notes of honey and spruce. An initial sharp tart taste, quite a lot of flavours follow, sweet honey, spruce, tart fruit, berries and vinegary flavours with a dry sour finish. It’s not Finnish so not Sahti but an interesting sour all the same.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jan 2021
at 14:50
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Sept 8, 2017 batch. 8.14% alcohol. Thanks to Cameron for the bottle! Initially, I thought I laid this down too long and the Funk had taken over. As it warmed and opened up, it was more nuanced. Still dark red fruit and massive sour. Cocoa Nubs have dissipated and not existent. Barrel seemed to add some nice balance. Clear brown with minimal head.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Jan 2021
at 01:49
8/10
Vinegary and funky sour
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Jan 2021
at 18:25
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Pours orange/amber, large slowly fading head.Nose shows heavy funk, lemon rind, herbal notes, soft brandy, a bit of woody oak and faint liquorice.Flavours include heavy acidity, lots of funk, lemon rind and a hint of golden syrup.
Tried
on 05 Jan 2021
at 12:08
8.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 9
Bottle shared by Daren, thanks! Pours a hazy slightly rusty orange with an off white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma sour stone red fruits with a good amount of oak, a touch of red wine and a hint of flora. Flavor has sour stone fruit throughout with a bit red wine and a good amount of oak growing.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Jan 2021
at 01:08
8.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
Bottle shared by Daren, thanks! Pours a hazy yellow with a slight orange hue and a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has a combination of hay, light tart fruits, oak and a hint of a light funk. Flavor has light tart fruits with growing crisp hay, a hint of honey and a bit of funk supporting.
Tried
from Bottle
on 29 Dec 2020
at 02:51
8/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 9
Bottle shared by Lizzie & Daren, thanks! Pours a slightly cloudy earthy purple with no head but a bit of visible carbonation. Aroma has rich tart elderberry with a good amount of oak and a hint of earthy funk supporting. Flavor has a nice tart elderberry throughout with a light acid, a bit of oak and a touch of earthy funk.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Dec 2020
at 06:50
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle shared by Lizzie & Daren, thanks! Pours a slightly hazy light orange gold with a white head that dissipates to the edges. Aroma has sour light fruits with a hint of oak and a decent amount of sour lemon and light fruits with light funk and an oak backbone.
Tried
from Bottle
on 26 Dec 2020
at 06:15
8.1/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle shared by Lizzie & Daren, thanks! Pours an earthy amber brown with a tan head that dissipates slowly to the edges and laces. Aroma has juicy sour cherry and dark candied sugar with a hint of oak supporting. Flavor has a nice sour cherry with a growing oak and a hint of candied sugar underlying.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Dec 2020
at 01:48
9/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Dec 2020
at 09:07