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.
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottled 375ml. -from Goblet Zagreb, shared with Marko and hrabren. Unclear orange/golden coloured, small white to off-white head, fruity and mild woody nose. Sweetish fruity, yaesty, light citrusy and woody with minimal touch of honey in the finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Sep 2020
at 12:23
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
9.59% version with honey. Marko is confused about this one. Shared a bottle with Ogi and him. Hazy dark golden, small off-white head. Fruity, glue, honey. Peach or apricot, carrot. Acidity. Corked wine. There's a liqouer quality. Orange. Sourness. Cardboard or wood. Light to medium body, quite sour, soft carbonation, light to moderate finish.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 Sep 2020
at 20:26
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
355ml bottle. Thx Tiong. Poured golden color with a thin white head. Funky with some apricots, wood. Dryness and dark dry fruits. Really good.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Sep 2020
at 15:39
7.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at Arde's residence, Helsinki. Thanks Tiong! Color is slightly cloudy light orange with very small white head. Aromas and flavours: Fruits, sourness, some tartness, wood elements, dryness... Nice!
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Sep 2020
at 15:36
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
375ml bottle. Heavy, intensely sour and vinous with some honey, oak, wood, grapes and earthiness. Dry and funky, quite balanced.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 Sep 2020
at 15:36
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle thanks to AJ. Pours a hazy orange with small white head that lasts. The aroma is strong funk, barnyard, raspberry, oak. Thin body, raspberry, funk, light acidity, honey, enjoyed this.
Tried
from Bottle
on 30 Aug 2020
at 05:33
8/10
Brewed 9.2017, bottled 1.2018, nice tannic berry notes, woody honey finish, some rye on the nose and front, not too tannic either, just right with the funk upfront too.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Aug 2020
at 21:20
9/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 21 Aug 2020
at 20:42
7/10
Tried
on 19 Aug 2020
at 11:36
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle 375ml. corked @ [ End of Summer Holidays at Home Tasting ] - fonefan & Brugmansia House.
[ As The Ale Apothecary The Beer Formerly Known As La Tache - (July 25,2019) ].
ABV: 8.73%. Hazy medium yellow colour with a average to small, frothy, good to fair lacing, mostly lasting, off-white to white head. Aroma is moderate to light heavy malty, wheat, funk, tart, wood, honey, barrel - oak, peach - apricot. Flavor is moderate to light heavy sweet and moderate acidic with a long duration, tart, dry, apricot, sour, barrel, honey notes. Body is medium, texture is oily to watery, carbonation is soft. [20200815]
8-3-8-3-17
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Aug 2020
at 08:34