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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8

Soir, fruity, dry. Piney, stone fruit, honey sweetness, very nice.

Tried on 17 Jan 2025 at 14:57


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

[notes] Poured from bottle @ FHF 2023 (Aug 12, 2023). Clear yellow gold with small white head. Mild funk, feint hint of huckleberry, gentle oak, decent.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Jan 2025 at 05:29


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5

[notes] Poured from bottle @ FHF 2023 (Aug 12, 2023). Cloudy orangey brown with small white head. Tart funk, mild brandy wine, some honey, okay.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Jan 2025 at 05:29


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

[notes] Poured from bottle @ FHF 2023 (Aug 12, 2023). Hazed brown with small beige head. Oak, tartness, okay.

Tried from Bottle on 16 Jan 2025 at 05:19


8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Golden with a white head - Tart wood aroma - Malt body with a tart wood flaovur - Tart flavours goes into the finish - This was good

Tried on 12 Jan 2025 at 15:20


7.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

Poured from 750mL bottle (batch 5.1.22; 8.02% abv). Hazy bright amber brown with small beige head. Fairly acidic, hint of wood, okay.

Tried from Bottle on 31 Dec 2024 at 03:28


8

Sour and tart, fruity, dry. Citrus and wood, smooth, medium acidity. A bit rustic but also some fairly light fruity hoppiness, very nice.

Tried on 13 Dec 2024 at 15:14


6.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Poured from 750mL bottle (batch 12/4/2020) @ ABC bottle share. Clear pink-ish orange with small white head. Tart buttery lacto, feint pear, average.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Nov 2024 at 04:01


7.8
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6.5 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 9 | Overall - 8

Afterburst Billie's 2024-11-09 Antwerp
AR: sour apricots, tart grapes
AP: hazy coppery, wee thin lid
F: sour apricots, tart grapes

Tried from Bottle on 09 Nov 2024 at 19:21


7
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7

Bottle pours out pale straw topped with a small fizzy white head. Nose is nice grape forward some funk and barrel. Taste is more of the nice barrel funky grape wine notes.

Tried from Bottle on 09 Nov 2024 at 09:31