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.
7.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Sample at Urban Artifact during The Extinction Event: Natural Wine & Spontaneous Beer Fest on 09/28/2019. Slightly hazy bronze color with a medium off-white head that dissipates steadily to an outer ring. Short strings of lace. Aroma of oak, yeast, fruit and malt. Medium to full body with flavors of vinous oak, mildly funky yeast, brandy and malt. The finish is oaky and a little boozy with a brandy and yeast aftertaste. Good beer all around.
Tried
on 18 Feb 2020
at 19:28
8.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Pours clear golden with a super fizzy small white head that dissipapears quickly. Aroma is full of oaky funk, lemon, basement must, Brett and socks. Flavor is light tart, medium funk, bright, citrus. Medium body, bubbly carbonation. Quite fine.
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Feb 2020
at 05:07
6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 6
Fein säuerlicher, getreidig beeriger Antrunk. Leicht ansteigende Säure, geringe Karbonisierung, die Intensität nimmt etwas zu. Fruchtiger, trocken säuerlicher Abgang. 10/9/9/10//9
Tried
on 10 Feb 2020
at 19:54
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Draft at Hops and Pie 9-23-15
Tried
from Draft
on 02 Feb 2020
at 05:17
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Light amber, little bit of haze, light brett up front with a fair bit of malt, biscuity amber notes.,touch of smoke, rosemary, sage, nice complexity. Pretty lactic in the finish.
Tried
on 02 Feb 2020
at 04:54
7/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Clearish gold with a small white heat. Funky and woody notes. Herbal and light lemon peel with a dry sour finish.
Tried
from Draft
on 29 Jan 2020
at 02:27
7.6/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Cloudy copper with a small white head. Light berries and herbal notes with a nice sourness. Weird but good.
Tried
from Draft
on 27 Jan 2020
at 21:50
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap. Pours a deep orange mahogany with little head. Aromas of forest berries, forest floor and dull wheaty malts. Flavors of sharp forest berries, spruce, lemons and sharp wheaty malts
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Jan 2020
at 05:05
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
On tap. Pours an orange mahogany with light head. Aromas of grapes and pine. Flavors of spruce, sharp tart grapes, lemon/lime and sharp wheaty malts. Lots of spruce.
Tried
from Draft
on 26 Jan 2020
at 04:52
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Taster on Weathered. Appearance: hazy deep golden with no head. Aroma: moderately sweet grapes, some wild character, some barrels and honey. Taste: along the same lines, pretty acidic, though. Overall: a bit too acidic for me, but it has a nice character.
Tried
on 26 Jan 2020
at 04:44