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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8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
750ml bottle pours out golden topped with a small fizzy head. Nose is nice sweet honey fruit tart sour funk. Taste is more of the nice sweet honey fruit and plenty funk.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Aug 2019 at 19:02

7.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
750ml bottle pours out red topped with a sand head. Nose is berries plenty funk and barrel. Taste is more of the nice funky barrels berries and wine notes.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Aug 2019 at 18:40

9/10
Smells like straight fir needles, very piney, tastes like an air freshener
Tried from Bottle on 09 Aug 2019 at 21:50

10/10
Tried from Bottle on 03 Aug 2019 at 18:56

8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Flaska från Beer Republic. Smutsdisig orangefärgad med vit krona. Massor av gammalt Cola-tuggummi, citruszest, pissoartablett, rengöringsmedel, ingefära, viss skogighet och granskott. Rolig kombo, alkoholen känns inte direkt av. Bra syra, djup och bitande. Kul.
Tried on 03 Aug 2019 at 14:50

8.2/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8
Flaska från Beer Republic. Något ljusare guldfärgad, klar med vit krona. Funkig, jordig, citrus, rivet citronskal, örtigt, brett, mycket fat, aprikos, lite vinöst, fin och oerhört mjuk syrlighet. Fint integrerad. Känns att den är något större i storlek, men 9% känns absolut inte av.
Tried on 03 Aug 2019 at 14:49

8.6/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Flaska från Beer Republic. Ljusguldig, smådisig med vit krona. Ganska vass och skarp, spritsig med friska toner av citrus, citruszest, brett, gröna druvor, päron och stenfrukt. Nästan lite citronmaräng. Friskt, piggt, smakrikt och samtidigt lättdrucket. Känns enkelt och ändå elegant och fint. Supergott.
Tried on 03 Aug 2019 at 14:48

5.8/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 6
Bottle. Hazy amber color with beige head. Aroma is leather, tobacco, cookies, mousy. Taste is the same, dill. Oily mouthfeel with medium carbonation. Not great.
Tried from Bottle on 30 Jul 2019 at 05:07

8.1/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
On tap at Arrogant Sour Festival 2019. Hazy orange, small white head. Fruity, funk, wood, some peach, apple, medium+ sourness. Medium bodied.
Tried from Draft on 29 Jul 2019 at 18:43

9/10
Super wine barrel, red wine funk.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Jul 2019 at 12:59