The Ale Apothecary

Microbrewery in Bend, Oregon, United States πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ
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
Dec132017, Brandy and wine tannic all over, tons of oaky booze, tart finish.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Jul 2019 at 18:28

9/10
DEC.14.2017. honey wheaty oaky love.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Jul 2019 at 15:26

July 2018. Super funky, nicely acidic with a honey flavor
Tried from Bottle at Other Half Brewing Company on 13 Jul 2019 at 07:51

7.1/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Nice raspberry, not jammy. Cloudy copper with a small white head. Raspberry and light barrel notes, tart berry dry finish.
Tried on 08 Jul 2019 at 00:23

7/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Weird caramel and funk. Dirty brown with a small beige head. Soured brown ale with a tart finish.
Tried on 08 Jul 2019 at 00:19

6.4/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Caramel and a touch of soured spice. Cloudy copper with a small beige head. Soured sweet caramel malts.
Tried on 08 Jul 2019 at 00:17

6.3/10 β€” Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7
Some starchy and light fruitynotes, clear gold with a decent white head. Soured and fruity notes, smells bad, tastes good.
Tried on 08 Jul 2019 at 00:16

7.5/10 β€” Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8
On tap at Arrogant Sour Festival 2019. Dark orange, small white head. Barnyard, barrel, malty, some fruit, medium to heavy sourness. Medium bodied.
Tried from Draft on 07 Jul 2019 at 20:51

7.4/10 β€” Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle at Farmhouse Fest 2019, pours a hazy orange amber with a small white head. Aroma brings out perfumey notes, with strange tequila notes, and earthy twigs. Flavour is full of raspberry upfront, with a touch of tequila, and tart stone fruits. Finishes on tart raspberries. Not a great nose but tastes better.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Jul 2019 at 01:45

8.1/10 β€” Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Bottle at Farmhouse Fest 2019, pours an opaque dark amber brown with a small beige head. Aroma brings out lots of chestnuts, wild yeast, and oak. Flavour is along the same lines, with oak, chestnuts, and tart red fruits. Deep and complex. Lovely. Rerate at brewery on cask: this is vile. Basically just vinegar. Terrible shit. 1.2/5. I'll keep my prior ating.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Jul 2019 at 01:45