The Ale Apothecary
Microbrewery
in Bend,
Oregon,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: The Ale Apothecary Tasting Room
Established in 2011
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.
yngwie (24278) reviewed Sahati from The Ale Apothecary 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle, 75cl, at Habitat. 2008 vintage, 9.3% ABV. A lightly hazy one, orange-golden in color and topped by a finger-thick off-white head. Fruity-sour aroma with peach, some vinegar and earthy notes. It's full-bodied and lightly warming, nicely carbonated and with a gentle acidity. The flavor has some pale malts in the back, with peachy, sourish fruityness and an earthy, almost funky touch. Some honey hints kicking in towards the very end. A nice one, but glad it was a shared bottle, would be challenging to finish one alone. 240801
Oakes (33493) reviewed Sahati from The Ale Apothecary 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 4 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 3.5
Dregs pour. Tart, and spicy, but also the fermentation seems a bit off. There's things in here that I don't want to be in here.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Pale peachy colour. Medium head. Tart, light body. Mellow grapey accents, a touch of wood. Balanced.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Spontaneous with Apricots from The Ale Apothecary 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Opaque and pale. Medium head. Bright tart fruit. Tart, soft body...it's a bit acetic but has a good fruit character.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Opaque, pale purplish colour. Thin head. Nice fruit, but it's quite sharp, not as well balanced as the Sahalie Raspberry.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Sahalie - Raspberry from The Ale Apothecary 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Pinkish and opaque. Bright fruit, nice brett. Lots of raspberry on this, too. It's a touch acetic, sharp, but there's plenty of fruit to balance.
Oakes (33493) reviewed Purple Pinto (El Cuatro) from The Ale Apothecary 1 year ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Hazy and amber. Thin head. Light body for 10%. Vinous, woody with a splash of alcohol. Not bad.
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Hazy. Tart with light pinot noir accents. A bit yeasty, and the body veers towards light and thin.
Oakes (33493) reviewed La Tache from The Ale Apothecary 1 year ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Dullish pale amber. No head. Refined buggy aroma, gently sweet biscuity malts. Lots of bugs, peachy stone fruit notes, oaky tannins. Refined and balanced. Excellent.
Benzai (24515) reviewed Slayzon from The Ale Apothecary 1 year ago
Appearance - 7 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Ale Apothecary Slayzon
Bottle at home ZZT 2024. Clear golden color, small white head. Aroma and flavor are lightly malts, sour as in unripe fruit, tart. Not bad. Suitable mouthfeel. I like it. 7-7-8-8-8