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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7.2
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

Tried from Bottle on 16 Sep 2024 at 09:20


4.4
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.

Tried on 05 Sep 2024 at 02:14


7.4
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.

Tried on 04 Sep 2024 at 03:43


7.4
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.

Tried on 04 Sep 2024 at 03:39


7.1
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.

Tried on 02 Sep 2024 at 19:28


7.5
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.

Tried on 02 Sep 2024 at 19:27


7.5
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.

Tried on 02 Sep 2024 at 19:26


7.4
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.

Tried on 02 Sep 2024 at 19:25


8.4
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.

Tried on 02 Sep 2024 at 05:23


7.6
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

Tried on 24 Aug 2024 at 18:21