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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At brettfest. Aroma of pineapple, mango, citrus, wheat and tart. Taste has tart pineapple, oak, white grape, mango, wheat, vineus funk and some peach. Delicious.
Tried on 22 Jun 2019 at 13:27

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At brettfest. Aroma of sweet tart lemonade, strawberry, funky yeast and some herbs. Taste of funky lemonade, strawberry, syrup, oak, acidic sourness and weird spritzy yeast. Interesting and quite nice.
Tried on 22 Jun 2019 at 13:05

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On tap at Beer Temple in Amsterdam. Hazy dark golden with a medium white foam lowering quick while leaving a lacing. Nose: elderflowers, fruity, a bit citric. Mouth: very peppery, medium sweet fruitiness, firm sourness but never acetic.
Tried from Draft on 21 Jun 2019 at 18:25

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Draft at BeerTemple, Amsterdam. Aroma is vinous with citrus, lemon, light oak, light funk and tart grapes. Flavour is light to moderate sweet and moderate sour. Medium bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried from Draft at BeerTemple on 21 Jun 2019 at 18:07

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Draft at BeerTemple, Amsterdam. Hazy golden orange with a ring off white head. Aroma of lemonade and spruce. Flavour is above moderate sweet and moderate sour. Light medium bodied with light carbonation.
Tried from Draft at BeerTemple on 21 Jun 2019 at 18:06

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Tap at Beer Temple in Amsterdam. Cloudy orange pour pretty bright and with a minimal white foam. Nose: peach jam, fruity. Mouth: charming, not much of tartness, more fruitiness and a decent dry/bitter overall. Mild peppery finish. Nice
Tried from Draft on 21 Jun 2019 at 18:02

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Tap at Beertemple. Unclear golden with no head. Sour grain, lots of stonefruit, japanese citrus fruits, light minty. Massive fruity, nice natural herbal touch and good solid sourness. Over medium body and low carbonation. Really nice.
Tried from Draft on 21 Jun 2019 at 16:56

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Tap at BeerTemple. Bit hazy golden, not much head. Sour grains, soft yoghurt and herbs, stone fruits. Medium sweet and sour, light herbal bitter. Medium bodied.
Tried from Draft on 21 Jun 2019 at 16:52

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Tap at BeerTemple. Hazy golden with not much head. Sour grains, soft herbs, light oxidized fruit, caramel, citrus sour, light lactic sour as well with soft yoghurt. Quite sour, light sweet and bitter. Medium bodied.
Tried from Draft on 21 Jun 2019 at 16:49

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Tap at Beertemple. Golden with no head. Sour grain and hay, grapes, light sage-like herbal note. Light sweet and moderate bitter, medium sour. Medium body and soft carbonation.
Tried from Draft on 21 Jun 2019 at 16:40