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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6.8/10 — Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
Earthy and woody with red berry. Deep copper. Wood, earth and savoury notes. Not my thing.
Tried on 13 Jan 2019 at 03:03

7/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7
Spruce and herbs, quite medicinal. Clear gold with a small white head. Sour and funky with some green leaf. Tart and tastes better than it smells.
Tried on 13 Jan 2019 at 03:00

7.4/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
This pirple beer was a slow gisher from the bottle. Muddy appearance. Lightly tart and fruit flavor that i cant identify. Dry, yeast. This is very good.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Jan 2019 at 00:17

7.9/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
Bottle shared by Jeff, thanks! Pours a hazy Amber with an off white head that dissipates slowly to the edges. Aroma has tart marionberry with wine barrels with some funk backing. Flavor has a great sour marionberry with dry wine, light funk and some acid.
Tried from Bottle on 13 Jan 2019 at 00:13

8/10
Tried from Bottle on 12 Jan 2019 at 18:20

8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
750ml bottle. Funky, sour and oaky with some tart fruits, wood, farmyard and yeasty notes. Pretty well balanced sour.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Jan 2019 at 18:14

6.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6
Sample from the bottle at Tide's, Helsinki. Color is cloudy golden with small white head. Aromas and flavors: Fruits, some funky yeast and malts. Simple but enjoyable.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Jan 2019 at 18:13

9/10
Tried from Bottle on 02 Jan 2019 at 16:10

6.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 7
750ml bottle pops out with a gush straw color topped with a white head. Nose is peach whiskey barrel plenty funky tartness. Taste is more of the nice crisp peach tart sour and lots of whisky.
Tried from Bottle on 01 Jan 2019 at 04:46

7.5/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle@Lennart's Summer Tasting, Malmö (30/06/2018) - hazy golden amber coloured pour with a white head. Tart citrus fruity notes with some lemon and some notes of grape coming through, bretty accents, wooden oak notes, medium body, tart fruity finish.
Tried from Bottle on 31 Dec 2018 at 15:17