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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7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
750ml bottle pours out amber pink color topped with a fizzy white head. Nose is sour raspberry or I guess Marion Berry funky notes. Taste is more of the nice berries sour tart funk. Plenty barrel notes.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Dec 2017 at 19:12

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
750ml bottle pours out peach color small fizzy head. Nose is nice stone fruit notes sour barrel notes vanilla sweet touch. Taste is more of the nice stone fruit notes sour barrel notes lots of bugs. Enjoyable
Tried from Bottle on 23 Dec 2017 at 19:04

7.6/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
750ml bottle pours out crisp golden topped with a white head. Nose is apple spice funky barrel some floral notes. Taste is more of the apple notes barrel yeast funk.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Dec 2017 at 18:42

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750ml bottle pours out a rose pink color topped with a fizzy head. Nose is nice sweet raspberry jam notes vanilla and sour funk. Taste is more of the nice sweet raspberries tart bite and a nice funk.
Tried from Bottle on 23 Dec 2017 at 18:38

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Bottle. Pours a deep apple juice colour with little head. Aromas of pears, grapes, and sharp yeast. Flavours of musty tart grapes, dull lemon, Brett, light whiskey and bitter wood. Very interesting but expecting a lot more for the price. Rating reflects.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Dec 2017 at 12:59

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Actually like a pale brownish kind of colour and quite muddy. Woody and acetic, sharp on the palate. Acetic and lactic. Quite yeasty, which softens it up a bit. Fun but bordering on harsh.
Tried on 15 Dec 2017 at 16:20

7.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Sample at What The Funk!? on 10/04/2017. Slightly hazy reddish-gold color with a medium white head that diminishes gradually to a film. Strings of lace. Aroma of funky yeast, tart fruit and malt. Medium body with flavors of peppery yeast, tart citrus, oak and bready malt. The finish is tart and funky with a citrusy aftertaste. Good beer overall.
Tried on 15 Nov 2017 at 13:01

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Sample at What The Funk!? on 10/04/2017. Hazy orange color with a medium-thin white head that diminishes gradually to a film. Stringy lacing. The aroma consists of oak, tart fruit, yeast and smoked malt. Medium body with a mildly smoky character and flavors of oak, funky yeast, apple and citrus. The finish is oaky and smokey with a tart apple aftertaste. Pretty good beer overall.
Tried on 15 Nov 2017 at 11:44

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Sample at Hops & Pie during the "GABF Week, CSA Portfolio Tasting" on 10/04/2017. Slightly hazy orange-gold color with a medium white head that dissipates quickly to an outer ring. Stringy lacing. Aroma of citrus, oak, hops and malt. Medium to full body with flavors of tart grapefruit, herbal hops, yeast and malt. The finish is oaky and tart with a citrusy hop aftertaste. Pretty good overall.
Tried on 09 Nov 2017 at 21:42

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Bottle thanks to AJ. Pours a cloudy orange with small white head that diminishes quickly. The aroma is strong funk, apple skin, smoke, oak. Thin body, apple, lemon, funk, oak, light smoke, nice tartness, enjoyed this.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Nov 2017 at 01:03