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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8.4
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 8.5

750ml bottle share courtesy to Rich. Clear, dark amber, small frothy head fades to bubbles. Fruity, tart aroma, sweetness, yeast. Taste brings a bit of pucker, not too much, more of the berry sweetness, some of the wooden barrels. All pretty smooth. Very well done.

Tried from Bottle on 25 Mar 2017 at 11:18


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

750ml bottle thanks to rich. Pours out a dark amber topped with a tan head. Nose is berries vinegar vanilla oak barrel notes. Taste is nice tart funk vanilla oak barrel notes and the rich berries.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Mar 2017 at 22:42


7.6
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

750ml bottle pours out a copper golden topped with a white head. Nose is big wine barrel vanilla sour fruit notes. Taste is more of the nice wine oak barrel fruit notes and nice sour sweet.

Tried from Bottle on 24 Mar 2017 at 21:05


7.9
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

750ml bottle pours out hazy golden topped with a small head. Nose is nice oak barrel some funky lemon citrus zest and spice. Taste is more of the nice oak barrel notes and plenty sour funk.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Mar 2017 at 17:11


7.2
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

750ml bottle pours out amber topped with a sand head. Nose is berries some wine barrel notes and a little funk. Taste is more of the berries wine barrel notes barnyard funk.

Tried from Bottle on 19 Mar 2017 at 17:06


8.1
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

750ml bottle pours out a hazy golden topped with a small head. Nose is lemon citrus sour notes plenty of tartness and oak. Taste is more of the nice sour citrus notes plenty of the wood and a touch of berries.

Tried from Bottle on 14 Mar 2017 at 07:00


7.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5

[1/29/17] Bottle/Can/Crowler/Growler at a bottle share at Flamingo Hotel in Santa Rosa. Amber. Wine, funk, oak, berries, acidic.

Tried from Bottle on 22 Feb 2017 at 06:44


7.2
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

[1/27/17] Bottle/Can/Crowler/Growler at a bottle share at Flamingo Hotel in Santa Rosa. Funky, fruity, tart, a bit spicy, wood.

Tried from Bottle on 21 Feb 2017 at 13:46


7.4
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5

Bottle thanks to Jeremy. Pours a hazy copper with small off white head that diminishes to nothing. The aroma is oak, leather, sour fruit, funk. Thin body, oak, funky, leather, nice sourness, very good.

Tried from Bottle on 29 Jan 2017 at 22:49


7.8
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7

Bottle sample. hazy yellow color, medium white head. Aroma of vinous pineapple. taste has vanilla, lemon, pineapple. Tasty.

Tried from Bottle on 28 Jan 2017 at 18:26