The Ale Apothecary
Microbrewery
in Bend,
Oregon,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: The Ale Apothecary Tasting Room
Established in 2011
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.
TimE (11146) reviewed Sahalie from The Ale Apothecary 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Big oaky nose with tons of sourness - Green apples, lemons, creaminess. Big carbonation not as sour as the nose but lots of oak, funny and lemon. Just found this a bit too big and could be more like 7% and work better. Decent but not mind blowing
Douglas88 (7987) reviewed Ralph from The Ale Apothecary 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle thanks to Sir Todd. Thanks. Pours a cloudy orange gold color with a large white head. A big funky vinous nose. The pine fir flavor is huge, medicinal in a good way, funk, sour fruit. Very good. Lovely complex beer.
Douglas88 (7987) reviewed The Beer Mongers from The Ale Apothecary 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle from Mongers. Pours a cloudy orange color with a small white head. A big vinous fruity nose. Vanilla, sour strawberry, some huge oaky vinous notes. Very smooth, tart. Solid enjoyable beer.
Douglas88 (7987) reviewed Therapy Ferret from The Ale Apothecary 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 9
Bottle thanks to Todd. Pours a somewhat cloudy orange color with a medium white head. A big sweet vanilla and sour funky nose. Not super sour, dusty cobwebs, sweet bourbon, light sour fruit. Very good.
Buckeyeboy (18941) reviewed Sahalie from The Ale Apothecary 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
750ml bottle pours out a hazy straw topped with a small head. Nose has a lot going on white wine grapes barrel notes some stone fruit funky barnyard lemon zest and a spice. Taste is more of the complex notes wine grapes tanic lemon citrus zing green apple and funk.
_angst_ (8410) ticked Spencer (2014) from The Ale Apothecary 9 years ago
Soft and balanced despite the abv. Pleasant citric acidity and sublte supporting black currant notes. Tasty!
_angst_ (8410) reviewed Spencer from The Ale Apothecary 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle courtesy of HenrikO. Pours very hazy deep orange with a small creamy offwhite head that leaves some thick sticky lacing on the glass while dissiapting. Smell is fruity and funky with crackers, lemon juice, grapefruit juice, hay, minerals, barnyard, black currant leaves and lemon zest. Taste is tiny sweet, slightly sour, fruity and funky. Mouthfeel is soft, round, slightly tart, tiny dry and medium bodied. Finish is tiny sweet and slightly sour with crackers, lemon juice, black currants, hay and funk. Soft and balanced despite the abv. Pleasant citric acidity and sublte supporting black currant notes. Tasty!
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bottle - no label taken - pours orange white head - nose/taste of old blueberry funk, wine, orange cream tartness - med body
beastiefan2k (4724) reviewed Be Still from The Ale Apothecary 9 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Wine bottle. A little rye barrel, a little alcohol, but light sourness balances. Flavor is a cool mix of sour and wood and alcohol. Cool sstillish shit.
Buckeyeboy (18941) reviewed Ralph from The Ale Apothecary 9 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
750ml bottle pours out a hazy gold topped with a small head. nose is burning tires barrel vanilla spice. Taste is more of the barrel vanilla sweetness pine spruce tips and a funk.