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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8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
A bottle on the Ale Apothecary beers tasting at Firefly on Cambie. Tasted with Brian. Bottled 17-Mar-2016. Pours a murky golden with a white head. Aroma is funky, floral, herbal, earthy, some sweetness. Taste is sour and sweet, fruity, herbal. Complex and well-balanced beer. Refreshing and easy drinlable (9.3%?!). Amazing beer.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Sep 2016 at 21:43

8.1/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
750 ml bottle @ Bakgården Både &, Kristiansand. Unclear golden body with a small white head. Very pleasant and complex in aroma, fruity, mild acidic fruit, mild Brett, hint of wood, lemon and slightly vinous. Flavor is also complex and pleasant like aroma, fruity, acidic, vinous, wood, funk and bitterness – all extremely well balanced. Lots of flavors but nothing really dominates the others. Fine balanced body and long lasting aftertaste. Expensive, but great.
Tried from Bottle on 11 Sep 2016 at 14:26

8.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle at Culmination Fest 16: Poured a orange with a off white head. Aroma is mix of jams and some vanilla in the nose. Taste is a weird blend of tartness and jams, light undertones of wood.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Aug 2016 at 20:51

8.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 8
Bottle at Culmination 16: Poured a dark brown with a light red edge, head was bubble tan. Aroma is full of blackberries and malts. Taste is a mix of roasted malts meets sour blackberries, lots of wood to this as well. Very complex!
Tried from Bottle on 21 Aug 2016 at 20:37

7.4/10 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
Tried on 30 Jul 2016 at 01:57

7.9/10 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.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Jul 2016 at 02:01

7.6/10 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.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Jul 2016 at 01:59

7.5/10 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.
Tried from Bottle on 27 Jul 2016 at 01:34

7.6/10 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.
Tried from Bottle on 30 May 2016 at 10:34

8/10
Soft and balanced despite the abv. Pleasant citric acidity and sublte supporting black currant notes. Tasty!
Tried on 28 May 2016 at 21:41