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 6 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6
Bottle. Pours hazy amber, large beige head, nice lacing. Aroma is hay, caramel, field grasses, juniper. Flavor is medium sweet, light bitter, pine, juniper, honey, herbal notes. An odd beer. Medium body, high carbonation.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Jun 2015 at 23:23

8.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 9 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours yellow gold white head. Nose and taste of oak, wine, sour oranges - medium body. Funky.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Jun 2015 at 20:14

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
750ml bottle thanks to Derick. Pours out a hazy golden topped with a white head. Nose is hoppy notes peach apricot lots of tart funk. Taste is more of the fruity notes hops and lots of nice funky barnyard tartness.
Tried from Bottle on 22 May 2015 at 22:38

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle. Pours peach. Nose and taste of currant, oak, sour funk and ginger. Medium body
Tried from Bottle on 09 May 2015 at 05:36

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle. Pours orange white head- nose and taste of oak, brandy, sour funk and citrus- med body
Tried from Bottle on 09 May 2015 at 04:21

8.2/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 10 Overall 9
Bottle. Pours a cloudy gold with small frothy white head that diminishes to nothing. The aroma is funk, oak, fruit. Medium mouth, funky, fruit, oak, lingering dry finish, really enjoyed this.
Tried from Bottle on 02 May 2015 at 12:32

8.3/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle thanks to Jake. Pours golden. Nose/taste of rum, oak, peaches, sour funk and lemon funk. medium body.
Tried from Bottle on 31 Mar 2015 at 23:52

7.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 7.5
Bottle - Funky tartness, cheese and some apricot. Cloudy gold with a decent white head. Tart stone fruit with a very long finish.
Tried from Bottle on 31 Mar 2015 at 11:46

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
[2/28/15] Bottle sample at De Garde Brewing in Tillamook. Release and bottle share event. Hazy golden. Sourish, spicy, fruity.
Tried from Bottle on 16 Mar 2015 at 17:46

7.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 8.5
Bottle at De Garde. Pours a clearish orange color with a large white head. A big funk fruity nose, something almost like melons. Citrus, more melons, I guess the berries and some sour devils are making this, woody, funky deep tannins. Hay, some tropical melons. Solid.
Tried from Bottle on 06 Mar 2015 at 13:33