The Ale Apothecary
Microbrewery
in
Bend,
Oregon,
United States 🇺🇸
Associated Venue: The Ale Apothecary Tasting Room
Established in 2011
Contact
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.
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.
9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 10
Flavor 8
Texture 10
Overall 9
750 ml corked bottle. Bottled 10/18/13; 10.24% ABV. Aroma is bretty, vinegar, lemon, earth, light wood, fan-freaking-tastic. Pours hazy golden with a two-finger white head with decent retention. Taste is lightly sweet, sour (6/10 on a sour scale), finishing savory. Nice sauvignon blanc character, along with some green apple, peach. Not quite champagne-like in effervescence, but quite highly carbonated. Very different and unique.
Tried
from Bottle
on 04 May 2014
at 21:22
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Olive bottle, 750 ml, batch Nov 22 2013, purchased at Belmont Station on January 18 2014, savoured on April 27 2014; eye: caramel with a golden hue, hazy, voluminous white head that turns into a thin sheet, light lacing; nose: sourness, acidity, musk, wild yeasts, green apple, citrusy, pine; mouth: sourness, acidity, wild yeasts, green apple, musk, refreshing, citrusy, slight juniper, pine, sour finale with presence of acidity, medium body, quite carbonated, slick texture; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 750 ml, 7,9 %, lot Nov 22 2013, achetée chez Belmont Station le 18 janvier 2014, savourée le 27 avril 2014; œil : caramel avec une teinte dorée, trouble, mousse blanche volumineuse qui se transforme en une mince couverture, légère dentelle; nez : aigreur, acidité, musc, levures sauvages, pomme verte, citrique, pin; bouche : aigreur, acidité, levures sauvages, pomme verte, musc, rafraîchissante, citrique, très léger genièvre, pin, finale aigre avec présence d’acidité, corps moyen, plutôt carbonatée, texture coulante; en résumé : bien
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Apr 2014
at 14:20
7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Brown bottle, 750 ml, batch Jun 14 2013, from Ian Guénard (merci!), savoured on December 13 2013; eye: golden, hazy, tiny sheet of white head, no lacing; nose: wild yeasts, fruity, green apple, musk, citrusy, spices; mouth: wild yeasts, fruity, green apple, musk, citrusy, spices, acidity, freshness, finale in spices with citrusy presence, medium body, rather carbonated, slick texture; overall: quite good FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 750 ml, lot Jun 14 2013, de Ian Guénard (merci!), savourée le 13 décembre 2013; œil : dorée, voilée, bonne effervescence, légère couverture de mousse blanc, pas de dentelle; nez : levures sauvages, fruitée, pomme verte, musc, citronnée, épices; bouche : levures sauvages, fruitée, pomme verte, musc, citronnée, épices, acidité, fraîcheur, finale en épices avec présence citronnée, corps moyen, plutôt carbonatée, texture coulante; en résumé : très bon
Tried
from Bottle
on 22 Apr 2014
at 13:33
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
At Levi’s tasting. Lots of brett in the aroma. Yellow and very well carbonated with a tall head. Citrus, some sugar, but predominately sour.
Tried
on 20 Apr 2014
at 17:34
7.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
January 2014 batch. Aroma is rather phenolic with lots of coriander, pepper, lemongrass and citrus. Light poopy note that disappears pretty quickly. Light citrus and moderate pine notes. Pours a pale, cloudy orange gold with a medium sized, moderately thick, white head that shows pretty decent retention. Light lacing and small legs. Flavor has a medium light acidity with some lemon and citrus notes. Quite a bit of juniper and pine notes along with a lot of phenolic notes of coriander, pepper and lemongrass. Light bitterness and a faint butter note. Mouthfeel is medium to medium full bodied with medium carbonation. Low astringency and medium low alcohol warmth. Overall a really nice beer with a lot of phenolic notes and wood character. Complimentary citrus notes help balance the phenolics.
Tried
on 14 Apr 2014
at 17:45
7/10
Tried
on 12 Apr 2014
at 09:51
6.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle @ What the Funk Denver 2014. Hazy yellow appearance with an off white head. The aroma was pretty strange. I got some gunpowder notes in the nose that you get from firecrackers on the 4th of July. Some soapy and white grape notes as well. More light fruit in the flavor. White grape, apple, apricot, and peach. Moderately funky. Finishes pretty smooth. The aroma was kind of off putting but not an overall bad beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Apr 2014
at 20:57
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle @ What the Funk Denver 2014. Pours a golden orange appearance with a thin cream colored head. Pretty strong aroma. Definitely some cheese and funk in the nose. Plenty of earth as well. Flavor was a bit strong. Some citrus and a lot of barnyard funk. Light cheese / parmesan. Again, kind of strong but kind of fun to drink.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Apr 2014
at 20:54
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
Bottle @ What the Funk Denver 2014. Pours a hazy golden orange appearance with a thin white head. Some cheese in the nose along with a bunch of earth and floral notes. More earth in the flavor. Light citrus. Some spiciness herbal notes. Finishes pretty smooth. Kind of a fun beer but not as good as some others I’ve had from The Ale Apothecary.
Tried
from Bottle
on 11 Apr 2014
at 20:52
7.2/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 7
750 ml bottle. Pours gold with light to moderate head. Initial big sulphur aromas followed by burnt rubber, citrus and earth. Flavors of lemons, thai spices, and evergreens. Sharp and refreshing. Luckily the flavors recover for the less than inspiring nose. Unique but not worth $33.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 Apr 2014
at 21:35