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.
poisoneddwarf (5469) reviewed Sahati from The Ale Apothecary 11 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 10 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9.5
750 ml corked and stringed (??) bottle. Green glass. WTF? Bottled Nov. 1, 2013, 9.78% ABV. Aroma is extremely interesting, with earth, spruce, cat piss, musty basement. Pours almost clear golden-orange with a medium white head with good retention. Taste is just as interesting as the aroma. It’s sweet, earthy, sour (7/10 on a sour scale), biscuity, spruce-packed, a tad spicy. Like drinking a forest. Mouthfeel is creamy, carbonation fine, body medium. I’ve had Sahtis before and I’m always disappointed in them. This is so far apart from every other one I’ve had, it’s in a class of its own. Completely unique. What a crazy interesting beer. Edit: I had to bump up the aroma to a perfect 10. There’s nothing out there that smells quite like this.
Boutip (9769) reviewed Sahalie from The Ale Apothecary 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle: Poured a hazy golden color ale with a relatively large foamy head with good retention and some good lacing. Aroma consists of vinous notes with some tart notes clearly identifiable. Taste is a mix between some vinous notes with some tart notes and light funky yeast undertones. Body is quite full with good carbonation. Very solid mix between complex Brett notes with well-balanced acidity level.
deyholla (22727) reviewed Sahalie from The Ale Apothecary 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8
Bottle at RBWG 2014 Grand tasting, thanks! Pours a hazy light yellow with a white head that dissipates slowly to the edges. Aroma a light slightly bitter/tart citrus with light fruit, flora and a hint of sweet grains underlying. Flavor has more grass and citrus with a light tartness, a bit of rose, and a dry wine finish.
djd07 (28882) reviewed Sahalie from The Ale Apothecary 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Bottle thanks to Diego. Pours a cloudy orange with small frothy white head that lasts leaving spotty lacing. The aroma is strong oak, wine, and yeast. Thick mouthfeel with fruit and light oak with nice dry finish. Really enjoyed this one.
jtclockwork (20061) reviewed Sahalie from The Ale Apothecary 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
Bottle shared by Bricenice at Nook tasting. Pours cloudy yellow with white head. Nose and taste of lemon, oak, white wine, medicine, lemon candy, lemongrass and citrus peel. Taste is a bit too much alcohol/lemon candy. Spritzy carbonation. Medium body.
Kraddel (15844) reviewed Sahalie from The Ale Apothecary 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 9
Thnx to vincent ( Belgbeergeek ) pours fuzzy blonde / A bit like a white . Small white head You can smell the barrel, also some fleshy, organic thing to it , Berries ??? Good carbo . much funk , sour, rather dry , some berry-like taste that gets more intence towards the aftertaste . very nice !
AdamChandler (5745) reviewed Sahalie from The Ale Apothecary 12 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle at home, paid $27 at the local beer store here in Vermont. Crisp apple juice looking almost chardonay beer. nose is grapey, vinous and sweet. Taste is crisp and earthy. mild bitterness, almost like tangerine. Then it’s followed by fresh cut apples. very interesting and I’d have it again if the price were a bit lower.
bhensonb (22605) reviewed Sahalie from The Ale Apothecary 12 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Corked 750. Shared by Marcus. Pours light gold with a slight white head. Mild floral sour aroma. Med body. Floral and mildly sour flavors. Very mildly sour. It’s really enjoyable. Fresh impacts.
bb (18428) reviewed Sahalie from The Ale Apothecary 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle. Amber beer with a cream head. Floral and tart aroma with light oak and light fruitiness. Tart/sour flavor with light citrus and light malt. Medium bodied. Tart/sour notes and light citrus lingers with light caramel and light grape.
Douglas88 (7987) reviewed La Tache from The Ale Apothecary 12 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
750 ml bottle. I busted one bottle, so I bought another! Worth it. Pours a very hazy orange/straw color with a large, slightly over-carbonated white head. A nose of straw, citrus, some yeast. This is a wonderful beer: hay, straw earthy grains, robust lemon and citrus bitterness, light lactic sourness, fluffy palate. The overall drinkability is very high. The palate and the soft sourness make this just wonderful. Like a Berliner Weiss.