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A Tour of Monkless Brasserie

Brewery celebrates its grand opening and embarks upon a collaboration with The Ale Apothecary
Heidi Howard

Early last month, I enjoyed an awesome meal at The Brasserie by Monkless Belgian Ales. I’ve always enjoyed Monkless beer and had high hopes for the new space adjacent to the Deschutes River. I was NOT disappointed. During the grand opening, I had the Belgian Firkadellen—which are tasty meatballs—as well as a bowl of potato […]

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Keeping It Real (Ale)

Cask-conditioned beer, done properly in Central Oregon
Zach Beckwith, Head Brewer, Bend Brewing Company

Few things in the world of beer are as passionately loved and at the same time misunderstood as true cask-conditioned “real ale.” Rescued from near extinction in the 1970s by the Campaign for Real Ale in its home country of England, cask-conditioned ales have remained an odd curiosity in the U.S. In recent years, a dedicated […]

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‘Sunday Supper’ with Ale Apothecary

Tasting room is filled with art, barrels and stories
Lisa Sipe

The Ale Apothecary tasting room on Century Drive is filled with art, barrels and stories. If you’ve ever gone in for a tasting or a glass, you’ve enjoyed their unique, all Oregon beers, but also yearned for some food to compliment those complex brews. Your opportunity to enjoy both is on March 4 at Sunday […]

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Joining the Club

In local beer, membership has its privileges
Kevin Gifford

I t’s Saturday afternoon and the largest craft-beer bottle share event in Bend is underway off Century Drive. The attendees number in the three-figures, and it seems like they’ve all brought their big guns—heavy stouts, delicate sours and selections from beer-nerd favorites such as Tired Hands, Monkish and Scratch. It’s enough good fermentation to make […]

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A Visit to the Apothecary

Paul Arney’s wild-ferment brewery finally opens a tasting room
Kevin Gifford

It’s hard to believe, but Paul Arney has been producing some of Oregon’s most unique and complex beers for nearly six years now. It’s been a long road for him and his team at The Ale Apothecary, the unassuming little brewery off Skyliners Road that’s built its name on wild fermentation, long-term aging in oak […]

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Malt: The Meat in Your Beer

Want to source your malt locally? Get in line.
Avatar photo Nicole Vulcan

“If hops were salt and pepper, malt would be the steak.” In case you were curious about the relative importance of each ingredient in your beer, that quote from Madras resident Seth Klann should set some things straight. Here’s another way of putting it: Barley–and its resultant product, malt–is the bulk that makes up most […]

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Liquid Poetry

Ale Apothecary brings the love to Central Oregon Beer Week
Kevin Gifford

Paul Arney, head chemist at The Ale Apothecary, treats the local movement seriously. Very seriously. “As far as I know, I’m the only brewer in Oregon who can truly say they only use ingredients grown in Oregon,” he said over some beers at his Cellar Joint. This is the barrel aging facility he and fellow […]

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Best Brewer

Paul Arney—Ale Apothecary
Kevin Gifford

This year, the vote for Best Brewer gives particular insight to Bend’s brewing scene because it so accurately reflects the two directions the industry is going right now. The runner-up: Tony Lawrence, brewmaster and co-founder of Boneyard Beer, a man whose IPAs flow in seemingly every bar in Oregon and Washington. And, the winner, by […]

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Brewer in the Woods

Ale Apothecary brews eccentric elixirs
Avatar photo Erin Rook

Ale Apothecary began as a gamble. After leaving his job at the area’s most established brewery, Paul Arney had to make a choice—either find a way to go it on his own, or sell the house and leave town. “I tied all of my goals to the place. If it succeeded, I would be living a […]

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Be Still

Inspiration, tribute, and mystery in a bottle
Thom Pastor

When an artist loses a loved one, feelings are expressed through the art. Poems and books written; drawings and paintings created; music made. This cycle-of-life inspired art and craft can be as grand as the pyramids of Egypt or as humble as a child’s drawing of a lost pet. Be Still from Ale Apothecary is […]

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