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Borderlands La Morena Brown Ale


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RATINGS: 5   MEAN: 3.46/5.0   WEIGHTED AVG: 3.23   EST. CALORIES: 135   ABV: 4.5%
COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
Local beer. Local ingredients. Our La Morena nut brown features hand-roasted pecans grown locally by the Green Valley Pecan Company, a family-owned farm just an hour south of the brewery. Arizona pecans are some of the best in the world, and we’re very lucky to have such a wonderful source in our own backyard. The pecans are perfectly balanced with subtle caramel and fig notes from the malted barley and centennial hops. It pairs very well with richly flavored foods like chicken mole or carne asada.


3.4
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
beerbaaron (1780) - Arizona, USA - MAY 30, 2015
Draft at the tasting room. Mahogany with an off white head. Sweetness and roast. Caramel. A little coffee/roast. A little nutty. Minimal aroma. Fairly dry. Nothing fancy but good.

3.6
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 15/20
daknole (10346) - Scottsdale, Arizona, USA - MAR 1, 2015
Medium brown pour, tan head. Nutty flavors up front, toasted bread, maybe a hint of raisins. Not bad at all.

4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 16/20
Caytinator (1005) - Tucson, Arizona, USA - SEP 1, 2013
Pint on tap. Pours a dark mahogany color, with no lacing and a small head. It has a nice appetizing aroma, very inviting. The taste is nutty on the nose, but then blends into a wonderfully complex quadrupel-style warmness. Lots of dark fruits and a bit of alcohol seep through. Nice suprise from boderlands here, fun medium-heavy beer.

2.9
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 5/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 11/20
FlacoAlto (4013) - Tucson, Arizona, USA - MAY 14, 2013
A vigorous pour into my Teku glass produces a two-finger thick, lightly brown tinged, tan colored head. The beer is a dark brown color and shows a brilliantly clear, bright cranberry red hue when held up to the light. The aroma smells nutty, with lots of berry fruit like notes and a touch of a metallic edge to it. Somehow the beer smells a bit sweetened, which seems wrapped up in the berry and nut notes somehow; and the warmer the beer gets the more it reminds me of cherry cough syrup.. The grain / malt character contributes notes of toasted whole grain, and when you really dig for it a drying, slightly roasted note in the finish.

The beer is fairly sweet, it has lots of berry notes to it, a soft nuttiness and it finishes with a bitterness that seems to clash with the upfront notes. The body has a viscosity to it, and a certain heft, though it is still fairly drinkable overall. There is a touch of a metallic edge to this beer, and this part of it reminds me a bit of stale, left overnight beer. The carbonation provides a light effervescence that seems about right. Light roasted notes are present as a backdrop, and seem to also accentuate the bitterness in the finish. This has an herbal edge to it, and the berry notes also seem to be accentuated by a light, but noticeable hop character. As the beer warms up a phenolic, ester-like, wild character starts to come out more and make this just a bit on the unpalatable side.

I was hoping for a bit more from this beer; really it seems that the malt richness is a bit more subdued than I would like to see here. This is not a bad beer, but I was hoping for quite a bit more here.

3.4
   AROMA 7/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 3/5   OVERALL 14/20
Sledutah (6191) - Utah, USA - APR 19, 2013
On tap at the brewery
Appearance: Clear dark brown with a small beige, light lacing
Aroma: Toasted malts and nutty
Taste: Toasted malts, nutty and chocolate
Nice and clean


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