Name – Gubna
Country – United States
Type – American Double IPA

Appearance – Pours a very clear orangish color with a big white head that leaves a lot of lacing on the glass.

Smell – You get a citrus like hops smell up front but it is followed by a smell of kind of garlic and a whiff of the alcohol.  There is some other earthy qualities to the nose as well.

Taste – It’s definitely hoppy with big citrus and pine notes in it.  But there is a malt presence for sure.  Caramel and chewy to say the least.  There is a bit of a passion fruit type taste in there as well.  This is a pretty heavy feeling beer.

This beer was hyped to high hell when it came out by beer geeks.  I tried not to let the hype get me, I was going to try it regardless.  I was just so surprised by how heavy the beer was.  I could only have one can before having to move on to something else.  While I enjoyed Gubna, and will continue to with the rest of the 4 pack, I think this was another over hyped beer.  And I hope you don’t think I’m taking anything at all from the Oskar Blues folks, because I’m not.  They make outstanding beers.  And they weren’t the ones blowing up the hype on it.  A solid DIPA for sure so you should try it if you get the chance.

Overall Grade – B