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Three Floyds Gumballhead

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common

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8463.74/5.03.73/5.04.8%99.8Shaker, Weizen
Commercial Description:
An American Wheat Beer brewed with red wheat and boat loads of amarillo hops gives this summer brew a lemony finish. The slight haze in the bottle is from the bottle-conditioning, where yeast is added to the bottle for a secondary fermentation. Gumballhead is a Skingraft Comics hero. Check out Skingraft Comics and Records at <a href=http://www.skingraftrecords.com>SkingraftRecords.com. Cheers!
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 nickd717 (1330), Palo Alto, California, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/515/20
Feb 10, 2009  
On tap at FFF in Munster, IN. Not your grandma’s wheat beer. Golden color with a white head. Aroma of wheat, citrus, and way more Amarillo hops than you expect. Flavor is wheat and grapefruity hops - excellent choice of hop variety. Medium-bodied, pretty nice for the style.


 dkachur (2349), Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Feb 9, 2009  
12 ounce bottle courtesy of cdumler. Thanks! Pours a light amber color with a small head. Average head retention and lacing. Clear. but with small white particles. Very nutty aroma, reminiscent of sunflower, with some fruity hop notes. Taste is also strongly suggestive of sunflower seeds with pecan, honey and subtle hop notes. Medium bodied.


 BelgianBeerGal (1283), Sabbatical in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/59/105/516/20
Feb 5, 2009    Updated: Jul 10, 2009
Bottled. I completely agree with the commercial description. Obviously one of the brewers and not the ad folks developed this. The amarillo hops really make this a unique and easy drinking wheat ale. By far my favourite wheat beer so far.


 fishingnet (1045), Brandon, Florida, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/515/20
Feb 3, 2009  
Bottle courtesy of tpd975. Pours a clear golden with a small white head. Aroma of citrus hops and wheat. Taste is the same as aroma. Medium mouthfeel with a moderate amount of bitterness. Simple but very good.


 pumpmaster (476), Pembroke Pines, Florida, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Jan 28, 2009  
12 ounce bottle purchased at Archer Liquors in Chicago, IL for $1.95 Very good.


hopheaven (83), Eureka, California, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Jan 20, 2009  
Amazingly clear for a wheat beer, suggesting only a moderate contribution there; light golden with excellent carbonation and a full-bodied, almost chewy mouthfeel, again suggesting some restraint as to the use of wheat. Smells distinctly of grapefruit, likely because of the hops. The yeast is either neutral or slightly fruity but hidden well despite the bottle conditioning. Tastes like gumballs with a heavy dose of amarillo hops and has a lemony citrus finish. Hardly bitter. This beer is a fine showcase for the flavor and aroma profile of amarillo hops. The wheat adds enough body to give this beer another dimension, but the hops are worthy in themselves. Quaffable and refreshing.


 502Flavors (617), Louisville, Kentucky, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/104/516/20
Jan 20, 2009    Updated: Jul 17, 2009
12 oz bottle into pint glass, served at cellar temperature 50F. Pretty weak clear light golden color with a big white creamy head that holds and laces well. Where the hell is the wheat beer haze? This thing is crystal clear. The aroma is beautiful. With a big whiff you get lots of amarillo hops with a faint hint of wheat. But, when you sil your glass with a big head and sit it of the table, you pick up the more subtle aromas of cotton candy, yeast, and sweet fruit. The flavor isnt as outgoing but still very nice. Great hop character accompanied by a subdued wheat quality. Superbly balanced. One of the best session beers around (if only it were a bit cheaper this would be an easy regular). Feels light on the palate but more textured than expected for such a light beer. Soft medium carbonation - not overly carbonated like many wheats. Overall: my glass is vanishing rapidly!! Not a typical wheat (I certainly wouldn’t have called it a wheat beer in a blind tasting), but yet another flawless offer from FFF. I also love this label. (RE-RATE) same score. Really outstanding wheat. Lots of hops on the aroma and flavor. Not as wheaty as many, but maybe that’s just the hops outweighing the wheat. Great either way.


 BeerBunker (607), Burbank, Illinois, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/516/20
Jan 17, 2009  
On tap at a dive in Chicago. Pours golden with a foamy white head. Aroma is of wheat, hops, citrus, spice, and pine. Taste is of wheat, citrus hops, spice, all with a nice piney taste. This wheat beer has way more hop characters and fruit flavors than most average what beers. Very drinkable.



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