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Three Floyds Gumballhead

Three Floyds Gumballhead - Wheat Ale

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 Percentile 
96
overall
Brewed by Three Floyds Brewing Company
Style: Wheat Ale

Munster, Indiana USA

bottled
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on tap
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 Ratings  Average  Score  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
8423.74/5.03.73/5.04.8%99.8Shaker, Weizen
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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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 blutt59 (2042), Dallas, Texas, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/103/515/20
Aug 22, 2008  
bottle, golden color with white head, nose and flavor is oddly green/fermented but enjoyable, good body and finish but not a typical wheat


 thickfreakness (130), AUSTIN, Texas, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/517/20
Aug 18, 2008  
Tasted on 5/4/08. The appearance is at first sort of off putting. It pours a fizzy filtered yellow with a white head that fades fast, but once you get to the smell you know its a whole different ballgame. It smells of strong citrus hops and a nice wheat sweetness. The taste is similar to the smell and its just perfect. A nice hop bitterness with a sweet wheat after taste. Its more like a plain pale ale but with an added wheat sweetness. This is an exceptional beer. The mouthfeel is sort of thin but its ever so drinkable. I wish I could get this all summer in Texas!


 glennmastrange (807), hobe sound, Florida, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/56/104/516/20
Aug 18, 2008  
Bottle. Moderate notes of cereal, lemon for the hops, light leather for the yeast, with hints of apple, white wine, corriander and maybe some bubble gum. Head is small, white and creamy with fair lacing and is fully diminishing. Color is amber with a slight haze. Flavor is lightly sweet and moderately acidic to start, and finishes lightly acidic and moderately bitter. Palate is light to medium, between dry and watery and has a lively carbonation. A very tastey wheat ale, I drank this way too fast.


 hayduke (1620), Eureka, California, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/103/516/20
Aug 16, 2008  
From a pub poiur ths came a cloudy gold with a fizzy white head and good lacing.Nice nose of banana and citurs hops. Light but smooth mouthfeel. Favor of wheat and hops, Slightly bitter mouthfeel.


tmgiddings (6), , Indiana, USA
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3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/104/517/20
Aug 12, 2008  
Thin, white head quickly disapates to none at all. Slightly hazy. An original wheat. Hops dominate the aroma and flavor while strong lemon-grapefruit notes balanced by a malty uncurrent. This delicious brew finishes with the flavor of sweetened grapefuit zest. A very crisp, refreshing summer beer.


 drfabulous (1212), Columbia, Missouri, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/515/20
Aug 9, 2008  
Like no wheat I’ve had. Lacking all those traditional flavors. Refreshing is a good adjective. It is light. Like a straight up ale. I like how 3F messes with the concept of a wheat here.


djcoolhark (21), South Bend, Indiana, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/59/104/518/20
Aug 8, 2008  
A great light beer with a citrus hop taste. A lighter taste that’s not overpowering but still has the typical hop FFF taste. Very refreshing, very light. A bright yellow appearance, mildly hazy.


 beerbill (1918), Laurel, New York, USA
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/56/103/514/20
Aug 7, 2008  
12 oz. bottle courtesy of a trade with yem25. Pours a very hazy yellow gold with a moderate white head that quickly faded to a film and left virtually no lace. Strong aroma of pine along with some banana and lemon notes. The flavor is a bit of a disappointment. Heavily herbal with some pine as well. There is no lemon, banana or wheat for that matter. More bitter at the finish than I was expecting too. An interesting beer, but not what I would choose for an everyday wheat beer.



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