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Three Floyds Gumballhead

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96
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bottled
common

on tap
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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 fata2683 (860), Panama City, Florida, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/57/103/514/20
Oct 24, 2009  
bottle, pours a deep hazy gold, thin white head. Pine resin and citrus hop nose with hints of lemon peel. Nice soft wheat and pale malt body with a bitter lemon and hop finish that is very pale ale in nature. Dry, mildly piney, but with a pronounced hop bite that keeps things refreshing. Nice!


 noncaloric (605), Madison, Wisconsin, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/59/104/518/20
Oct 22, 2009  
Slightly hazy gold, only a scant white head, but it nonetheless manages a decent lacing. Strong, floral-sweet hops aroma, a bit of peppermint to it. Flavor similarly dominated by the floral hops presence, partially offset by a cellary yeast must, some whole-grain huskiness on the finish. Medium body, zesty with a thickness in the finish.


 alagnak (324), Littleton, Colorado, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/518/20
Oct 22, 2009  
Bottle courtesy of Davinci. Slight haze on the straw colored pour, aromas of slightly tart lemons and a bit of wheat with an over-riding rapefruit and pine hopppiness that was pretty unexpected. Flavor is, in short, the wonderfulness of the aroma - the earthy, lemon/melon wheat softens the huge dose of piney hops that finish this one. A lovely summer beer that I would drink year round were it here in CO. Awesome stuff. THanks, Beejay.


 Strykzone (1468), Wood River, Illinois, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/516/20
Oct 3, 2009  
On tap at The Rotten Apple. A wheat ale that finishes almost like an IPA. Quite tart throughout with edges smoothed out by the wheat. Plenty of citrus in both the nose and flavor that includes lemon. A fine beer by any standard.


 monkeychugg55 (222), Joliet, Illinois, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/104/518/20
Oct 2, 2009  
Pours a slightly hazy golden yellow with a small white head. Nice lacing. Strong aroma of pine and citrus, with a bit of wheat. Flavor is sweet with lots of pine and citric hops on the finish. Although there is a touch of malt, somehow comes off well balanced. A hop lovers wheat dream.


 elihapa (1051), Honolulu, California, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Oct 1, 2009  
9/28/09 notes: poured at GABF session two. What stuck out in my mind is the interesting sour-grapefruit twang this beer possessed. It was definitely there, along with wheat and some cloves. Balanced, rounded body, with a grainy and satisfying juicy hop finish. I’d like to try a bottle of this, since the complexity of the wheat ale surprised me.


 coyotehunter (545), , Michigan, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Sep 22, 2009  
Bottle thanks to Bulldogp04! Pours a murky orange with a decent head. Lovely aroma of tropical fruits, and a good deal of hop aroma as well. Flavor is damn tasty. Citrus, tropical fruits such as mango and a hint of pineapple..some lemon zest, and some piney hops. Fantastic beer.


 j12601 (1215), Poughkeepsie, New York, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/516/20
Sep 11, 2009  
Bottle thanks to Bman1113VR who was my secret santa this summer. Pours a just hazy browned apricot color with a medium to large bone white head. Nice hoppy citrus and mango notes, deceptive at first since I didn’t bother to read anything on the bottle to know that this was hopped so heavily, and my first reaction was that they’d gotten a label wrong. Really nice hop presence with some faint wheat behind it. Good mouthfeel, lemony and with some gentle wheat. Really tasty. Finishes on the dry side with a little subtle grapefruit bitterness. I’m impressed. Not at all what I was expecting, but still really nice.



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