Three Floyds Gumballhead

Brewed by Three Floyds Brewing Company
Style: Wheat Ale
Munster, Indiana USA

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.