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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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 gws57 (1131), Saint Charles, Illinois, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/103/58/105/516/20
Mar 3, 2008  
Found this one bottled at Top Shelf in South Elgin, Illinois. Hazy medium yellow pour and a thick white head. Very unusual wheat ale. An awesome hoppy and citrusy nose tops a very flavorful and complicated taste. Citrusy hops quickly moves into a citrusy maltiness, banana and orange. Very, very good beer.


 thooper41 (384), Oregon, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Mar 3, 2008  
12ozbottle tanks to stfun: pours golden yellow with mminimal white head. aroma filled with lots of citrusy hops and wheat, flaovr is on the light side but doesnt taste watered down, wheat malt nice touch of hops and a hint of a lemon like citrus added. very easy drinker doesnt puch any limits but is still pretty complex, i like this beer.


 LooseCannon (914), Norfolk, Virginia, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Mar 1, 2008  
22oz bottle. Pours hazy golden in color with white head. Aroma citrus, wheat and hops. Taste of hops and light wheat with bitter finish.


jnj497 (3), Illinois, USA
does not count click to see why this rating of Three Floyds Gumballhead does not count
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/59/103/517/20
Feb 29, 2008  
Great hoppy flavor. Hits all parts of your mouth. Much better than most "run of the mill" IPAs.


 CelticBrew (676), The Crystal Coast, North Carolina, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/515/20
Feb 24, 2008  
Shared by DrBayern @ Steves house (Thanks Matt!!), poured from a bomber, hazy medium amber. Aroma of wheat, hops with flowery malted tones. Flavour is of a full bodied, hopped wheat beer. Lovely balance, incredible beer. Would love to try on tap.


 sirpsycho (342), Murrysville, Pennsylvania, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/514/20
Feb 17, 2008  
Bottle. Pours a slight hazy amber, big white head. Aroma is sweet hops, maybe some wheat. Flavor is hops, malt and wheat. Nice beer.


 mgoy (343), Oak Brook, Illinois, USA
3.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
3/104/55/104/515/20
Feb 13, 2008  
Three Floyds Gumballhead is a very interesting beer. I have a tough time calling it a true wheat ale because of the strong hop flavor and initial taste. However, the hops seem to disappear as soon as you swallow the liquid. A nice appearance with a good head, this beer if full of inconsistency. It drinks like an IPA and finishes like a wheat. That said, it is still very good.


mcferc4 (55), New Jersey, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/516/20
Feb 13, 2008  
Another bottle from StFun, Muchos Gracias. Reasonable head, around a half-inch or so. Yellow gold color, not much yeast visible but definitely present in the aroma. Not too cloudy. Smells fruity and surprisingly hoppy for a Wheat Ale (I guess that’s Three Floyds’ thing, which is fine by me). The taste is really interesting -- much hoppier than other wheat beers that I’ve had. Smooth and has a very nice finish -- bitter and slightly sour. A very good beer.



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