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Three Floyds Gumballhead

Three Floyds Gumballhead - Wheat Ale

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

Munster, Indiana USA

bottled
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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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 bonbright7 (173), Bellport, New York, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/105/518/20
Sep 20, 2007  
Bottle:Trade prize. The heavy aroma of hops made me think this was more of an IPA than a wheat beer. The nuances were very expressive as I took the first taste into the realms of the ale. The medium light body reminded me with banana that this was a summer style beer, but one that I could easily drink all night.


 jason (1620), Easton, Pennsylvania, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/103/516/20
Sep 12, 2007  
Bottle. Pours an deep golden body with huge head, in fact it took me forever to empty out the contents of the bottle. Aroma was very pleasant, very floral smell. Flavor was nice, very hoppy for the style, heavy bitterness. While this is a good beer, it’s not one I would grab again. It seems to have an ever changing taste and feel to it. It’s feels like it is a step or two away from being great.


 marcus (1826), Sacramento, California, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/57/104/515/20
Sep 6, 2007  
On tap at Map Room (Chicago). This cloudy yellow ale poured with a decent off-white head. The flavor is quite interesting - fairly hoppy with a candy-like taste and a sharp bite at the finish.


 kp (8400), Woodstock, Georgia, USA
3.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/513/20
Sep 1, 2007    Updated: Jan 17, 2009

Date: August 25, 2004
Mode: Bottle Conditioned
Source: Trade
Vintage: 2004
Appearance: hazy peach, thin fine white head
Aroma: wonderfull sweet grapefruit aroma
Body: light body
Flavor: nice sweet malt flavor with just the right amount of hop flavor and bitterness
Overall: a ton of flavor in a lighter red wheat and amarillo beer, awesome

Aroma: 8/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 8/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 17/20
Rating: 3.9/5.0
Drinkability: 8/10
Score: ***4

Date: July 07, 2005
Mode: Draft
Source: Cellar bar
Vintage: 2005
Appearance: hazy yellow, frothy head
Aroma: light citrus and floral hop aroma
Flavor: light malt flavor, touch of balancing hops, odorless, tasteless
Overall: where’s the beef? what happened to last year’s beer that I loved? what am I going to do with this keg I just tapped? I need some fizzy yellow beer drinkers ASAP

Date: July 10, 2005
Mode: draft
Source: cellar bar
Vintage: 2005
Score: i to ii
Appearance: getting better
Flavor: more hops but mostly bitterness instead of hop flavor

Date: July 24, 2005
Mode: draft
Source: cellar bar
Vintage: 2005
Aroma: nice hop aroma
Flavor: flavor has a light malt sweetness, a bit more balanced but still lots of lingering bitterness
Overall: fixed a gas leak and recarbonated the keg

Date: July 24, 2005
Mode: bottle
Vintage: 2005
Aroma: only a passing hint in the aroma of the ammerillo citrus that I love
Flavor: bitter flavor is tempered a lot


 hombrepalo (748), Chicago, Illinois, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/516/20
Aug 29, 2007  
Like most Three Floyds this beer has lots of flavor. But whats with the name? Anyways, the beer is pretty good. A good summertime beer. Enjoyable!


 TimE (1300), Tokyo, Japan
2.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/102/55/103/512/20
Aug 28, 2007  
Golden color, huge huge bubbles that quickly disappaite. Lemon bubblegum and pne in the nose. Very unusual and definetely American. Big hoppy mouth, that is sour and hoppy. No wait, big phenolics dominate the mouth. Moderately bitter finish. The phenolic heads in Japan would love this, as did the Japanese girl I drank this with.


 badlizard (2325), Berkeley, California, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/516/20
Aug 27, 2007  
350 ml bottle mailorder from archerliquors. Clear golden yellow with a fizzy white head. Floral hoppy aroma. sweet malty taste with a fruity taste to the finish.


 HopBackDoc (393), Hatboro, Pennsylvania, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/58/103/517/20
Aug 27, 2007  
22 oz. bomber poured a hazy golden color with medium thick head. Aroma of citrus, hops and spices. Flavor was very different for a wheat beer. Grains, hops, lemon and spices all blended together nicely to make this hop lover quite happy. Very enjoyable brew.



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