Three Floyds Gumballhead

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

For a wheat, this one was amazingly hoppy! I loved the citrusy astringency the hop oils provided. Very refreshing on a hot Great Taste of the Midwest day. Smooth, solid mouthfeel. Fairly bitter but fruity and, well, awesome. Great beer.

Did not know what to expect out of this brew, but was pleasently surprised. I knew this would be a hopped up wheat, but they did a good job incorporating the two flavors. the hops hit strong at first and then finishes with a nice wheat flavor. very good, very interesting. three floyds never disappoints me as a hophead.

12 oz bottle. Pale yellow with average white creamy head, yet with fairly large bubbles. A lot of citrus hops like any good three floyds beer. Flavor is very fresh, pine and citrus hops, some light wheat qualities, a lot of fruit, no banana though. Very creamy, med body. Nice hopped up wheat.

Nice citrus hop scent, pours a clear yellow, with a quickly fading white head. The flavor has a strong beginning of crisp hops, but I’m barely picking up any wheat notes at all. It is very light on the palate, and very drinkable. However, like most of the FFF stuff, the price knocks down it’s overall score. I can get much better beers for half the price.

i LOVE the flavor this beer presents. kind of attacks the sides of my tongue with flavor. although, the bottle leaves a slight aftertaste that the tap does not. but to take home any enjoy, its completely worth it.

Thanks to Mike for getting this to MA for me from WI. Strong aroma of those amarillo hops. Not what I would normally expect from a wheat beer, but it was pleasantly potent. Pours a nice orange-copper color with a thin off-white head. Minor lacing. I found the flavor to be overly hopped - no sweetness from the malt to balance out the beer. An interesting offering, but not one that I would go out of my way to try again.

Pours a moderately deep copper-orange with some light red tints, must be from the wheat. Good off-white head, mostly dissipating. Slight haze from the yeast injection, but quite filtered other than that. Aroma of light citrus, from the dominant amarillo hops. Light nectarine, tangerine and honey notes as well as a dry wheatiness. Flavor starts out with light grapefruit, sweet and succulent fresh hops, plenty of light malt sweetness. Great amount of hard red wheat flavor on the finish, with tons of grassy tones. The malt is tremendously well represented, creating a wonderful backbone to match the loads of Amarillo’s in here. Finish is wheat, grass and lightly bitter, mostly dry. Medium to medium-full body, with some thinning as it warms.

Draft (3F brewpub) Pours a clear golden color ith a nice white bubbly head. Aroma, as expected, is a bit hoppy - citrus, pine and a smattering of floral...with some caramel malt and yeast for good measure. Flavor is much the same, with the piney hops coming to the light a bit more. No real presence of wheat is either aroma or taste, but who really cares, it is still quite tasty and exceptionally easy to drink.