Three Floyds Gumballhead

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

Pours a half shade darker than macro yellow with a mediocre head and lotsa bubbles streaming to the top. Worried? Well, a little bit. All I had to do to assuage my fears was put my nose over the glass. In one word, this aroma is juicy. Fantastic resinous tropical fruit peach scented hops. If only all IPAs were this bold! There’s a subtle light malty sweetness to fill out the aroma profile. Great mouthfeel for a wheat or any other beer for that matter. Creamy and smooth, foaming up on contact with the mouth. Though this is a great beer in the aroma, it falters slightly in the taste, though perhaps only because the aroma is so big. The same juicy hops immediately attack. You get that lovely grapefruit on the sides of the tongue taste from this beer, which I also enjoy. The light sweet malt balances the big hops with some wheaty bread-like notes taking over in short order. A lingering hoppy bitterness decays slowly in a very pleasant way. Though this lacks complexity, I still enjoy this beer. This is a wheat beer that defies convention. I’m really glad to see a wheat that doesn’t taste of banana/cloves or have some silly fruit flavor. Definitely my favorite wheat beer of all time.

Pours pale, hazy gold, with a half-inch head of white. A few white, flakey particulates make their way to the bottom. Retention is fairly brief, and no lacework. Aromatics lead off wit a blast of peaches, melons, and tangerines. Extremely tropical and fresh. A hint of lemon zest follows through. On the light side of medium bodied, somewhat crisp and creamy also. Peach halves, mangos, and juicy citrus start the pallet. Sugared pink grapefruit steps forward and theres a hint of malt. Bitterness is nill, and the beer drinks quick. Finishes with shades of apricots, peach fuzz, and papaya. I had this years ago, and was not impressed. This one, however is top-notch, and I’m tasting quite fresh. Plenty of hoppy goodness in the nose and middle. Yum.

Hazy golden color. Very nice aroma, sweet fruity and resiny hops, very fresh. Quite weak body, some malty sweetness, and most of all an excellent extreme hopping. Really refreshing and enjoyable!

Bottled. Golden color with a big white head. Grapefruit aroma. Flavor of wheat and citrus. Finish is slightly bitter.

Dark straw colored brew. Great nose with a little hoppiness and a little lemon citrus. Light/medium body with a slight herbal hoppiness at the front. Finishes tart and clean. Really enjoyable and different wheat.Forgot to thank jcalabre and hopsrus for this one!

Thanks to TannerTavernBoys for sharing this great beer. Very floral perfume hops on the aroma. Looks slightly hazy golden with a white head that lingers around. Flavor starts briefly with a nice wheat taste.... and that is the only thing that resembles a wheat beer in Gumballhead for me. The wheat is quickly swept to the side by floral hops with a hint of citrus. There is a nice soft carbonation that enhances the flavors. While there are lots of hops here it is soft on the palate and very easy drinking. I’m looking foward to having this one again.

this beer smells fruity and fun. Mna, there’s a lot of stuff going on in this beer. I think I like this beer. It makes me happy...and drunk!

Thanks to tannertavernboys for sharing. Pours a lite orange with a big bubbly head. Piney peachy aromas that just wreak of amarillo hops. This is the beer to experience if you want to know what this hop’s characteristics are. Really fluffy velvety body. Really does have a bubblegum like flavor (Yeast?) with some soft mango and papaya flavors too. Not really much bitternesss at the end considering how much flavor and aroma hops were present. Definitely the best american wheat barenone.