Three Floyds Gumballhead

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

Great summer beer - a ligher and very hoppy wheat beer. Disadvantage, it is only sold in the midwest - Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin.

Nice clear orange body with heavy carbonation. Faint white head that left a tiny ring after ten minutes. Sweet floral hop notes with not a hint o wheat. Hops and sweet malt flavors preceded a grainy finish.

Pours light golden amber with a white head. Aroma is a combination of citrusy and minty hops and a little bit of spice. Flavor is nice blend of malted wheat, with citrus, mint, and hints of spice. Great wheat beer.

12oz bottle. Pours a slightly hazy gold, with a thin off-white head that diminished quickly. Aromas of lemon zest, faint cinnamon, dough, basil, pine. The taste is slightly sweet with a nice lemony bitterness, slightly watery. The finish is bitter metallic, with some citrus (grapefruit). The wheat is there, and it’s nice to taste it through the hops for a change. As far as hoppy beers go, this is pretty easy drinking.

From a trade with my beer friend at the LCBO, thanks buddy, hope you enjoy your stone russian imp stout! Cheers! Pours a hazy gold colour with a two finger heads that disolves down to a thin film, leaves behind some nice lacing. The aroma is very hop forward, reminds me of a bit of southern tiers IPA, but a with a welcome element from the wheat. The flavour is also very hopped up, citrus, alot of lemon flavour in this beer, I agree with most when they say the hops are a little muted by the wheat, but i’m thinking this was intentional, if it was just straight up hoppy, it’d be an IPA. The wheat does bring some flavour to the party, but it’s a little shy when held up against the life of the party (the hops), not exactly balanced, I agree with thirdeye, it could use a little malt backbone. Mouthfeel is a little thing, but I think the idea of this beer is flavour in harmony with drinkability, and they achieved that. I enjoyed this beer, not really my thing, but still delicious.

12oz bottle poured into a wheat beer glass produced a cloudy orange body with thin white head. Typical wheat beer appearance. Aroma of lemons. Taste dominated by citrus notes of grapefruit, oranges, and lemons.

Pours a hazy golden color with a small white head. Aroma is dominated by fruit, specifically grapefruit, with small hints of pine. Taste is of grapefruit and oranges. This beer seems like more of an ale than a wheat beer. Drinks nice, but a bitter aftertaste. Not what I expected, but good none the less.

Bottle - Pours clear and amber with a small white head. Aroma is a ridiculous blast of hops, all resiny and citrusy, with grapefruit being the predominant smell. There’s a hint of grassiness in there too, but not much else. It’s not complex, but that’s okay--it smells delicious. The taste is interesting, kind of like NG Crack’d Wheat, where you’ve got that APA/hefe hybrid. It falls a little short of CW, however, in that the two seem out of balance. The wheat overpowers the hops and really mute out the grapefruit, and the whole thing leaves a sour, funky finish and aftertaste. It’s pretty light, though a bit syrupy. I could drink a 100 of these if not for the aftertaste and accompanying breath that would knock a moose over.