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Gumballhead - Three Floyds Brewing Co. & Brewpub

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2,680 Ratings		 THE BROS
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read more »		 rAvg: 4.24
pDev: 10.38%
Reviews: 1298
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Brewed by:
Three Floyds Brewing Co. & Brewpub visit their website
Indiana, United States

Style | ABV
American Pale Wheat Ale |  5.60% ABV

Availability: Year-round. bottle (1146), on-tap (135), growler (17). 

Notes:
An American Wheat Ale, Gumballhead is named in honor of the underground comic book cat created by Rob Syers. Initially a seasonal summer beer, now brewed year round due to demand. This beer helped redefine American Wheat Beers. Brewed with Amarillo Hops and a generous portion of American red wheat, Gumballhead has a complex hop aroma with notes of grapefruit, lemon zest, marmalade and peach. These flavors combined with low bitterness make Gumballhead a refreshing American Wheat Beer that doesn’t suck.

35 IBU
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Reviews by jerryjeff:
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jerryjeff

Tennessee

3.98/5  rDev -6.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Aroma
Bit surprised, for a wheat beer this has a pretty hoppy scent. Piney/floral scent, rather refreshing

Mouthfeel
Bit of oiliness on the palette with a bit of feel, medium/high carbonation and enough bitterness to feel along the sides of the mouth

Appearance
Pours slightly hazy in a shaker pint mostly clear golden color with a stark head that dissipated although not sure if the glass is really beer clean.

Taste
Clean refreshing taste that's got a decent hop bite, has a clear pine flavor which doesn't seem too forward to me.

Drinkability
For me I don't think I'd want to go very many but largely due to hoppiness. This could be a nice session beer.

Overall
For this to be a wheat beer it really tastes like a pale ale to me. I like the hoppiness and this is a clean refreshing beer.

Serving type: bottle

01-09-2012 02:36:35 | More by jerryjeff
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anticipation23

Wisconsin

4.75/5  rDev +12%

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North Carolina

4.25/5  rDev +0.2%

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bootdown21

Connecticut

4.25/5  rDev +0.2%

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Ohio

3.75/5  rDev -11.6%

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Illinois

4.25/5  rDev +0.2%

05-23-2013 14:02:44 | More by hannydawg
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davesway10

Iowa

4/5  rDev -5.7%

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Arkansas

4/5  rDev -5.7%

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Oklahoma

4.75/5  rDev +12%

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clubarsky91

California

4.25/5  rDev +0.2%

05-22-2013 03:04:21 | More by clubarsky91
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Virginia

4.5/5  rDev +6.1%

05-22-2013 01:23:39 | More by Claytonbrewsby
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mikeincharleston

South Carolina

4.25/5  rDev +0.2%

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Illinois

4.5/5  rDev +6.1%

05-21-2013 01:08:03 | More by ackeeper
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New Jersey

4.25/5  rDev +0.2%

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andant

New York

3.75/5  rDev -11.6%

05-20-2013 19:35:41 | More by andant
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Chuck_25

Kansas

4/5  rDev -5.7%

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mrw1zard

Alabama

3.75/5  rDev -11.6%

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scoot64

New Jersey

4.25/5  rDev +0.2%

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OleDixie

Pennsylvania

4.5/5  rDev +6.1%

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MooseBoose

Wisconsin

4/5  rDev -5.7%

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MJSJr

Ohio

4.5/5  rDev +6.1%

05-20-2013 02:11:44 | More by MJSJr
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Bosoxfan20

Oklahoma

4.31/5  rDev +1.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5

Finally able to review the highly anticipated Gumballhead

A- One of the most inticing looking wheat beers i have ever seen. Poured into a Spiegelau IPA glass. Pours a hazy light copper/dark straw with a massive amounts of carbonation bubbles. Thick white head of 2 fingers that gives a great effort to stick around. Lacing holds like a beast.

S- Citrus hops- Tons of lemon, along with orange, grapefruit, with a touch of peach. Sweet wheat malts. Slight esters

T- Hop forward and smooth. Fantastic balance, as I wrongly anticipated more hops based on what i have heard and other reviews I've read. Huge lemon zest and citrus flavors lead the way before the wheat malt mellows things out. Hardly any bitterness despite the hop pressence. Love the complexity.

M- Mid body. Smooth, as I mentioned. High carbonation leads to a crips bite. So refreshing as i mow the lawn. Dries the mouth as I continue to drink

O- Different from any wheat beer I have had. My first from FFF, and certainly not the last. Not the huge hop bomb that i have seen writting about it. I feel it is more balance than that. Probably my 2nd favorite beer of this style behind Lil Sumpin Sumpin

No bottled on date that i could find.

Serving type: bottle

05-19-2013 22:26:03 | More by Bosoxfan20
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TreeBeard

Ohio

4/5  rDev -5.7%

05-19-2013 20:43:01 | More by TreeBeard
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nataku00

California

4/5  rDev -5.7%

05-19-2013 18:19:55 | More by nataku00
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Kreko7

California

4/5  rDev -5.7%

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Gumballhead from Three Floyds Brewing Co. & Brewpub
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