Over the holidays, Dave Loomer brought me a little gift from Illinois: Tom Seefurth’s Mamma Mia! Pizza Beer. For a pizza and beer lover such as myself, one might wonder if this is a match made in heaven or hell.
The bottle indicates that the beer is so good it “deserves a wine glass.” A bizarre standard: I generally think many great beers deserve a pint glass. As well, there’s glasses with stems that are designed for great beers but I’m not familiar with any beer in a wine glass. Okay, maybe this is part of the joke. This beer is a joke, right?
Well, according to their story they take themselves, well, somewhat half-way seriously, I think. Minus the pink hair. They sure seem to be proud of their product either way.
I put it into a large wine glass and the beer is a darker, cloudy amber color with the scent of what my fridge smells like if I keep pizza leftovers in it for a couple days. Tasting this beer is a continual conflict of flavors: is this pre-chewed major-chain pizza or a NASCAR beer? While either have their time and place (I admit to having a few slices of Little Caesars a couple months ago) I tried hard to allow the flavors to be together as one product. I don’t think I can do it again.
I will say is that it certainly is worth trying once.
Visit Mamma Mia! Pizza Beer to find a bottle for yourself. If you’re too far away, check out The Onion’s A.V. Club taste test Pizza Beer.
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This has been quite a day for you; is marinara seeping out of your pores yet?
Posted 13 Jan 2009 at 21:53 ¶Can’t really disagree with any of this. Whenever I see some new product that looks like it should be a horrible idea, my knee-jerk reaction is to try it out because, you know, it would HAVE to be really good to offset the general public perception. And I have a soft spot for these sort of products and tend to give them a lot of credit for at least trying. And this case is no different. It’s just that, as a beer standing on its own, it’s really just a novelty beer and nothing more. I think you’d have to reeeeeeally like oregano to consider this a go-to sort of beer.
Posted 14 Jan 2009 at 10:57 ¶(oh and for the record, I picked this up at the Sprecher brewery just north of Milwaukee. Apparently the brewing is outsourced to Sprecher).
Posted 14 Jan 2009 at 10:58 ¶Yikes for the pizza beer. Why do people insist on combining things that are great on their own? Apples and martinis were pretty damn happy by themselves as well. The only way pizza and beer are mixing is in my tummy.
Posted 16 Jan 2009 at 17:14 ¶I swear to you I got sick from this crappy beer. DO NOT EVEN TRY ONCE!!!!
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