Mamma Mia! Pizza Beer

Pizza Beer Company
Brewed at Sprecher Brewing Company
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
St Charles, Illinois USA

Serve in Lager glass, Shaker, Tumbler

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August 5, 2012 bottle shared by Brett at his tasting event. Golden pour with some head. Aroma was tomato paste and the taste was like a grainy thin tomato soup. I am being generous with this rating due to the uniqueness factor and that in no way could I ever have dreamed someone would (could) do this with a beer. What a way to end the tasting, hahaha.

[355ml bottle, courtesy of blairgus] Pours hazy gold. Nose is oregano, some pepper. Garlic. Tomato. Chicago in a bottle? To be honest, the aroma is better than the flavour. Unfortunately, it’s pretty thin, with an aftertaste of some tomato and garlic. Plenty of oregano as well – it really does taste of pizza! Or maybe, more accurately, a cheap pasta sauce. Bizarre. Verges a little into the Clamato territory – but the herbs save it. Just about [06072012]

I got a single 16oz bottle from Woodman’s in Janesville, WI in Summer 2012. Pours a cloudy copper orange color with slight head, but diminishes fast. Has a mild scent of oregano, basil, tomato, and garlic. Mmm, it’ll remind you of a pizzeria! Taste is mild with tomato paste and garlic being the most noticeable ingredients. Really lives up to its name on the bottle. A slightly better than average beer with a really unique taste. *As a side note, Chef Tom is a really cool and nice guy who makes a lot of different pizza based products that are delicious.

In bottle. Thanks Blair for sharing this! Pours a dark golden olive colour with a thin beige head. Aroma of oregano, tomato paste, garlic, caramel and bready yeast. Similar flavours with mild carbonation and a foamy mouth-feel. Just a little thin but you’ve got to try this, if only once.

bottle at home ... thanks to Blair ... light hazy amber ... thin white head ... oh my smelll the herbs ... oregano and tomato ... maybe a light est garlic hint ... big tomatoe front .. juicy malts ... definite garlic ... very interesting but its hard to drink much.

After doing the brewery tour at Sprecher my wife saw this and insisted that we buy a 4 pack. My first thought was "if I wanted pizza, I would eat pizza and not drink it". It did smell like pizza, and had heavy tastes of oregano and tomato, but that’s about all I can say about it. I did learn from our tour guide that this was a family recipe from a Chicago family, which explains a lot. Chicago drinks more Miller Lite than any city in the country, which lets us know exactly how crappy of beer they like in the windy city. This is a city that lives and dies with a loser like the Cubs year after year, so why would they strive for better beer?

pours clear medium dark yellow/orange, small head, micro CO2ish. Oregano and garlic on the nose. Mellow oregano, basil and garlic up front, light malts, the body fades into wateriness, ends with a rough medium bitter (3/10) finish. Medium complexity, light-medium depth, okay transitions, okay carry, okay drinkability. Nothing super awesome but interesting nonetheless. The wateriness killed it for me.

Pours a magnificent chestnut with almost no head. A tiny bit of lacing. Excellent oregano and tomato scent, with just a hint of baking soda and hops. Brilliant pizzeria taste, laced with a touch of pepperoni and shoe leather. Elegant mouthfeel and delicate finish.

February 15, 2011. My 500ml? bottle shared with blankboy and garthicus. Ugh. Just .... ugh. Oregano and beer is just WRONG. Tomato and beer as well. Anyway. Clear deep gold with a smallish dull off-white head. Smell is .... memorable. Weird. Like really pungent marinara sauce with parmesan - oregano, tomato, garlic, and buttery paper - I don’t know what to give this 1? 6? 5? - let’s just go with 4. Tastes a bit vegetal, standard golden ale, nowhere near as much of the pizza character as the aroma - maybe a bit of garlic and alcohol. Average body, average carbonation, the finish starts okay, but the vegetal/oregano thing picks up again in the linger and .... did I say this was a WRONG idea? I don’t hate it, and it’s probably well made, but no thank you ever again.

Wow! The aroma is surprisingly great - tomatoes, oregano, light hops. Sadly, the aroma is the best part. Light body with some flavors of tomato sauce and some herb. The beer is itself is pretty generic. Still worth a try.