Mamma Mia! Pizza Beer

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

Serve in Lager glass, Tumbler

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27 April 2012, bottle. Light orange/straw color, shocking how much it smells like pizza. There actually is pizza sauce (tomato and basil) on the nose. Thin body and a bit fizzy. Sweet mediocre ale some spiced tomato flavor that mixes well with cheap beer. Okay. Certainly fun. Surprisingly pizza-esque. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Sweet tomato sauce on the nose, some herbs, like rosemary and thyme. the flavor is very pale, and doesn’t last but a second. the aroma really gets you, like a cheap freezer pizzas or lunchables.

bottle. Pour is that of a standard larger with some cloudiness/haziness. Aroma is shockingly that of a pizza parlor, you get a lot of oregeno. Interesting taste for sure and I give this beer credit for uniquiness. A little bit of a novelty, but they set out to make a special beer and they nailed it. I think the low ratings are a little underserving.

Bottle. Hazy golden, low lifeless head. Aroma is full-on pizza, or pasta with tomato sauce, with weak grainy undertones. It’s like somebody took my glass of Molson Canadian (or equivalent shitty lager) and burped into it after just swallowing a bite of Little Italy. Flavour is as promised: tomato and herbs suggesting pizza, with a shitty lager base. Watery and gross. If there is anyone who might find this tasty, it likely would be someone who enjoys beer and Clamato, but I can’t see this being a hit with that crowd either. It’s so insipid and weak. Why do I do this to myself?

This thing sat in my fridge for almost 2 years, waiting for the right time to come out. That time was Super Bowl 46, as the New York Football Giants crushed the championship dreams of the New England Patriots. Again. As I poured this hazy gold beer into the glass, M.I.A. looked at me and stuck out her middle finger. I then sniffed the glass and got pure garlic. Uh oh. The next sniff was wheat and oregano. Hmm. The next sniff was tomato bisque. This thing was all over the place! I put this liquefied pizza into my mouth and tasted the dried oregano. Some garlic and tomato made its way through, as did some vinegar-like malt, but the centerpiece was dried oregano. It was pizza in mouth; unfortunately, it was frozen pizza quality. By the end of the game, I had moved onto something better, and Eli Manning was celebrating his second Super Bowl MVP trophy. I’m thankful for experiencing this beer once, but I think the number of times I try this will remain equal to Ochocinco’s catch total on that fateful night.

Bottle. Gold. Fizzy head disapears quickly. Nervous based on the girl at the counter who said it was "interesting". Smells like pizza dough! Tastes like Olive Garden bread sticks. May be the best use of garlic in a beer. Can i drink a whole bottle? Let’s see,...maybe...not sure I want to... An achievement but not sure about return customers.

473ml brown bottle. Pours out unclear gold colour. White head fades fast. Nose has garlic, tomato and oregano. Taste has bread/grains, spices, garlic and tomato sauce. Light body, average carbonation. This does not work as a beverage.

16oz bottle pours a hazy golden color with a finger of white head that settles quickly leaving only a couple of specks of lacing on the glass. A very mild aroma of garlic and oregano. Taste is bready with some tomato and oregano and garlic. Medium body with soft carbonation. This is definitely one of those either you love it or don’t beers. I am one of the latter. One is enough for me.

HAHA this makes me laugh so hard. Yep it smells like pizza, smells like hunts tomato sauce or marinara. Hey it is what it said it was, pizza beer. Good pizza, no. Good beer, no. Taste like cheesy garlic beard and marinara. Horrible? No. But I’d rather just order bread sticks from any pizza chain and drink a decent beer. Gotta give credit, they accomplished what they wanted to do.

Bottle. Semi-hazy straw color with a very small white head. Loads of tomato and oregano, with some garlic showing up as well. Smells like pizza and that ain’t a bad thing. Taste is oregano, bread, garlic, and some tomato sauce. What the fuck?!?! This is liquid pizza. It isn’t good pizza, nor is it a good beer, but it sure is exactly what it says it is supposed to be. I can’t dislike this as much as I figured I would. A fun experience.