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Mamma Mia! Pizza Beer
Pizza Beer Company
- From:
- Pizza Beer Company
- Illinois, United States
- Style:
- Herb and Spice Beer
- ABV:
- 4.6%
- Score:
- 65
- Avg:
- 2.72 | pDev: 29.78%
- Reviews:
- 166
- Ratings:
- Status:
- Retired
- Rated:
- Jun 01, 2016
- Added:
- Feb 22, 2008
- Wants:
- 76
- Gots:
- 14
SCORE
65
Poor
65
Poor
From the website: Pizza Beer is a debris free product. The Margarita pizza is put into the mash & steeped like a tea bag. A whole wheat crust made with water, flour & yeast is topped with tomato, oregano, basil & garlic. The essence of the pizza spices is washed off with hot water and filtered into a brewpot, where it is boiled for a long, long time. During the process, we add hops & spices in a cheesecloth type bag & filter the cooled liquid into a fermentation vessel. (big glass 6 gallon water jug). After a week or two, the beer is good to go. Keg it or bottle it.
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Reviewed by rodbeermunch from Nevada
3.06/5 rDev +12.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
3.06/5 rDev +12.5%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3
So my review is back when Sprecher used to make this beer, so if that means a lot to you, I dunno, maybe you disregard, maybe you pay extra close attention because you are doing some historical or anthropological paper and here you are with your research.
It looks like your standard beer, yellow in color, white head, 1/4" goes away maybe a little quicker. Nothing about it says pizza. Now the smell, that actually captures some italian seasoning and tomatoes. I mean, I'm ntot going to dock this points because it smells like it is intended to. In fact, props yo.
Taste, hey, it tastes like pizza. It has a weird way of not letting you go. I drank the entire 16oz of this, and while it is far from my favorite, I mean seriously, there's been over 100 beers I can't drink that much of, so this was nowhere near as bad as its rating or some of the other garbage I've come across in my time.
So much oregano, tomato, bread. I think everyone should try this because its unique and shit, Dogfish Head puts shit like this out all the time and charge you $12 for a bottle of it.
May 09, 2016It looks like your standard beer, yellow in color, white head, 1/4" goes away maybe a little quicker. Nothing about it says pizza. Now the smell, that actually captures some italian seasoning and tomatoes. I mean, I'm ntot going to dock this points because it smells like it is intended to. In fact, props yo.
Taste, hey, it tastes like pizza. It has a weird way of not letting you go. I drank the entire 16oz of this, and while it is far from my favorite, I mean seriously, there's been over 100 beers I can't drink that much of, so this was nowhere near as bad as its rating or some of the other garbage I've come across in my time.
So much oregano, tomato, bread. I think everyone should try this because its unique and shit, Dogfish Head puts shit like this out all the time and charge you $12 for a bottle of it.
Rated by Beginner2 from Illinois
2.9/5 rDev +6.6%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3.5
2.9/5 rDev +6.6%
look: 2.75 | smell: 2.75 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3.5
Listed on the "1001," I thought this was more interesting than the 2.79 average of ratings would indicate... but then I am a fan of Italian spices.
May 01, 2016
Reviewed by ivegot3Dvision from Oregon
4.14/5 rDev +52.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
4.14/5 rDev +52.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
Ok, I'm rating this as a novelty beer, and a novelty beer only.
It smells like pizza, tastes like pizza, unfortunately doesn't look like pizza though.
Is it a beer I'm going to go out and buy all the time? Probably not. Did they hit the nail on the head with a beer that tastes like pizza? Absolutely.
Feb 14, 2015It smells like pizza, tastes like pizza, unfortunately doesn't look like pizza though.
Is it a beer I'm going to go out and buy all the time? Probably not. Did they hit the nail on the head with a beer that tastes like pizza? Absolutely.
Rated by AliPro131 from Florida
4.9/5 rDev +80.1%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 5
4.9/5 rDev +80.1%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 5
I like it! The herb-y aroma and actual pizza taste!
Jan 26, 2015
Rated by Thatdude0000001 from New Jersey
4.19/5 rDev +54%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4.25
4.19/5 rDev +54%
look: 4 | smell: 5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3 | overall: 4.25
Rating this not against other beers but more for what the aim was and this beer is spot on !!! Great paired with --- you guessed it pizza
Jan 18, 2015
Rated by kscaldef from Oregon
2.5/5 rDev -8.1%
2.5/5 rDev -8.1%
Tastes like pizza, if that's what you were looking for in a beer.
Nov 02, 2014
Reviewed by importedfromdet from Michigan
2.75/5 rDev +1.1%
2.75/5 rDev +1.1%
Smells heavily of a saucey pizza. Kind of like a lunchables pizza.
Taste of a bland heavily carbonated ale, with a finish of a bunch of spices with an oregano finish that stays in your mouth.
Interesting novelty beer. If i wanted pizza I would eat it and not drink a beer.
Aug 15, 2014Taste of a bland heavily carbonated ale, with a finish of a bunch of spices with an oregano finish that stays in your mouth.
Interesting novelty beer. If i wanted pizza I would eat it and not drink a beer.
Mamma Mia! Pizza Beer from Pizza Beer Company
Beer rating:
65 out of
100 with
320 ratings
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