Sprecher Mamma Mia Pizza Beer

Brewed by Sprecher Brewing Company
Style: Spice/Herb/Vegetable
Glendale, Wisconsin USA

What an interesting drinking experience. Sampled with cheese pizza of course. A golden appearance. The aroma is pepperoni, oregano, and cheese. The pizza flavor is there but not overpowering. Some spiceness shows through in the finish. Overall it does have a pizza flavor for sure but my only complaint is the body is a bit thin

Created by Tom and Athena Seefurth of Campton Township, Illinois in his lifelong pursuit to combine two of the world’s great loves, pizza and beer. Some say it’s the best pizza beer around. Feh! If I had a dollar for every time I’ve heard this... Oh, but I’ll give it a chance, as I’m a real sucker for unique beer it seems. Hm. Not to brag, but, it’s a Pizza Parade, babies! Hands down, no question, it is pizza-y. That was the aim of Mister and Missus Seefurth and they achieved it. The nose is slathered in spicy, chunky, robust tomato sauce primarily, with just a slight bready background note. This, of course, carries over into the taste. Along the way, other flavors begin to develop -- some sweetish dough here, some chiffonade basil there. Even a pinch of red pepper spiciness. Oh, and packed with fresh garlic. Ah, the power of garlic. As with any pie, it’s more of the same till the end, though the spices still had legs and carried on well past the finish. As you drink it down, the various flavors really start to come together as it slowly bakes in your gut, all of it settling vaguely under the definition of "pizza", at least in terms of flavor and aroma. No complaints here. However, as with Short’s Bloody Beer, I just can’t see myself calling on this beer every day. Not bad at all, though. Easily the best pizza beer on the market.

Dark golden in color with a creamy off white head. Nose of pizza: tomato, basil, oregano and garlic with hints of bread dough. On the palate there is tomato and basil up front followed by a bread like finish with hints of garlic. I think this would have been better if they had used a lager as the base beer to give it some more body.

Date: 05/10/2008
Mode: Bottle
Source: Tasting, Cellar Party

Appearance: cloudy dark yellow, wislpy dirty white head,
Aroma: sweet tomato aroma with a hint of garlic and spicy basil,
Flavor: sweet bready malt flavor, essence of tomato and garlic, nice spicy basil, light balancing bitterness,
Overall: yup, it’s pizza in a glass

Aroma: 6/10; Appearance: 6/10; Flavor: 6/10; Palate: 5/10; Overall: 11/20
Rating: 2.9/5.0
Drinkability: 7/10
Score: *4

12 oz twist-off bottle. Wow! Smells just like Basil, Oregano, Tomato and Garlic. Huge vegetable aroma. Tastes like a light lager beer. its seems to be short of tasting like apizza. But a pizza it does smell like! Mamma Mia!

Pours a deep a cloudy orange color with a below average head, and below average lacing and slightly under carbonated. Smells of pizza spices hops. Tastes of oregano, onion, and garlic that’s complements nicely with a the hops. Not too bad…actually this is surprisingly fairly good

Pours a transparent golden bronze with a spotty-lacing white head. Aroma of fresh tomatoes and authentic spices. Body starts somewhat thinner than an actual pizza but the flavor is pretty consistent. I’ve had the America’s Brewpub version and it’s slightly better, but both are pretty consistent and pizza tasting without any off-flavors.

Pours a light copper color with with a white head. Aroma is spicy, basil, tomatoes, garlic, and a little doughy. Flavor is spicy, basil, tomatoes, garlic, and a bitter peppery finish.