My Beer Pix » pizza http://www.mybeerpix.com A visual tribute to beer and the people who love it Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:20:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Video: tasting Pizza Beer http://www.mybeerpix.com/video-tasting-pizza-beer/ http://www.mybeerpix.com/video-tasting-pizza-beer/#comments Fri, 08 May 2009 18:20:18 +0000 Beer Sage http://www.mybeerpix.com/?p=2544
The (in)Famous Pizza Beer

The (in)Famous Pizza Beer


So a few weeks back Beermolly got a package from Johnathan Surratt (aka: Beerinator) of The Beermapping Project in a sort of chainletter-type beer swap. Among the many Midwestern brews was a bottle of something called “Mamma Mia! Pizza Beer”, which the label proudly proclaimed was an “Ale brewed with oregano, basil, tomato and garlic.”

Both horrified and intrigued, we did a quick lookup on ratebeer.com to find 120-odd reviews and an average rating of 16 out 100 (percentile). Comments ranged from “Chef Boyardee ravioli” to “do you ever wish you could ‘un-taste’ something?”

Naturally, Beermolly immediately proclaimed this beer as her new mascot (and therefore couldn’t be opened), and set about trying to get more of it. Thanks to our friends Luann and Tom Fitzpatrick of the Chicago Beer Society a whole case of the stuff arrived a couple of weeks later.

We were anxious to see if the beer lived up to the hype, so we chilled a bottle, invited fellow MyBeerPix author Adam T. over, and video’d the tasting.

Here are Adam and Beermolly (with an appearance by her fat dog) reviewing the beer in all it’s glory:

MyBeerPix Authors taste a Pizza Beer

Weird “it’s a small world” sidenote: Yeah, the beer wasn’t much, but apparently it’s great in pizza dough. So great in fact that one dough made with it won the national pizza championships (or whatever it’s called). Turns out the winner was from right here in San Diego and he knows the Seefurths (the folks who make the beer) and now they’re coming to California soon to do a tasting at one of our local beer shops.

Sweet! (Well… garlicly and basily anyway…)

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(NOTE:This is a day-long continuation of the Session 8 Beer & Food post, so make sure you start with Breakfast.)

Last night was pizza night here at the ranch, so that naturally makes today’s lunch leftover pizza. I’ve paired my two slices of pepperoni, sausage, bell pepper, tomato and onion with 12 ounces of cold, refreshing Stone IPA.

Session 8 : Beer & Food - Lunch

Originally brewed with extra hoppy goodness to keep it fresh on its voyage from North County San Diego to the rest of San Diego County, Stone’s IPA now ships throughout North America and a few places beyond.

I’m particularly fond of Stone’s IPA because I think it’s excellent early example of the West Coast IPA style. A deep amber color, rich white head, big floral hop bouquet and excellent flavor balance of big malt and hop combination, it’s a perfect offset for the strong flavors and aromatics of the cured meats and fresh veggies of my pizza.

Plus it does a great job of cooling the molten blobs of cheese that weld themselves to the roof of my mouth every time I take a bite of pizza. (You think I’d learn about microwave ovens and hot cheese, but I don’t.)

The only drawback to a Stone IPA at lunch is, even though it’s really good, you have to limit yourself to just one. At 7% ABV, two or so of those and you might as well forget about operating heavy equipment, flying jets, doing open heart surgery, or any of the numerous other things we all do after lunch.

Next up: snack time!

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