It’s not Pizza AND Beer….. It’s
Pizza Beer

Tom Seefurth, a Chicago-area home brewer,  saw the possibilities of blending two great favorites and developed what he calls the World’s First Culinary Beer. 

After spending a year refining the recipe, he is now offering Mama Mia’s Pizza Beer.  Using a flavoring packet containing a secret combination of basil, oregano, tomatoes and garlic during the brewing process, he has introduced his Pizza Beer to the mid-western market.

By holding a series of flavor tests in various Chicago taverns, he found that he had a hit on his hands.  So Seefurth went to the Sprecher Brewing Co. in Milwaukee and contracted to have them produce the dark brown ale with the unmistakable pizza aftertaste.

“We started brewing in February and lined up distributors in the Chicago area. Then we got calls from people in the Milwaukee market asking if they could sell our beer,” he said.

Making the rounds of television and radio stations, Tom and his wife Athena (Mama Mia) have been actively promoting the brew and demonstrating how it can be used in dozens of food recipes as well as just drinking it.

Available in its over-sized 16.9 oz. bottle, it retails for $2.49 each.  The distribution area now covers most of Illinois, southern Wisconsin and is spreading into Indiana.  You can go to their website HERE and learn the story behind the unique brew.  Click the “On the Big Screen” tab on the left sidebar and you can view some of their videos showing the various recipes.  And tell them Firegeezer sent you.

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